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[ L ] ＼＼\\ꐕ ꐕ ꐕ//／／ why? it 's only just a memory

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Surya surrounded by the signs of the Zodiac, India, c. 1830

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the Mapledurham Watermill (2007. Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, England) seen on the cover of Black Sabbath (February 13th, 1970) by Black Sabbath

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Shomei Tomatsu & Ken Domon, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Document 1961 (東松 照明, 土門拳)

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“てらす” (To shine) by Karin Hosono

Karin Hosono | 2023

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Ahh, it is the “Let’s bath in blood” time of the year again. Avaiable at Tokyu Hands since today.

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Gagnip Ave

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Masatoshi Tsunematsu

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“Flowers”, from the series Three Beauties.  Ukiyo-e woodblock print.  About 1800, Japan.  Artist Utagawa Toyokuni I 

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Medieval book transport

You are looking at two ‘wraps’ (top), the outside and inside of a box (middle), and a leather satchel (bottom). What they share is not just their old age (they are all medieval), but also the purpose for which they were made: to transport a book from A to B. The actual reason for transporting books in these objects varied considerably. The wraps are late-medieval girdle books, which were hanged from the owner’s belt by the knot. The text inside - which was often of legal or religious nature - could be consulted quickly and easily: just unwrap it and read. The box (and the ninth-century book inside) had a more exotic use: the package functioned as a charm for good luck on the battlefield, where it was carried in front of the troops by a monk. The satchel, which also dates from the ninth century, was just a bag to transport a book while on the go - it was popular among monks. Read more about these fascinating devices in my blog post “Medieval Books on the Go” (here).  

Pics -  Wrap at top: Stockholm, Royal Library (16th century, source); Wrap below it: Yale, Beinecke Library, MS 84 (15th century, source); Box: Dublin, Royal, Irish Academy, D ii 3 (8th/9th century, source); Satchel: Dublin, Trinity, College, MS 52 (Book of Armagh, 9th century, source).

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Mourning rings (17th-18th centuries)

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Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子)

Taken from a Bunshun article posted in February 2024, but the picture was probably taken in 1975.