Farley P Katz
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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
Orb-weaver spider, family Nephilidae. In Japan probably "Joro-spider" or Trichonephila clavata. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichon...
Trichonephila clavata - Wikipedia
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November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Orb-weaver spider, family Nephilidae. In Japan probably "Joro-spider" or Trichonephila clavata. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichon...
I think that this could have resulted w/o cutting if the type pages had been imposed incorrectly in the formes, specifically c4 and 5 were switched with c2 and 3. Are the watermarks in the same locations as in they are in other gatherings in the book?
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I think that this could have resulted w/o cutting if the type pages had been imposed incorrectly in the formes, specifically c4 and 5 were switched with c2 and 3. Are the watermarks in the same locations as in they are in other gatherings in the book?
Reminds me of graffitti I saw in the NYC subway a zillion years ago:
Pet Tapeworm for sale
Goes where you go
Eats what you eat
Pet Tapeworm for sale
Goes where you go
Eats what you eat
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Reminds me of graffitti I saw in the NYC subway a zillion years ago:
Pet Tapeworm for sale
Goes where you go
Eats what you eat
Pet Tapeworm for sale
Goes where you go
Eats what you eat
Oh I guess since it's Trump, hair-brained might also be right. 😜
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Oh I guess since it's Trump, hair-brained might also be right. 😜
It's hare-brained.
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It's hare-brained.
"the double frame was enclosed in a border" should have been "the anchor and dolphin were enclosed in a border ..." 😊
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"the double frame was enclosed in a border" should have been "the anchor and dolphin were enclosed in a border ..." 😊
See the images I just posted. Fletcher notes that the double frame was "enclosed in a border of double lines that are already showing fragile spots damaged by the press." Page 45. Cutting all the frame except for the dots arguably left a decorative image, although it was soon abandoned.
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
See the images I just posted. Fletcher notes that the double frame was "enclosed in a border of double lines that are already showing fragile spots damaged by the press." Page 45. Cutting all the frame except for the dots arguably left a decorative image, although it was soon abandoned.
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
Originally, the woodcut had a frame around the dolphin and anchor. That was cut down. First, the dots were left. Later, all the dots were removed.
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Originally, the woodcut had a frame around the dolphin and anchor. That was cut down. First, the dots were left. Later, all the dots were removed.
By Ambrogio Giovanni Figino of Milan, drawn from life. The note states it was cut from a book of his drawings that was carried to Rome by a puppet theatre painter "doppo esser caduto in mar[e.]/ e ripescato" ("after having fallen into the sea and fished out"). www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
drawing | British Museum
Portrait of St Carlo Borromeo; head in profile to left
Black and red chalk
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November 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
By Ambrogio Giovanni Figino of Milan, drawn from life. The note states it was cut from a book of his drawings that was carried to Rome by a puppet theatre painter "doppo esser caduto in mar[e.]/ e ripescato" ("after having fallen into the sea and fished out"). www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Normally, you'd be happy to get a suspended sentence.
October 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Normally, you'd be happy to get a suspended sentence.
Named after the strigil?
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"Strigilated" sarcophagi
The "strigil" was a metal tool used, especially by athletes, to clean the body after being doused with oil. It had the form of a concave,...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Named after the strigil?
www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
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.
That is one huge potholder!
October 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
That is one huge potholder!
It wasn't so hard. Sachs Quality Furniture in the early 1950s used a radio jingle "Melrose five, five three hundred" - "New York's most famous phone number". Melrose was the name of the telephone exchange in the Bronx, or ME5 5300. I still remember the tune. Pynchon used that in Vineland btw.
October 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It wasn't so hard. Sachs Quality Furniture in the early 1950s used a radio jingle "Melrose five, five three hundred" - "New York's most famous phone number". Melrose was the name of the telephone exchange in the Bronx, or ME5 5300. I still remember the tune. Pynchon used that in Vineland btw.
Nate Bargatze nailed this mishegoss in Washington's Dream. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqf...
Washington's Dream - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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October 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Nate Bargatze nailed this mishegoss in Washington's Dream. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqf...
Having recently visited Germany, I can tell you this needs to be updated as CurryHegelWurst.
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Having recently visited Germany, I can tell you this needs to be updated as CurryHegelWurst.
Nice summary. There are currently 21 digitized copies of the Catholicon, links at data.cerl.org/istc/ib00020... The different impressions are designated a (Bull's Head/vellum), b (Galliziani) & c (Tower/Crown).
ISTC (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue)
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October 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Nice summary. There are currently 21 digitized copies of the Catholicon, links at data.cerl.org/istc/ib00020... The different impressions are designated a (Bull's Head/vellum), b (Galliziani) & c (Tower/Crown).
Who drinks bird milk? Didn't even know it was a thing.
September 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Who drinks bird milk? Didn't even know it was a thing.
