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which is your favourite representation of the head of john the baptist

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GlennCloseAsCruellaDeVille · 12/12/2006 12:40

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LieselVonGiftwrapp · 12/12/2006 13:00

hahahahaha pmsl

ledodgychristmasjumper · 12/12/2006 13:01

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morningpaper · 12/12/2006 13:02

Oooh SO hard to choose!

LieselVonGiftwrapp · 12/12/2006 13:09

Im actually hanging about to see if anybody answers this seriously. I do remember seeing a paitning of JTB as a child but cant remember the name but it was in an art gallery/museum in London.

FluffyMummy123 · 12/12/2006 13:09

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morningpaper · 12/12/2006 13:10

Yes you fail

You will the booby prize of a night out with the Bishop of Southwark

FluffyMummy123 · 12/12/2006 13:11

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GlennCloseAsCruellaDeVille · 12/12/2006 13:15

Salome with the head of John the Baptist

I love that picture

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LieselVonGiftwrapp · 12/12/2006 13:20

dont think you can get better than this

fatwoman · 12/12/2006 13:23

?

morningpaper · 12/12/2006 20:25

I think it needs some rocket or a light dressing

morningpaper · 12/12/2006 20:26

"I asked for the Victoria Sponge!"

LieselVonGiftwrapp · 12/12/2006 21:16

PMSL @ this

morningpaper · 12/12/2006 21:18

very good!

iwouldloveadollypleaseSanta · 12/12/2006 22:04

this is prebeheading but def one of my faves

iwouldloveadollypleaseSanta · 12/12/2006 22:08

and t\link {http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/britishlibrary/controller/subjectidsearch?id=10632&startid=34481&width=4&height=2&idx=2\his is the other one -}

iwouldloveadollypleaseSanta · 12/12/2006 22:09

urm this

Blu · 12/12/2006 22:20

We need MotherInferior to come in and say "Nice plates. I expect you have some nice plates at home, don't you?"!

(her version of the beheading of JtB in a Children's Bible

clerkKent · 13/12/2006 12:46

here is a nice one

and here is a full list

but I am missing the joke completely

iwouldloveadollypleaseSanta · 13/12/2006 23:19

don't worry clark i think i did too!

DeckTheHallsWithFRAUsOfHolly · 13/12/2006 23:21

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iwouldloveadollypleaseSanta · 13/12/2006 23:26

i like caravaggio but always feel the overwhelming urge to slur 'marvellous ciaroscuro' in the voice of my creepy art lecturer whenever i see it. and that ruins any solomn contemplation of beauty

myrrhthamoo · 13/12/2006 23:27

Only on MN would this be the top thread in active conversations. I love you lot!

DeckTheHallsWithFRAUsOfHolly · 13/12/2006 23:35

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Blu · 13/12/2006 23:38

Did he not have a comb about him - you know, before they beheaded him?

Very messy hair.