Incidentally I do wish to share with the community (the Aubreyad community) this inspired edition of H.M.S. Surprise I found this week
People Reading in Osman Hamdi Bey Paintings:
the scholar, 1878
young woman reading, 1880
islamic theologian with koran, 1902
the fountain of life, 1904
a young emir studying, 1905
[Osman Hamdi Bey, 1840-1910, was an Ottoman painter, curator, archaeologist, administrator and intellectual from Istanbul]
Flying Raven: ex libris, from The Raven (Le Corbeau), Édouard Manet, 1875, Art Institute of Chicago: Prints and Drawings
Our friend Tarra @wellntruly returns for another thrilling chapter of Varney! Will the Bannerworths finally leave the Hall? (No.)
“Shiver my timbers!”
“Ay, you may do what you like with your own timbers.”
- VARNEY THE VAMPIRE
A sketch of the back of an astrolabe from Oversize LJS 57, a collection of astronomical texts from Catalonia, written in ca. 1361. This illustration falls between a perpetual calendar for the molad and a drawing of the constellations in the sky. #astrolabe #hebrew #medieval #manuscript #astronomy https://instagr.am/p/CRAbOOfjS4-/
Galileo Galilei, February 15, 1564 / 2019
(image: Galileo Galilei, Sidereus nuncius, facsimile of the 1610 edition)
Our friend Tarra @wellntruly joins us for another thrilling chapter - wherein the duel FINALLY ACTUALLY HAPPENS!
Come for the Magneto shit, stay for the Women Be Talkin’!
