The employees look so happy...

[comfortable1]

...hell doesn't seem like such a bad place to work anyway :shrug:



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[SixFive]

Questions...

What do the white pointy hats symbolize in the bottom left? Under that on the very bottom left, what are they force-feeding that person through the horn-bong?

Fascinating pictorial. Do u know the artist?

 

[comfortable1]

Found it here but not much info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hortus_Deliciarum_-_Hell.jpg
Hortus Deliciarum - 12th century
Hell (H?lle)
Artist: Herrad von Landsberg (about 1180)

Maybe witches and the horn force feeding may represent punishment for deadly sin of gluttony?

 

[comfortable1]

Another awesome pic here but too big to post and I'm too lazy to resize. It's better with the detail anyway. Some crazy shit going on in this one:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Jheronimus_Bosch_023.jpg

 

[SixFive]

I found another reference on wikipedia. The white hats depict Jews, and that is a "kettle full of Jews". Anti-semitism way back in the 12th century!

 

[comfortable1]

My new band name: Kettle Full of Jews!

Are you ready to rock Bethlehem!!!
Fuck Yeah

 

[comfortable1]

In hindsight that sounds kinda anti-semetic... but still funny.

 

[SixFive]

I still can't figure out the horn bong?

I did figure out that the bottom right is the devil, and sitting in his lap is the anti-Christ.

 

[comfortable1]

I still can't figure out the horn bong?

I did figure out that the bottom right is the devil, and sitting in his lap is the anti-Christ.

Yeah saw it said 'Lucifer' above him. 1000yr old painting! Crazy shit. Did you look at that other one? It's really trippy... you can see the gamblers corner of hell. Some dice and cards... and that one is like 500yrs old!

I'm going with gluttony on the horn bong.

 

[no pepper]

I thought the horn bong was full of hot coals, but the sufferer's gut is swollen, not burning. Maybe they are grapes. His gut will eventually explode from the pressure of a thousand grapes (see Bob Guccione's Caliguala).

Good post

 

[Hashish]

I thought the horn bong was full of hot coals, but the sufferer's gut is swollen, not burning. Maybe they are grapes. His gut will eventually explode from the pressure of a thousand grapes (see Bob Guccione's Caliguala).

Good post

Agree that those are grapes and that it is punishing gluttony. That should be a familiar for "Game of Thrones" fans, because Joffrey basically did the same thing with wine to a drunken knight.

 

[Mr Pink]

Infidels!!! I graduated sixth grade before going to camp and learning this.

The "Kettle full of Jews" is being emptied into the empty cavity of Mary's abdomen, after the birth of her son. The child is represented in the lap of the smiling devil, while the "Holy Spirit" side of him is being devoured. Referring to the Catholic view of the holy trinity. Crazy, yes... I know....


I cannot believe that this isn't in the local locker rooms of all your Catholic High Schools....