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[ladyevilmetals]

Horse Armor Probably Made for Count Antonio IV Collalto (1548–1620) | Italian, probably Brescia | ca. 1580–90 and later

[upennmanuscripts]

Ms. Codex 2032: 18th Century Prayer Book

Ms. Codex 2032: 18th Century Prayer Book

Coffee With a Codex on Monday, November 8, featured Schoenberg Curator of Manuscripts Nick Herman with Ms. Codex 2032, a book of prayers for a lay reader’s private use during the Mass. This is an aesthetically pleasing manuscript, written in a neat italic script and decorated with watercolor and gold. Ms. Codex 2032, f. 1r The iconography featured in Ms. Codex 2032 is drawn primarily from the…

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[tenebrum]

Post-Medieval horror beheadinng illustration, Biblia, Das ist: Die gantze H: Schrifft, Altes un[d] Neuen Testaments (The Bible, The Whole Scripture, Old and New Testament), 1679 Wolfgang Endter, translated into German by Martin Luther, Johannes Saubert, Salomon Glaß, Page 819, The Book of Judith. Judith beheads Holofernis. Cover page image courtesy Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.

[firstnightdesign]

That’s the way to do it (Samuel Pepys, 1662) | The Lost City of London On this day in 1662, Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary: “Thence … into Covent Garden to an alehouse … and … to see an Italian Puppet Play, that is within the rayles there, which is very pretty, the b… Source: That’s the way to do it (Samuel Pepys, 1662) | The Lost City of London

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“Shakespeare’s own play-house” (The Globe) | The Lost City of London On this day in 1644, “The Globe” was demolished by order of the Puritan City authorities (and the site redeveloped by Sir Matthew Brand or Brend). The play-house had originally been  built in 1599 … Source: “Shakespeare’s own play-house” (The Globe) | The Lost City of London

[scienceteheran]

"Meditation (Wim van Stiphout & Axel Weiss)" by Axel Weiss

[archaeologicalnews]

Alpine archaeology reveals high life through the ages

An international team of archaeologists led by experts from the University of York has uncovered evidence of human activity in the high slopes of the French Alps dating back over 8000 years.

The 14-year study in the Parc National des Eìcrins in the southern Alps is one of the most detailed archaeological investigations carried out at high altitudes. It reveals a story of human occupation and activity in one of the world's most challenging environments from the Mesolithic to the Post-Medieval period.

The work included the excavation of a series of stone animal enclosures and human dwellings considered some of most complex high altitude Bronze Age structures found anywhere in the Alps. Read more.