StLOrca
@stlorca.bsky.social
Tech writer by day, amateur fiction writer and comics artist by night. Cursed with the Elephant Child’s “‘satiable curtiosity”. Pronounced Ess Tee Ell Orca.
All views expressed are my own.
All views expressed are my own.
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Singing for the sick? 🎶 Our latest post by @marikakyrannafox.bsky.social (Antwerp) dives into a fascinating Graduale Romanorum - the largest 15th c music print?! Discover this beautifully made book & find out how the plague influenced its contents & appearance! 🐀
#REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #Printing
#REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #Printing
Educational, Customisable, and Anti-Plague: Investigating the centuries-long development of a one-of-a-kind early printed music book
Marika Fox, University of Antwerp During my recently completed REBPAF internship at Maggs Bros. Rare Books and Manuscripts, I had the opportunity to work with a lot of fascinating books— but none w…
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October 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Singing for the sick? 🎶 Our latest post by @marikakyrannafox.bsky.social (Antwerp) dives into a fascinating Graduale Romanorum - the largest 15th c music print?! Discover this beautifully made book & find out how the plague influenced its contents & appearance! 🐀
#REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #Printing
#REBPAF #MSCA #BookHistory #Printing
Based on a conversation with some friends, I present Cleoraptra!
#digitalart ##trialbypun #affinitydesigner #fantasyart #fantasysky
#digitalart ##trialbypun #affinitydesigner #fantasyart #fantasysky
October 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Based on a conversation with some friends, I present Cleoraptra!
#digitalart ##trialbypun #affinitydesigner #fantasyart #fantasysky
#digitalart ##trialbypun #affinitydesigner #fantasyart #fantasysky
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'Early woodcut initials: containing over thirteen hundred reproductions of ornamental letters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries' selected and annotated by Oscar Jennings, M.D., published in London by Methuen and Co., 1908.
#bookhistory #Historiatedinitials #ornamentalletters #woodcutinitial
#bookhistory #Historiatedinitials #ornamentalletters #woodcutinitial
September 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
'Early woodcut initials: containing over thirteen hundred reproductions of ornamental letters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries' selected and annotated by Oscar Jennings, M.D., published in London by Methuen and Co., 1908.
#bookhistory #Historiatedinitials #ornamentalletters #woodcutinitial
#bookhistory #Historiatedinitials #ornamentalletters #woodcutinitial
Holey moley. A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
A quick glimpse of a book of hours on parchment, written and illuminated in France, possibly Paris, circa 1500. (UPenn Ms. Codex 2030) #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/4gBvf0m
🔗: https://bit.ly/4gBvf0m
September 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Holey moley. A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Ugh. Thank you, arthritis, for making me wear a stupid brace on both hands. No drawing for at least the next month. So I’ve got that going for me. Yay.
Did I mention the bursitis? Because there’s bursitis.
Did I mention the bursitis? Because there’s bursitis.
September 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Ugh. Thank you, arthritis, for making me wear a stupid brace on both hands. No drawing for at least the next month. So I’ve got that going for me. Yay.
Did I mention the bursitis? Because there’s bursitis.
Did I mention the bursitis? Because there’s bursitis.
August 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
August 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Astronomy. It's not just for the lads.
Have a look at this wonderful astronomy book from the late 18th century! #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory
#14 Sarah Barker’s Introduction to Astronomy, 1796
This book was kindly shared by Roberta Fountain. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Sarah Barker March 1800” Type of ownership mark #2: book plateTranscription: “Hethersett of Shrop...
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July 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Astronomy. It's not just for the lads.
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets I am talking to the one and only and utterly fabulous prof Vanessa McCarthy about her research into sex work in #renaissance Italy. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
June 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets I am talking to the one and only and utterly fabulous prof Vanessa McCarthy about her research into sex work in #renaissance Italy. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
Hello @drrochellerowe.bsky.social
I enjoyed your interview on #BetweenTheSheets. Can you recommend a book where an uneducated layperson (i.e., me) can find out more about Victorian beauty and race?
#VictorianEra #podcast #BeautyAndRacism
I enjoyed your interview on #BetweenTheSheets. Can you recommend a book where an uneducated layperson (i.e., me) can find out more about Victorian beauty and race?
#VictorianEra #podcast #BeautyAndRacism
July 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hello @drrochellerowe.bsky.social
I enjoyed your interview on #BetweenTheSheets. Can you recommend a book where an uneducated layperson (i.e., me) can find out more about Victorian beauty and race?
#VictorianEra #podcast #BeautyAndRacism
I enjoyed your interview on #BetweenTheSheets. Can you recommend a book where an uneducated layperson (i.e., me) can find out more about Victorian beauty and race?
#VictorianEra #podcast #BeautyAndRacism
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Just listened to a great Journalism History podcast episode today on deaf printers and a preservation project at Gallaudet University. Anyway their site has a great tutorial for making those caps: deafprinters.com/hat
July 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Just listened to a great Journalism History podcast episode today on deaf printers and a preservation project at Gallaudet University. Anyway their site has a great tutorial for making those caps: deafprinters.com/hat
It’s time for the new #SupervillainWeekly featuring iconic mutant Magneto! Is he friend or foe to the X-Men?
#Magneto #MagazineCover #X-Men #MarvelComics #comics #fanart #Marvel
#Magneto #MagazineCover #X-Men #MarvelComics #comics #fanart #Marvel
June 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
It’s time for the new #SupervillainWeekly featuring iconic mutant Magneto! Is he friend or foe to the X-Men?
