Middlemarch, George Eliot

Saw this on Facebook, but I have greater reach hear

when you see an interesting book in the store

shut up and take my money

One of twelve volvelles in Trithemius, Polygraphie, 1561. The title written on the fore-edge of this book suggests that it belonged to John Dee. It’s a book about cryptography, and the volvelles are cipher discs used to encoding or decoding text.

The RCP library has the largest known collection of books from John Dee’s library, going on display from January 2016.

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Dagger with Sheath

Dated: 18th century

Culture: Turkish

Medium: jade, steel, gold, copper, shagreen, gemstone

Measurements: L. with sheath 14 5/16 in. (36.4 cm); L. without sheath 13 5/16 in. (33.8 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Wt. 9.1 oz. (258 g); Wt. of sheath 3.7 oz. (104.9 g)

Source: Copyright 2014 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Snow day

Just finished the first one of this series at someone’s house - now I’m in it for the long haul. 

Short comic, while I work on something bigger on the side. It is nevertheless a very important topic. A lot of seabirds die because they eat plastic. They feed their chicks with the waste. It’s really tragic.

Morning doodle.