Farley P Katz
@farleypkatz.bsky.social
Medieval manuscript fragments, 16c printing, the Catholicon (Mainz "1460" but printed in 1470 w/ movable type), French book artist Joseph Hémard, 1930s calypso, fossils (Texas ammonites and echinoids) https://independent.academia.edu/FarleyKatz
R. Crumb knew it.
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
R. Crumb knew it.
Here's one I found in Berlin on the outside of a firehouse. Same origin?
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Here's one I found in Berlin on the outside of a firehouse. Same origin?
Here's a beautiful Texas Argiope spider (fam. Araneidae) which I saw every day when I walked my dog until one day she was gone.
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Here's a beautiful Texas Argiope spider (fam. Araneidae) which I saw every day when I walked my dog until one day she was gone.
Here are the first three states of the Anchor/Dolphin device. 1501-1502/03. From Harry Fletcher, New Aldine Studies, 1988
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Here are the first three states of the Anchor/Dolphin device. 1501-1502/03. From Harry Fletcher, New Aldine Studies, 1988
November 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Here's the menhir and the dude who stands guard over it 24/7.
October 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Here's the menhir and the dude who stands guard over it 24/7.
Mango, my son's #BullTerrier, just doing her thing on her couch.
September 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Mango, my son's #BullTerrier, just doing her thing on her couch.
Apparently the odd devices are parts of a pipe organ. Wikipedia says that a clarion is "a high-pitched trumpet used in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance" but also "a 4' organ reed stop that produces a high-pitched or clarion-like sound on a pipe organ ..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarion....
September 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Apparently the odd devices are parts of a pipe organ. Wikipedia says that a clarion is "a high-pitched trumpet used in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance" but also "a 4' organ reed stop that produces a high-pitched or clarion-like sound on a pipe organ ..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarion....
Died Hard. Neues Museum, Berlin.
September 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Died Hard. Neues Museum, Berlin.
Found this woodcut in a sammelband at the Berlin Staatsbibliothek. No idea what's up, but the dude on the left seems to be hawking a fine vine and the Angel of Truth looks like he fell into a vat of leeches. Or maybe this involves poison ivy. c. 1474-5. LC copy on right has identical coloring.
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Found this woodcut in a sammelband at the Berlin Staatsbibliothek. No idea what's up, but the dude on the left seems to be hawking a fine vine and the Angel of Truth looks like he fell into a vat of leeches. Or maybe this involves poison ivy. c. 1474-5. LC copy on right has identical coloring.
Ammonite in outside wall of firehouse in Berlin. #urbangeology #FossilFriday
September 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Ammonite in outside wall of firehouse in Berlin. #urbangeology #FossilFriday
On the Mohs Scale of Hardness, lead type should be somewhere in the range of 2-2.5: Lead (2), Antimony (3), Tin (1.5). Quartz, which is a typical component of sand, has a hardness of 7. So ...
September 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
On the Mohs Scale of Hardness, lead type should be somewhere in the range of 2-2.5: Lead (2), Antimony (3), Tin (1.5). Quartz, which is a typical component of sand, has a hardness of 7. So ...
Looking for Heinrich Keffer at the fabulous Staatsbibliothek Bamberg.
September 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Looking for Heinrich Keffer at the fabulous Staatsbibliothek Bamberg.
Google Image Search is amazing. (caption: Bodoni’s little Guys)
August 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Google Image Search is amazing. (caption: Bodoni’s little Guys)
Coming Soon - Towers of Bologna - The Game!, with the basic rules concept --
August 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Coming Soon - Towers of Bologna - The Game!, with the basic rules concept --
You're right again! Definitely an "f". See below, from the Newberry. italian.newberry.t-pen.org/www/record.h... I think "fr"is right, but I still don't see the "at", although "fratij" makes sense.
August 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
You're right again! Definitely an "f". See below, from the Newberry. italian.newberry.t-pen.org/www/record.h... I think "fr"is right, but I still don't see the "at", although "fratij" makes sense.
Here's a nicer image of the titlepage
August 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Here's a nicer image of the titlepage
The book is Piccolomini, Della Sfera del Mondo, Venice: Bevilacqua 1561. The famous star atlas (with the stars here printed not woodcut). Here's the title page. I don't think there is any other writing in the book (I will confirm.) Grazie!
August 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The book is Piccolomini, Della Sfera del Mondo, Venice: Bevilacqua 1561. The famous star atlas (with the stars here printed not woodcut). Here's the title page. I don't think there is any other writing in the book (I will confirm.) Grazie!
Forgot inscription no. 1
August 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Forgot inscription no. 1
Abilene Reporter-News Jan. 13, 1954
August 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Abilene Reporter-News Jan. 13, 1954
