g.j.hilton
@hltn.bsky.social
historian of renaissance & em scenography: the material, manufacturers & manufacturing of spectacle - machines, entries, feasts, gardens. (burgundy, you're my favorite.)
(2025) msc bweh, edinburgh medical school
whitby, n.yorks because: goth
(2025) msc bweh, edinburgh medical school
whitby, n.yorks because: goth
Just evicted a scarily large scarily loud insect from the house. Black with a single thick yellow stripe on the abdomen, so depressingly may well have been V. velutina, the yellow legged Asian hornet. Who are of course bastards and I should probably have killed it, but just couldn't bring myself to.
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Just evicted a scarily large scarily loud insect from the house. Black with a single thick yellow stripe on the abdomen, so depressingly may well have been V. velutina, the yellow legged Asian hornet. Who are of course bastards and I should probably have killed it, but just couldn't bring myself to.
"Of all the sets and all the set pieces - a Frankenstein movie I think the key piece is the lab. That's the one obligatory scene." - @realgdt.bsky.social
Set tour: m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRiL...
(Also, the set I wanted so much to design it's how I furnished the bottom floor of my house…)
Set tour: m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRiL...
(Also, the set I wanted so much to design it's
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"Of all the sets and all the set pieces - a Frankenstein movie I think the key piece is the lab. That's the one obligatory scene." - @realgdt.bsky.social
Set tour: m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRiL...
(Also, the set I wanted so much to design it's how I furnished the bottom floor of my house…)
Set tour: m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRiL...
(Also, the set I wanted so much to design it's
Instagram is an absolute close stool of a website but this post from the legendary Ivan Day on the serving of early modern pies is totally essential
www.instagram.com/p/DQxpkIpDIG8/
(All images are his and are fully described in his post - read more there!)
www.instagram.com/p/DQxpkIpDIG8/
(All images are his and are fully described in his post - read more there!)
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Instagram is an absolute close stool of a website but this post from the legendary Ivan Day on the serving of early modern pies is totally essential
www.instagram.com/p/DQxpkIpDIG8/
(All images are his and are fully described in his post - read more there!)
www.instagram.com/p/DQxpkIpDIG8/
(All images are his and are fully described in his post - read more there!)
Kate Hawley on gothtuming @realgdt.bsky.social Frankenstein.
www.phantasmag.com/articles/gui...
Irresistible the way this references Vera West's costume for the 1935 Bride - those sleeves!
www.phantasmag.com/articles/gui...
Irresistible the way this references Vera West's costume for the 1935 Bride - those sleeves!
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Kate Hawley on gothtuming @realgdt.bsky.social Frankenstein.
www.phantasmag.com/articles/gui...
Irresistible the way this references Vera West's costume for the 1935 Bride - those sleeves!
www.phantasmag.com/articles/gui...
Irresistible the way this references Vera West's costume for the 1935 Bride - those sleeves!
Anybody who has ever struggled to make out the cryptic hand of some recalcitrant textual source will read this with unfolding horror, glee and schadefreude. Quite a delight, quite a plot twist. Glorious.
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Anybody who has ever struggled to make out the cryptic hand of some recalcitrant textual source will read this with unfolding horror, glee and schadefreude. Quite a delight, quite a plot twist. Glorious.
Oh my goth. Tristwch Y Fenywod ON HALLOWEEN. I am undone.
+++ Some recent announcements for the 2026 Gothic events in Whitby. +++
#icymi #goth #gothic #gothicrock #postpunk #whitby #whitbygothic #whitbygoth #themission #waynehussey #loltolhurst #themarchviolets #yorkshire #northyorkshire
#icymi #goth #gothic #gothicrock #postpunk #whitby #whitbygothic #whitbygoth #themission #waynehussey #loltolhurst #themarchviolets #yorkshire #northyorkshire
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Oh my goth. Tristwch Y Fenywod ON HALLOWEEN. I am undone.
Pair of truly gorgeous Austin Osman Spare watercolours with Bellmans next month. Would part with a kidney in a heartbeat to finance, heck both kidneys if you insist.
The £1000 estimate is the living definition of a put up 'come by me' job unfortunately.
www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...
The £1000 estimate is the living definition of a put up 'come by me' job unfortunately.
www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...
November 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Pair of truly gorgeous Austin Osman Spare watercolours with Bellmans next month. Would part with a kidney in a heartbeat to finance, heck both kidneys if you insist.
The £1000 estimate is the living definition of a put up 'come by me' job unfortunately.
www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...
The £1000 estimate is the living definition of a put up 'come by me' job unfortunately.
www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...
1586. George French of Kingsbridge, Devon had the model Elizabethan garden: formal knot garden, parterres, arbour... BIG SURROUNDING WALL.
(Pretty much mouthwatering) detail from a map with Forum Auctions next month.
www.forumauctions.co.uk/157131/Devon...
