MS 410 England, [15th century] Indulgence Scroll (in Lat. and Eng.) Parchment roll, 1515 x 165 mm., unevenly trimmed at top and bottom, composed of three membranes segments glued together, the third an addition of the late fifteenth century. Written and decorated area, 1391 x 141 mm. Single bounding lines and guidelines for text (6mm. apart) ruled in lead. Written in gothic liturgical script in brown and red ink.

June 19, 2008

Beinecke Library, indulgence, parchment, roll, scroll

Rock, Rock, Rock!

. . . Rock, Rock, Rock, Rock! Scenic postcards from the Beinecke Digital Image database: http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/ Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado Canopy over Plymouth Rock, Plymouth, Massachusetts

June 16, 2008

Beinecke Library, postcards, rocks, scenic, views

Type Cast

Writers at their typewriters. From the Beinecke Digital Image database: http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex William Carlos Williams, 1940s Eric Knight, [1942?] H. L. Mencken, 1913

June 12, 2008

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, Yale Collection of American Literature, typewriter, writers

I.I.

Idiot International, a counter-culture magazine focusing on politics, published out of London, England, 1970-1971 - possibly related to the longer-lived French publication "L'idiot international", but the link is unclear.

June 9, 2008

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, 1970s, counter-culture, idiot, international, london, magazine, protest

The Peculiar Fish

A movable scene from Dean's Living Strewelpeter [ca. 1890]

June 5, 2008

Beinecke Library, Shirley Collection, book, dean's, movable, strewelpeter