Glyptolite

I Wish for Peace

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Scanned from An Introduction to Heraldry by Peter J. Floriani.

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Fixed a problem with the scan.

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My handwriting's always been messy. This is about the best I can do.

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Bilingual street sign, Xiahe, Gansu, China. Photograph by Matyas Rehak.

[vintage-treasures]

Pectoral and Necklace of Sithathoryunet (ca. 1887–1878 B.C.) Ancient Egyptian jewelers crafted this cloisonné pectoral using 372 semiprecious stones set in gold. Excavations recovered the piece from the tomb of Princess Sithathoryunet at Lahun. Two falcons representing the sun god flank the kneeling god Heh to symbolize eternal life and power. Loc. The Met, New York. Dim. 4.5 cm H x 8.2 cm W (1 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.).

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From Amaze

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An alien writing system in The New Teen Titans (1980 Series) #1, scanned from a 2000 reprint. Starfire and the slavers speak the same language, or their languages are rendered in the same script.

Writer: Marv Wolfman Penciller: George Perez Finisher: Romeo Tanghal Colorist: Adrienne Roy Letterer: Ben Oda Editor: Len Wein

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Sorry for the lack of activity. I've been depressed lately, and I've had difficulty finding the time and energy to maintain my blogs. I had ambitious plans for Glyptolite a month ago, but I haven't done much.

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[practicalsolutions]

Having fun with this.

[cuties-in-codices]

decorated text pages

from the stammheim missal, a richly illuminated liturgical manuscript produced at st michael's abbey in hildesheim, lower saxony, c. 1160-80

source: Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 64, ff. 63v-74v

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Winged Pig on a Globus cruciger, Cornelis Anthonisz, Europe, ca. 1545

RIJKS Amsterdam

Provenance: museum transfer 1816

h 270 mm × b 232 mm

[cornpone]

[ablackbrick]

Ravel and Unravel

“It is a hard world out there among the Hahnoquimmish. Do not let anyone tell you differently. People will offer you sanctuary, but it will be a lie. They cannot offer you what they do not have for themselves,” said Hoccurnan Towissakos. “They can offer you a place in their factories, in their shops, in their schools, in their armies, or in their prisons. They will offer you wages for your labor,…

Ravel and Unravel

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The serpent consuming its tail, crowned with flame. Frontispiece by Melchior Lechter for Stefan George's, Der siebente Ring. The Seventh Ring. Berlin, 1907.

Internet Archive

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scenes from the life of christ

pages with miniatures and liturgical chants from a dominician processional manuscript, produced in the dominician women's convent of st agnes in strasbourg, early 14th c.

source: Karlsruhe, BLB, Cod. St. Peter perg. 21

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Manliness

Fair warning: The crone is ascendant; grumpy weariness ahead. The men in the Epstein Files are not an aberration. The legality of what men do is a game, an acceptable game, a normal game. It is normal for men to cheat at their games. (I hear that Bad Bunny won over Kid Rock in the Super Bowl Halftime Battle for Viewership. I have been told that this is supposed to mean something to…

Manliness

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Steffi Grant

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Hexagonal forms. Cours de dessin géométrique à l'usage des écoles municipales et professionnelles/ Course in Geometric Drawing for Use in Municipal and Professional Schools. 1885.

Getty Research Institute via the Internet Archive