(Pretty much mouthwatering) detail from a map with Forum Auctions next month.
www.forumauctions.co.uk/157131/Devon...
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM
1586. George French of Kingsbridge, Devon had the model Elizabethan garden: formal knot garden, parterres, arbour... BIG SURROUNDING WALL.
(Pretty much mouthwatering) detail from a map with Forum Auctions next month.
www.forumauctions.co.uk/157131/Devon...
(Pretty much mouthwatering) detail from a map with Forum Auctions next month.
www.forumauctions.co.uk/157131/Devon...
As far as I can tell this hasn't been noticed until I showed my amazing mum - who's spent 2 years working with the Frank Meadow Sutcliffe archive at #Whitby Museum - George du Maurier's Whitby Vikings cartoon from Punch. The FMS picture is "c1885", the cartoon 1881 but that "circa" could be critical
October 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As far as I can tell this hasn't been noticed until I showed my amazing mum - who's spent 2 years working with the Frank Meadow Sutcliffe archive at #Whitby Museum - George du Maurier's Whitby Vikings cartoon from Punch. The FMS picture is "c1885", the cartoon 1881 but that "circa" could be critical
Extracurricular obsession with (a) blue food (b) imaginary flavours continues to be a hurdle to e.g. sleep, reintegration into polite society etc.
This via Mr Tee www.instagram.com/mrtee_offici...
This via Mr Tee www.instagram.com/mrtee_offici...
October 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Extracurricular obsession with (a) blue food (b) imaginary flavours continues to be a hurdle to e.g. sleep, reintegration into polite society etc.
This via Mr Tee www.instagram.com/mrtee_offici...
This via Mr Tee www.instagram.com/mrtee_offici...
[Terry Thomas voice] Well hel-lo.
October 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
[Terry Thomas voice] Well hel-lo.
In which a throwaway trailing modifier phrase opens up so many more questions than it resolves...
Cressy, David. “Death and the Social Order: The Funerary Preferences of Elizabethan Gentlemen.” Continuity and Change 5, no. 1 (1990): 99–119. doi.org/10.1017/S026....
Cressy, David. “Death and the Social Order: The Funerary Preferences of Elizabethan Gentlemen.” Continuity and Change 5, no. 1 (1990): 99–119. doi.org/10.1017/S026....
October 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In which a throwaway trailing modifier phrase opens up so many more questions than it resolves...
Cressy, David. “Death and the Social Order: The Funerary Preferences of Elizabethan Gentlemen.” Continuity and Change 5, no. 1 (1990): 99–119. doi.org/10.1017/S026....
Cressy, David. “Death and the Social Order: The Funerary Preferences of Elizabethan Gentlemen.” Continuity and Change 5, no. 1 (1990): 99–119. doi.org/10.1017/S026....
Another day, another post shamelessly fanboying Tamara Deverell, production designer of @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein:
Deverell dumped some juicy reference imagery on Instagram last week - the cropping / reframing she chose lets you follow her eye at work
🧵
www.instagram.com/p/DPqPKrajUGh
Deverell dumped some juicy reference imagery on Instagram last week - the cropping / reframing she chose lets you follow her eye at work
🧵
www.instagram.com/p/DPqPKrajUGh
October 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Another day, another post shamelessly fanboying Tamara Deverell, production designer of @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein:
Deverell dumped some juicy reference imagery on Instagram last week - the cropping / reframing she chose lets you follow her eye at work
🧵
www.instagram.com/p/DPqPKrajUGh
Deverell dumped some juicy reference imagery on Instagram last week - the cropping / reframing she chose lets you follow her eye at work
🧵
www.instagram.com/p/DPqPKrajUGh
Problem: You've got a webpage containing an embedded IIIF but what you want is a nice old-fashioned max resolution PNG.
Solution: github.com/gjhilton/Rip...
No warranties, no support. Most of all: people who digitise manuscripts deserve LOVE, not this sort of thing - please don't use for evil.
Solution: github.com/gjhilton/Rip...
No warranties, no support. Most of all: people who digitise manuscripts deserve LOVE, not this sort of thing - please don't use for evil.
GitHub - gjhilton/RippyFish
Contribute to gjhilton/RippyFish development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Problem: You've got a webpage containing an embedded IIIF but what you want is a nice old-fashioned max resolution PNG.
Solution: github.com/gjhilton/Rip...
No warranties, no support. Most of all: people who digitise manuscripts deserve LOVE, not this sort of thing - please don't use for evil.
Solution: github.com/gjhilton/Rip...
No warranties, no support. Most of all: people who digitise manuscripts deserve LOVE, not this sort of thing - please don't use for evil.
Bidding now open for the sale of the Jim Henson company's archive: I am being unfairly personally targeted by the lavish selection of dishes and tableware from the show-stealing Skeksis banquet scene in Dark Crystal.
