At right above, a possible image of Queen Isabella I
of Castile, attributed to Gerard David.
At left above, a Hollywood version.
Happy birthday to Chris Wallace and Hugh Jackman.
Related material: The Foot Configuration
and Jews Telling Stories.
See also the epigraph to this morning's post Deconstruction —
" … Had they deceived us
Or deceived themselves, the quiet-voiced elders,
Bequeathing us merely a receipt for deceit?"
— Four Quartets