Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads 1860 during the Second Opium War, at which time the fountainheads were looted. They were originally made by an Italian Jesuit, Giuseppe Castiglione. In May 2015, Sean Parker paid US$4.4 million at Phillips for the small (gold) version of the 12-sculpture work by Ai Weiwei. In June 2015, a large (bronze) version sold at auction for $5.4 million. Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads is an artwork by Chinese contemporary artist and political commentator, Ai Weiwei. The work comes in a small (gold) and large (bronze) version. Created in 2010, the zodiac heads (a Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit,
Regina Coeli recited in place of the "Angelus" during the Easter season, from Easter Sunday until Pentecost. As with many Christian prayers, it takes its name from its incipit or first word(s). The Latin word "coelum", meaning "heaven" (hence the English word "celestial"), was a common medieval and early modern spelling of "caelum", which was the only form in Classical Latin. In medieval Latin, "ae" and "oe" were both pronounced [eː]; the form was also influenced by an extremely dubious etymology from Greek "koilos", "hollow". While the authorship of the "Regina Caeli" is unknown, the hymn has been traced back to the