#Magneto #MagazineCover #X-Men #MarvelComics #comics #fanart #Marvel
#Magneto #MagazineCover #X-Men #MarvelComics #comics #fanart #Marvel
I did not expect to love "Sinners" as much as I did. Call it rizz, charisma, screen presence, whatever; Michael B. Jordan has it. (Plus, I love how the Hollywood types are getting SO SO mad that Ryan Coogler's getting paid.)
June 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I did not expect to love "Sinners" as much as I did. Call it rizz, charisma, screen presence, whatever; Michael B. Jordan has it. (Plus, I love how the Hollywood types are getting SO SO mad that Ryan Coogler's getting paid.)
This is awesome. Kids are kids no matter where or when. I absolutely love it!
Just came across this web resource: 76 digitized handwriting manuals 1600-1800 - mostly with models for handwriting exercises (bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/search/N-503...). A bored child learning to write doodled in one of them (source: bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/p...).
June 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is awesome. Kids are kids no matter where or when. I absolutely love it!
You know, I want to re-read #JohnBrunner #StandOnZanzibar like I do every year, but it's hitting way too close to home right now.
#booksky #SpecFic #Dystopia
#booksky #SpecFic #Dystopia
May 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You know, I want to re-read #JohnBrunner #StandOnZanzibar like I do every year, but it's hitting way too close to home right now.
#booksky #SpecFic #Dystopia
#booksky #SpecFic #Dystopia
Just in time for #PrideMonth, it’s the new issue of Capers!, the magazine for super geeks! This month, we interview queer icon Northstar about his life before and after coming out.
#RainbowSky #AlphaFlight #Northstar #LGBTQIA #fanart #comic #comics #MarvelComics #OhCanada #Canadian
#RainbowSky #AlphaFlight #Northstar #LGBTQIA #fanart #comic #comics #MarvelComics #OhCanada #Canadian
May 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Just in time for #PrideMonth, it’s the new issue of Capers!, the magazine for super geeks! This month, we interview queer icon Northstar about his life before and after coming out.
#RainbowSky #AlphaFlight #Northstar #LGBTQIA #fanart #comic #comics #MarvelComics #OhCanada #Canadian
#RainbowSky #AlphaFlight #Northstar #LGBTQIA #fanart #comic #comics #MarvelComics #OhCanada #Canadian
I just stumbled across this jaw-dropping piece by Art Nouveau master Anton Seder. Wow. #AntonSeder #ArtNouveau
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just stumbled across this jaw-dropping piece by Art Nouveau master Anton Seder. Wow. #AntonSeder #ArtNouveau
May the Fourth be with you.
May 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
May the Fourth be with you.
The world sucks flaming farts. Here’s a bit of relief starring OCs from my friends over on ComicFury.com. You are not ready for…Rubbergirl vs Serpentyne!
#ComicFury #Webcomic #comics #fanart #RubberGirl #Serpentyne #Hawaii #Superhero #TeamHades
#ComicFury #Webcomic #comics #fanart #RubberGirl #Serpentyne #Hawaii #Superhero #TeamHades
April 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The world sucks flaming farts. Here’s a bit of relief starring OCs from my friends over on ComicFury.com. You are not ready for…Rubbergirl vs Serpentyne!
#ComicFury #Webcomic #comics #fanart #RubberGirl #Serpentyne #Hawaii #Superhero #TeamHades
#ComicFury #Webcomic #comics #fanart #RubberGirl #Serpentyne #Hawaii #Superhero #TeamHades
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The Syrian Arabic word for a hamster is أبو جراب (abu jrab), where jrab refers to a pouch/saddlebag/tote. And abu often means “father of,” but can also function as a general honorific (like “mister”). So it’s not too big a stretch to say the Syrian Arabic word for a hamster means “Mister Saddlebags”
April 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The Syrian Arabic word for a hamster is أبو جراب (abu jrab), where jrab refers to a pouch/saddlebag/tote. And abu often means “father of,” but can also function as a general honorific (like “mister”). So it’s not too big a stretch to say the Syrian Arabic word for a hamster means “Mister Saddlebags”
“Philomena Cunk on Shakespeare” is hilarious, a glorious sendup of stuffy documentaries and pompous talking heads. “The difference between “Hamlet’ and ‘Taken’ is that Liam Neeson makes up his mind.” Great stuff.
#medievalsky #satire #PhilomenaCunk
#medievalsky #satire #PhilomenaCunk
April 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“Philomena Cunk on Shakespeare” is hilarious, a glorious sendup of stuffy documentaries and pompous talking heads. “The difference between “Hamlet’ and ‘Taken’ is that Liam Neeson makes up his mind.” Great stuff.
#medievalsky #satire #PhilomenaCunk
#medievalsky #satire #PhilomenaCunk
Now on the newsstands: Supervillain's annual Moriarty Awards issue, with Hall of Fame honoree Samuel Sterns! #TheLeader #SupervillainWeekly #fanart #comics #marvelcomics #MoriartyAwards #HallOfFame #Hulk
April 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now on the newsstands: Supervillain's annual Moriarty Awards issue, with Hall of Fame honoree Samuel Sterns! #TheLeader #SupervillainWeekly #fanart #comics #marvelcomics #MoriartyAwards #HallOfFame #Hulk
A bit of fun from a few years back (yes, the "hurts" is intentional):
#comics #art #fanart #MarvinTheMartian #LooneyTunes #Acme #FakeAd
#comics #art #fanart #MarvinTheMartian #LooneyTunes #Acme #FakeAd
April 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A bit of fun from a few years back (yes, the "hurts" is intentional):
#comics #art #fanart #MarvinTheMartian #LooneyTunes #Acme #FakeAd
#comics #art #fanart #MarvinTheMartian #LooneyTunes #Acme #FakeAd
If you see this, post an anime you love.
March 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
If you see this, post an anime you love.