Merrylin Cryptid print set
by Alex CF on March 17th, 2013
I am taking pre orders for this new print series. These will be limited edition, six 12 inch prints, printed on lovely thick water colour paper, presented in a card sleeve, hand signed! These will be around £35 (postage extra) If you are interested in purchasing a set, please email me at merrylinhouse@gmail.com
Edward Harrell Lycanthrope research case; 1815
by Alex CF on March 13th, 2013
Status: Sold
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One of few surviving research cases of the naturalist and Lycanthrope Behaviorologist Edward Harrell. This study case falls not long after his infection with the Lupus Virus, which caused malformation of the spine. Harrells ethical practices in the harvesting of Lycanthrope for his research changed radically as a result of his attack and infection, it appears he believed he had seen the error of his ways. Soon after this he no longer took the life of any Lycan, and any specimens that appear after 1815/16 are sure to be from previous expeditions.
Contained within this case, an overview diary of Lycanthrope knowledge which he gave to his pupils in his teaching years. Few of these are within the Merrylin Collection and they are a wonderful snapshot of Harrells wealth of information pertaining to the Werewolf. The trappings and tools of field research, a myriad of biological samples and specimens, including the severed hand of a young Lycanthrope.
The legend of the the Golden Madonna and the Abbey du Cambron
by Alex CF on March 9th, 2013
A wooden effigy of the Madonna with child, emblazoned with gold leaf and lost in the grounds of the Abbey du Cambron. The abbey was founded in 1148 by Anselme of Trazegnies, a canon from Soignies. Within its walls amongst other holy treasures the statue stood, cherished by the monks that resided over the abbey. It is believed the abbey itself was established by St.Bernard whilst visiting, who in a fevered dream, imagined a host of angels. He took this as a sign that the abbey should stand upon these grounds. The abbey was active until 1797, where it was dissolved, and upon its dissolution, contents were sold off, and a Chateau was built in its stead. Much of its original contents was lost. Yet the Madonna was believed to have survived this scouring and still resided there.
Many have searched for this item for hundreds of years. In the late 1870′s, an amateur archeologist managed to prize a series of items from a crumbling mausoleum not far from the ruins of the Abbey. Amongst disintegrating cloth, a number of prizes. A carefully bound relic – a portion of forearm and hand of an undisclosed saint, the only clue, a reference to Saint Augustine, yet it could indeed be the remnants of Bernard. More likely, it is one of the 44 Abbots who held office there. Beside this a wooden engraving of a haloed saint, portions of pigment and gold leaf still applied. But perhaps the most stunning was the crude statue of the Madonna and child. It was squat and ugly, yet the peering painted eyes of the mother were mesmerizing. Much of the cloth and wood of the vessel were rescued and worked into a box by the archeologist, adding his personal bible to the case, and secreted it away, handing it down through his own family, until sold and authenticated in the early 20th century.
