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Craven (adj., KRAY-venn)
Cowardly, lacking in courage, like the lion from The Wizard of Oz or a dog with its tail between its legs.
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16th-century miniature boxwood carvings
This is some next-level, intricate craftsmanship:
Colossal has more information about where these things came from, although it is a bit murky:
It is believed that the entire body of work was created during a 30-year window between 1500 and 1530, somewhere in Flanders or the Netherlands.
The tiny altarpieces, rosaries, and prayer beads are each produced from a single boxwood fragment, incorporating pins smaller than a grass seed that hold the pieces together.
This video helps to show how these were constructed.
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