Aubrey Fitzwilliam hated being dead.

It made things much harder than they needed to be. -- Blaze of Glory, Michael Pryor

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Broidery on a medieval page

Holes in the pages of medieval books are common. They were easily made (by the parchment maker’s knife), as in this wonderful case. Fixing it by stitching the hole together with strings of parchment is also common: parchment makers did it all the time, leaving behind “scars” on the page. What is totally unusual, however, is the repairs seen in this 14th-century book in Uppsala, Sweden. The damage is repaired, or at least masked, by good old broidery. It was done by the nuns who purchased the book in 1417. It is delightful to think that they took the effort to make a medieval hole disappear by replacing it with patterns like this, made up from pieces of silk in the most vivid of colors.

Pics: website of University Library Uppsala. More information about the preservation of this manuscript here.

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Things I bought at Bookfest today:

Lonely Planet travel survival kit: New Zealand

Lonely Planet Australia

Fodor's 27th Edition travel guide to the USA

Book of 35,000+ baby names

Kermit (as in the frog)'s guide to life in the '90s

Berlitz travel guide to Copenhagen

Berlitz travel guide to Vienna

The Penguin book of German verse

Essential Vienna travel guide

London A-Z

Let's Go Italy (2001 edition)

Lonely Planet travel survival kit Argentina, Uruguay & Paraguay

AA All-in-One guide to Ireland

Lonely Planet Australian guide to New South Wales and the ACT

Lonely Planet Queensland

Lonely Planet Victoria

Cadogan guide to Scotland

The Rough Guide New York

Lonely Planet travel survival kit Hong Kong, Macau & Canton

Europe and the World since 1815

Wild Wales

Collins gem Ancient Rome

Damn' Rebel Bitches: The Women of the '45

Seventeenth Century Prose and Poetry (Witherspoon and Warnke)

Lonely Planet travel survival kit New England

Lonely Planet travel survival kit Greece

Richard Baker's London: a theme with variations

Yes, I have a lot of travel books. It's because I'd like to get into the industry to write them. And I love reading about foreign countries. Also very good references for writing.

[ancientsinskorarchive]

This gif accurately describes my reaction to most of the people around me wow I just... people don't realise how much I really, honestly love them and that's okay but just ahhh people I know I love so many of them so much and they're such stellar, wonderful, exceptional people and I feel so lucky and privileged to know them.

[amathophilia]

IT’S SO HARD WHEN YOU’RE IN A CUDDLY MOOD AND DON’T HAVE ANYONE TO CUDDLE WITH THIS IS AN OUTRAGE

[suzukaze-aoba]

How to block Sponsored Posts on your Dashboard

Tumblr has recently introduced Sponsored Posts. These posts can come from anyone, regardless of whether or not you follow them, and are primarily for advertising. If you want to block them, simply install Tumblr Savior and blacklist “sponsored_badge_icon” (without the quotes).

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[ancientsinskorarchive]

The Sum of All Evil by The Chapman Brothers

[thatsplicingadventure]

I finally finished this.

Every eeveelution with every eeveelution. This took me way too long.

(please look at the high res for better quality)

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The umbreon and the eevee sprite at the left looks like a grown up eevee! So cool!

[popoulio]

oh gosh

thank you

[izkyoot]

[causally]

izkyoot:

that tiny tail  画

[sylphorix]

Still under the impression that video games are strictly for kids? Hilda Knott would like to have a word with you. And perhaps a game.

The 85-year-old British gamer has been mashing buttons for 40 years — roughly the life of the video game industry – and is showing no signs of slowing down.

We’re not talking about just a bunch of boring PC card games, either. In a video interview with the BBC, Knott, who turns 86 next month, shows off her formidable gaming setup, including a sweet 65-inch HDTV and a brand new Playstation 3 Superslim. She discusses her love of Grand Theft Auto IV, which she had a “hilarious” time playing with her 94-year-old-aunt.

Knott acknowledges that her deep love of gaming has helped her stay mentally fit, because “a lot of them have puzzles, working out how to do something.”

She isn’t joking, either, as the video shows her playing the niche tactical role-playing game, Disgaea 4. That’s hardcore. This lady is a gamer, through and through.

And while many of her fellow octogenarians credit games like Wii Sports for keeping them physically active, Knott’s favorite part about playing video games will sound more familiar to the Halo crowd.

“Finding something new in the game,” she says. “Getting on to the next stage, or the next event. And the achievement of finishing it.”

With 40 years of gaming under her belt, we imagine she’s finished quite a few. Hats off to you, Hilda!

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Fuck yeah

[rosengris]

Undercover Cake

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i wanna make these and casually eat them in front of people

[rachelreine]

[legislacerator]

do you know what this is?

this is an ice tray shaped like dinosaur bones. my ice cubes will now be shaped like motherfucking dinosaur bones.

if you don’t think that is the tightest shit ever get out of my face

[legislacerator]

bringing this back. this is very important

[odditiesoflife]

Devil’s Bridge

Kromlauer Park is a gothic style, 200-acre country park in the municipality of Kromlau in the Görlitz Gablenzgasse district in Germany. An incredible attraction of the park is the Rakotzbrücke, more popularly known as Devil’s Bridge.

The impressive arch bridge was built around 1860. During its construction, other peculiar rock formations were built on the lake and in the park. Devil’s Bridge is no longer open to the public to ensure its preservation. A unique feature of the bridge is that its reflection on the water’s surface creates a flawless circle, regardless of which side is being viewed.

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do you ever feel like your future is slipping away while you’re laughing at stupid puns on tumblr

[moclamine]