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This rocking chair made from an old sewing machine is really cool!

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Fine romantic dagger with silver hilt, French, 19th century.

from Czerny’s International Auction House

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Bronze Statue of Eros Sleeping (Greek, 3rd–2nd century BCE)

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Death and the Devil surprising two women, ca. 1515. Daniel Hopfer.

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Mourning rings, England (1785), Victoria & Albert Museum

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ever since i was a little girl i knew i won’t be participating

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Silent Hill 2: Remake (2024) ↳ 3/?

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elizabeth gurrier, “angel pillow,” c.1975, muslin, cotton and mohair

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Photographie spirite (médium et spectre voilé)", vers 1910 © GrandPalaisRmn (musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski

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do you ever become obsessed with a character and you just go "of fucking course its that one" at yourself because you are so incredibly predictable

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Fontainebleau State Park, Louisiana by Lana Gramlich

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eepy mourning dove cupping its wings under its belly for cushion ©Ella

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Leo Gestel, Woman at Her Toilette, pastel on paper, ca. 1910

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Pine rhizome. Photo David Read

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Leo and Diane Dillon Jules Verne: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2000) Source

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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).