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Medieval manuscript fragments, 16c printing, the Catholicon (Mainz "1460" but printed in 1470 w/ movable type), French book artist Joseph Hémard, 1930s calypso, fossils (Texas ammonites and echinoids) https://independent.academia.edu/FarleyKatz
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Hogbacks in All Saints Church, Brompton-in-Allerton, North Riding of Yorkshire. 10th Century

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Any idea what this is? Medieval bird trap? Type of bird? Duck? Date? Similar images? Bronze, gilt, 3.5 x 4.5 cm. Thanks! #medievalbluesky #birds

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With eerie similarities to today's world, in 1720 Verona decreed that all foreign paupers must leave within 3 days under pain of imprisonment, corporal punishment and service in the galleys. Natives of to Verona had to wear beggar’s badges. A draft translation is at: www.academia.edu/127736115/Do...

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and the award for the funkiest woodcut Lion of St. Marks goes to ... Bergamo for this wretched beast heading up a decree in 1612. Those who have usurped municipal property who are ordered to release the property, remove any walls and restore the legitimate boundary, under pain of 2 years banishment.

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Happy St. Valentine's Day! (Chansonnier Cordiforme 1470s)

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Help, BlueSky Roman #mythology fans! Can anyone tell me who the two figures at top of this 1565 etching are? They seem to be deep in thought. Philosophers maybe? The two figures below apparently are old fauns (Roman) or satyrs (Greek). #Rome #Ancient_Greece Please RP

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NO TO THE PSYCHO! R/T

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A pair of engraved grotesques from 1565 Venice, possibly by Nicolo Nelli. Among the horrors are eyeglasses, burning tongues, bad hair and extra large beads!

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