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Elric of Melniboné illustration by Yoshitaka Amano

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Restoring the Moonlight Sword King's Field IV: The Ancient City [2001] FromSoftware - PlayStation 2

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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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i think this is how you play morrowind

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Vulva Pilgrim Badge (14th c.) ◆ The Netherlands ~ A vulva on legs, staff in hand, off to find salvation

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Scanned from the book Regards sur le Niger; 1978; Michel Renaudeau & Ide Oumarou

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Marisol Escobar - Acrobats, 1961

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Ico [2001] Sony Computer Entertainment Japan - PlayStation

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Bust of a Saint (1886-1902)

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Ancient coins depicting the labyrinth from Knossos, Crete. Greek myths said that the rulers of Knossos built a labyrinth, at the center of which was a formidable minotaur. The stories tell of an Athenian hero, Theseus, who braved the maze and took on the monster.

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Dark Souls Remastered PC 2018

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Ernst Fuchs, “The Spirit of Mercury” 1954

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Persepolis, Iran

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neckpiece by lynda watson in body jewelry: international perspectives - donald j. willcox (1973)

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Female figurines, Gravettian period (35-22ka)

From left to right: Willendorf, Monpazier, Dolní Věstonice, Frasassi, Sireuil, Laussel, Laussel, Kostyonki III, Kostyonki IV, Moravany, Renancourt, Laussel