Megaloceros/Black Stag, Axial Gallery, Lascaux
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Grupo Socavón, Quitate de mi Escalera
Moonrise
- Artist: Albert Pinkham Ryder, American, 1847-1917
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dates: late 1870s
- Brooklyn Museum
The Legendary Pink Dots, The Lovers, part two, 1984
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Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a calendar for April from a psalter made for Isabel of York, the sister of Richard duke of York, and aunt of Edward IV.
Which saints can you spot? Points for Alphege and George, two saints of particular importance to the medieval English folk.
The annotations in the margin is an obit for Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex, who died on the 4th of April 1483:
’Obitus illustrissimi / d[omi]ni d[omi]ni Henrici Bourgch[ie]r[is] / comitis Essex[ensis] l[itte]ra d[omi]nicali C / A’nn]o D[omi]ni M[illesi]mo cccc mo/ lxxxiii°’, (f. 2v).
Further down, in a rather more challenging scribal hand (at least, I found it tricky to read even with the BL’s transcription to help) is a further note:
Thomas Bourchier, 5th son of Isabel, inscribed with his name ‘Sir T[homas] Bourgchier’ (f. 135); added dates of birth of his daughter Isabel, (24th April), ‘xxiiito die aprilis anno d[omi]ni mill[esi]mo / ccccmo lxxiiiito l[itte]ra d[omi]nicali B nata /est Isabella Bourgchier filia / Thomis Bourgchier militis et / Isabelle consortis …’ (f. 2v)
I love thinking of these books and their owners over the centuries, how they used the books and treasured them, weaving them into their everyday lives and prayers.
Image source: British Library MS Royal 2 B XIV. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/7814a59ee228e4994002ac6f965e150a/tumblr_mkhvy1nFre1qd4ufdo1_1280.jpg)
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a calendar for April from a psalter made for Isabel of York, the sister of Richard duke of York, and aunt of Edward IV.
Which saints can you spot? Points for Alphege and George, two saints of particular importance to the medieval English folk.
The annotations in the margin is an obit for Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex, who died on the 4th of April 1483:
’Obitus illustrissimi / d[omi]ni d[omi]ni Henrici Bourgch[ie]r[is] / comitis Essex[ensis] l[itte]ra d[omi]nicali C / A’nn]o D[omi]ni M[illesi]mo cccc mo/ lxxxiii°’, (f. 2v).
Further down, in a rather more challenging scribal hand (at least, I found it tricky to read even with the BL’s transcription to help) is a further note:
Thomas Bourchier, 5th son of Isabel, inscribed with his name ‘Sir T[homas] Bourgchier’ (f. 135); added dates of birth of his daughter Isabel, (24th April), ‘xxiiito die aprilis anno d[omi]ni mill[esi]mo / ccccmo lxxiiiito l[itte]ra d[omi]nicali B nata /est Isabella Bourgchier filia / Thomis Bourgchier militis et / Isabelle consortis …’ (f. 2v)
I love thinking of these books and their owners over the centuries, how they used the books and treasured them, weaving them into their everyday lives and prayers.
Image source: British Library MS Royal 2 B XIV. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.
Otto Dix, Leuchtkugel (Tracer Flares), 1917
Study by an artist from Nathadwara, Rajasthan
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Study by an artist from Nathadwara, Rajasthan
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Study by an artist from Nathadwara, Rajasthan. Via Art Found Out .
More about these artists in this book.
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The Street Lamps of Paris, Charles Marville. French (1813 - 1879)
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
The man from timbuktu mixes up one hour of deep & funky rare Orchestre Poly Rythmo madness on original vinyl for the racubah sound system,enjoy!!
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The path, 1930’s, Alexis Delcroix. French Photographer.
