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Saraswati Hishida Shunsō. 1903. Tempera on paper. Artistic and cultural links between India and Japan (to 1890-1940) (via Société des Amis du Musée Cernuschi)

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An important message from the National Lawyers Guild - Detroit & Michigan Chapter

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Happy shut the fuck up friday

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Dorrit Black (Australian, 1891 - 1951): Harbour, Veere (1929) (via Art Gallery of South Australia)

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A Brass Figure of Vaikuntha Vishnu Kashmir, 8th/9th Century. 7 ½ in. (19 cm) high Bearing a three-line inscription on the back of the pedestal. (via Bonhams)

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Chauragarh Temple atop the Chauragarh hill in Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh

Nishakhulbe wrote : A Shiva temple at an elevation of 1330m accessible via a 3.5 km hike up with around 1700 stairs and some walk through Satpura Tiger Reserve. Shivratri is a treat here people from nearby villages come on feet walking across dense forest and these many stairs just to have a glimpse of their idol.

Every wish is a Trishul here, if you have a wish put a Trishul here any size and leave your dreams here.

(via Instagram: Lens In A Bag @nishakhulbe)

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Maha Shivaratri - The Khed-Roda Group of Monuments Raisingpura (Roda) village, Sabarkantha district, Gujarat

Kaushik Patel 🇮🇳 wrote : On the auspicious occasion of Mahashivaratri, the Khed-Roda group of Temples in Raisingpur village near Himmatnagar got the benefit of Mahaarati and Pujanik in the more than 1000-year-old ancient temple as part of the nectar festival of independence through “Incredible Heritage” through the “Light of the Past”.

(via Twitter: Kaushik Patel 🇮🇳 @Krpatel4426)

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Staff Pick of the Week

A few weeks ago I read the Epic of Gilgamesh for the first time, and despite the fact that the origins of the story are probably from the mid-3rd millennium BCE, and the earliest cuneiform tablets we know the story from date from the late 2nd millennium BCE, the narrative’s emotional frame, and the frank depictions of sex, violence, fear, longing, and friendship, all felt remarkably contemporary to me. Just last week, Gilgamesh came up again in a discussion during a session of my course on the History of Books and Printing. Since Gilgamesh has had a recurring presence in my life this past month, I’ve decided to highlight some images and text from our copy of the Limited Editions Club production of Gilgamesh, translated by William Ellery Leonard and printed in 1974 at The Stinehour Press in Lunenberg, Vermont, in an edition of 2,000 copies.

The book includes nine bold three-color woodcuts and seven black-and-white woodcuts and linocuts by the American visual artist Irving Amen (1918-2011), who also signed the entire edition. The text is printed in the Club’s proprietary eighteen-point Janson type, with thirty-six-point Trump Gravure wedge-serif capitals for the titles. The woodcuts beautifully capture every significant scene in the epic. Click on the images to view the captions.

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– MAX, Head, Special Collections

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Lata Mangeshkar (1929-2022) in Recording Studio 1963

“Rahe naa rahe hum meheka karenge Ban ke kalee, ban ke sabaa, baaga-ye-wafaa mein…”

(via Twitter: The Heritage Lab 🏛 @Theheritagelab)

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Persian Copper Stag Pendant

A stag pendant made from a copper alloy, Persia, 1500-500 BCE. Height: 3.19 cm. (British Museum, London)

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The Sun & the Moon in Norse Myth

In Norse mythology, the Sun and the Moon appear as personified siblings pulling the heavenly bodies and chased by wolves, or as plain objects. Written sources, such as the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, have surprisingly little to say about them, but clues from before the Viking Age put together with the written works speak of their greater role in ancient Scandinavia.