Full Moon / 2 July 2023

From Omnia Andreae Alciati V.C. Emblemata, 1577.

Here are all the vintage bats we’ve so far encountered.

The Satyr and Bacchante

Norfolk, England

Illuatration from Ab¯u-Masar Gafar Ibn-Mu.hammad ; Engel, Johann [Hrsg.]; Johannes [Übers.]: De magis conjunctionibus annorum revolutionibus ac eorum profectionibus octo tractatus Albumasar. Johannis Angeli correctione (Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, 31. März 1489)

On the Shore By Fidus

Sword, Southern Germany, 1st half of the 16th century

from The Museum of Art and History Geneva

“What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.”

— Rumi

Kostnice u sv. Jakuba (Ossuary at the Church of St. James)

Brno, Czechia

Feb. 2023

Margaret Atwood, from a story featured in Old Babes in the Wood publ. in 2023