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Bidding now open for the sale of the Jim Henson company's archive: I am being unfairly personally targeted by the lavish selection of dishes and tableware from the show-stealing Skeksis banquet scene in Dark Crystal.
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
Google Books captcha generator has a low opinion of vol 2 of the records of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the North Riding of the County of York (1612-1620).
October 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Google Books captcha generator has a low opinion of vol 2 of the records of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the North Riding of the County of York (1612-1620).
Were any of my organs so tradeable - if only! - I would hock the dripping lot to Satan in a moment to write a single paragraph like Angela Carter.
October 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Were any of my organs so tradeable - if only! - I would hock the dripping lot to Satan in a moment to write a single paragraph like Angela Carter.
Here's that diagram showing the Hindi naming of the components of elephant caparison you didn't know you needed.
(From the highly-recommended www.sahapedia.org/elephant-reg... )
(From the highly-recommended www.sahapedia.org/elephant-reg... )
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Here's that diagram showing the Hindi naming of the components of elephant caparison you didn't know you needed.
(From the highly-recommended www.sahapedia.org/elephant-reg... )
(From the highly-recommended www.sahapedia.org/elephant-reg... )
Astonishingly gorgeous nef (lower left).
A magnificent exhibition: "Nürnberg Global, 1300-1600," showcasing stunning #MedievalSky & #EarlyModern objects—paintings, engravings, goldsmithing & scientific objects, woodcuts, books (of hours), architectural models, sculptures, armor, textiles, coins. It's SO good!
🗃️ #HistSci #ArtHistory 🏛️
🗃️ #HistSci #ArtHistory 🏛️
October 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Astonishingly gorgeous nef (lower left).
Reposted by g.j.hilton
Historians of science: any thoughts on this? I'm intrigued by a "recipe" in a 1505 manuscript, which describes what appears to be the Leidenfrost effect, named after Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, who supposedly was the first to describe the effect in the 18th century 🗃️ #HistSTM #HistSci #EarlyModern 🧪
The Leidenfrost effect! But wow is this ever an early description of it.
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Historians of science: any thoughts on this? I'm intrigued by a "recipe" in a 1505 manuscript, which describes what appears to be the Leidenfrost effect, named after Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, who supposedly was the first to describe the effect in the 18th century 🗃️ #HistSTM #HistSci #EarlyModern 🧪
This concept art for @realgdt.bsky.social 's Frankenstein - and now, my home office - has been hiding in plain sight as part of a Hollywood Reporter preview of the 'Art of…' book. No artist credit unfortunately but Tamara Deverell production designer.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
October 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This concept art for @realgdt.bsky.social 's Frankenstein - and now, my home office - has been hiding in plain sight as part of a Hollywood Reporter preview of the 'Art of…' book. No artist credit unfortunately but Tamara Deverell production designer.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Seasonally appropriate BTS from Berton Pierce on the models (and sets) of Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula.
"… a skeleton ribcage skull head sitting on a throne. And yet it was to look like a castle. Like you've ever seen a castle like that."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LCqw...
"… a skeleton ribcage skull head sitting on a throne. And yet it was to look like a castle. Like you've ever seen a castle like that."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LCqw...
October 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Seasonally appropriate BTS from Berton Pierce on the models (and sets) of Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula.
"… a skeleton ribcage skull head sitting on a throne. And yet it was to look like a castle. Like you've ever seen a castle like that."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LCqw...
"… a skeleton ribcage skull head sitting on a throne. And yet it was to look like a castle. Like you've ever seen a castle like that."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=LCqw...
Perhaps I mistook it for abandoned, perhaps I came to despise how effortlessly the author pushes at an idea and keeps pushing and pushing: in any case, somehow I forgot BLDGBLOG. In an overnighter tonight I remembered it and fell head & heels hook & line back in love. bldgblog.com/2022/01/molt...
October 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Perhaps I mistook it for abandoned, perhaps I came to despise how effortlessly the author pushes at an idea and keeps pushing and pushing: in any case, somehow I forgot BLDGBLOG. In an overnighter tonight I remembered it and fell head & heels hook & line back in love. bldgblog.com/2022/01/molt...
Jason Ardizzone-West's work may tbh not be my cup of tea but his process documentation is truly outstanding and fascinating.
www.jawstudiony.com/design-proce...
www.jawstudiony.com/design-proce...
jesus christ superstar live . process — jason ardizzone-west | stage designer
www.jawstudiony.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Jason Ardizzone-West's work may tbh not be my cup of tea but his process documentation is truly outstanding and fascinating.
www.jawstudiony.com/design-proce...
www.jawstudiony.com/design-proce...
Exhausted by the continual effort to resist buying this well-provenanced (thoroughbred?) 1920s-vintage pantomime horse. Might be prudent to yield to it.
September 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Exhausted by the continual effort to resist buying this well-provenanced (thoroughbred?) 1920s-vintage pantomime horse. Might be prudent to yield to it.