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GARIBALDI LINDBERG (detail)

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Typography Tuesday

We return to our facsimile of a 16th-cnetury calligraphic manuscript, Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta, or Model Book of Calligraphy, written in 1561/62 by Georg Bocskay, the Croatian-born court secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, and illuminated 30 years later by Flemish painter Joris Hoefnagel for the grandson of Ferdinand I, Emperor Rudolph II. The manuscript was produced by Bocskay in Vienna to demonstrate his technical mastery of the immense range of writing styles known to him. To complement and augment Bocskay's calligraphy, Hoefnagel added fruit, flowers, and insects to nearly every page, composing them so as to enhance the unity and balance of the page’s design. Although the two never met, the manuscript has an uncanny quality of collaboration about it.

Our facsimile was the first facsimile produced from the collection at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. It was printed in Lausanne, Switzerland by Imprimeries Reunies and published by Christopher Hudson in 1992. 

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from twitter user deejaygeejaygee

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✨everything is fossil-ble🦴🦖

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Jugendstil Pewter Bowl with a Snail Pattern in High Relief. Manufactured ca. 1899–1909 by the Osiris metalware factory in Nuremburg, Germany. Photography by Freia Beer / Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Digitaltmuseum id number: NK5184.

(Source: digitaltmuseum.org)

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Entirely non-carbon monoxide modern reasons why people may think their house is haunted:

Old creaking floors

Old pipes groan with hot water flow

Slightly slanted floors so dresser drawers gradually open themselves

Water odd-colored and tasting wierd from unused taps or new filtration systems

Discovering choices made from bad renovation attempts

#just home ownership things #it's really the last one that really keeps me awake at night #because sweet mothra i hate cheap fixes #landlord special indeed #a personal anecdote of my own

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No U-turn, Tom Burckhardt and John Yau

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Palazzo Gate, Rome, Italy

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Revival: Trần Hùng Spring/Summer 2021

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Ydach chi'n dysgu Cymraeg? Ydach chi'n defnyddio apiau? Mae'r arolwg byr yma yn gofyn am eich profiadau. 😊

Are you learning Welsh? Are you using apps? This short survey asks about your experiences. 😊

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"We call it vff," said the alien. "It's - it's hard to describe to a species without vffsense. Imagine trying to describe light to a species that never evolved eyes. But there are forms of life that are only perceptible with vffsense, and they've visited Earth and fed on life as long as it's existed here."

There was a pause.

Then the human said, "That's the worst thing you've ever said."

"Don't worry about it."

"I think I have to, now."

"No, because - well - you have a species of spider which pretends to be an ant, correct? It's not capable of understanding the fact that it's mimicking an ant, but it instinctually mimics an ant in order to deter predators."

"Sure?"

"Humans produce a vff to mimic varths, predators only perceptible through vffsense. The organisms that would like to feed on you are terrified of varths, and so they leave you alone. You aren't aware you do it, you don't have the capacity to understand you're doing it, but you evolved to instinctually do it to deter predators you can't see."

There was a pause.

Then the human said in a very soft and thoughtful voice, "And are there varths on Earth?"

"Yes," said the alien. "Everywhere. But don't worry about it."

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Tag yourself I’m the “Overdressed and Underappreciated”. Artist : http://www.mattadrian.com/ 

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