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Witches in the Air, Francisco Goya, 1797-98

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Luke Skywalker gathered a small library of ancient Jedi texts and placed them in an uneti tree on Ahch-To. On October 8, 2018, Dr. Brandon Hawk and curat…

Mod Dot and Dr. Brandon Hawk sat down to talk about the ancient Jedi manuscripts in The Last Jedi in comparison with manuscripts from the Penn collections, and we’ll be publishing their conversations between now and the release of Episode 9 in December. Tune in to learn a bit about manuscript culture and to geek out about Star Wars!

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Tiger face - 虎の顔

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The Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Rome. Photographs by JONATHAN BECKER AND TOM CRAIG. @sixpenceee

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Star Maker (?)

Remedios Varo

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Caravaggio, The Seven Works of Mercy, 1607.

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Inferno (detail) by Franz von Stuck, 1908.

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Christ’s Descent into Hell (detail) from a follower of Hieronymus Bosch, second quarter of the 16th century.

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Caravaggio, The Incredulity of St. Thomas (1601), detail.

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From The Field of Clover by Laurence Housman, 1901.

If you’re into mermaids and mermen, my collection of vintage merfolk is going swimmingly.

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15th Century Book of Hours and Handwritten Companion Volume

This video shows Dot Porter, Mitch Fraas, Nick Herman, and Sean McGeehan opening up a box containing this recent acquisition to the SIMS collection. I hope that you enjoy watching their first impressions of this gorgeous manuscript and it’s companion text!