Jamey
@jracer.bsky.social
I like physics, philosophy, art, and skeletons. In that order.
Two Skulls, Oil on Canvas, Julien Adolphe Duvocelle, 1898.
October 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Two Skulls, Oil on Canvas, Julien Adolphe Duvocelle, 1898.
@murphyillustration "Persistent Specimen," painted in 2020 for Magic's Innistrad Crimson Vow set. Oil on panel.
October 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
@murphyillustration "Persistent Specimen," painted in 2020 for Magic's Innistrad Crimson Vow set. Oil on panel.
The Skeleton of the Day is: Weaponized dungeon skeleton!
October 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The Skeleton of the Day is: Weaponized dungeon skeleton!
Skeleton of the Day is:
October 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Skeleton of the Day is:
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Another scene from the Totentanz - Dance of Death - in Bleibach, Germany, which dates to 1723, and still has all 34 scenes - made up of 33 couples and a skeletal band - along with the accompanying text. Here are some of the musicians providing the music for the dance!
June 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Another scene from the Totentanz - Dance of Death - in Bleibach, Germany, which dates to 1723, and still has all 34 scenes - made up of 33 couples and a skeletal band - along with the accompanying text. Here are some of the musicians providing the music for the dance!
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It’s a replica of one of the painted skulls from the beinhaus in Hallstatt, Austria. @anatomicalcat.bsky.social wrote a blogpost which explains in more detail.
thesewanderingbones.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/t...
thesewanderingbones.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/t...
The Painted Skulls of Hallstatt
Ossuaries are often places where death becomes anonymous. They reveal the end result promised by the Danse Macabre. These dances show us that death is coming for us all, from the lowest peasant up …
thesewanderingbones.wordpress.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It’s a replica of one of the painted skulls from the beinhaus in Hallstatt, Austria. @anatomicalcat.bsky.social wrote a blogpost which explains in more detail.
thesewanderingbones.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/t...
thesewanderingbones.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/t...
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I visited the ossuary of Custoza two years ago. It developed out of the parish priest’s desire to commemorate those who had died in the Italian wars of unification through the 19thC. Don Pivatelli had become priest in 1872, and hated the idea of so many soldiers lying in mass graves around his town
July 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I visited the ossuary of Custoza two years ago. It developed out of the parish priest’s desire to commemorate those who had died in the Italian wars of unification through the 19thC. Don Pivatelli had become priest in 1872, and hated the idea of so many soldiers lying in mass graves around his town
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The Antikamnia Chemical Company marketed an analgesic powder to pharmacists using these darkly illustrated limited edition calendars from 1897 to 1901. The name of the company means “opposed to pain.” Ironically, the product could be fatal as it contained acetanilide, which impairs red blood cells.
June 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Antikamnia Chemical Company marketed an analgesic powder to pharmacists using these darkly illustrated limited edition calendars from 1897 to 1901. The name of the company means “opposed to pain.” Ironically, the product could be fatal as it contained acetanilide, which impairs red blood cells.
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The Angel of Death (a winged skeletal creature) drops some deadly substances into a river near a town, symbolizing typhoid. Watercolor, 1912, by Richard Tennant Cooper.
Typhoid was prevalent in the 19th and early 20th centuries, before people had regular access to clean water.
Typhoid was prevalent in the 19th and early 20th centuries, before people had regular access to clean water.
July 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The Angel of Death (a winged skeletal creature) drops some deadly substances into a river near a town, symbolizing typhoid. Watercolor, 1912, by Richard Tennant Cooper.
Typhoid was prevalent in the 19th and early 20th centuries, before people had regular access to clean water.
Typhoid was prevalent in the 19th and early 20th centuries, before people had regular access to clean water.
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X-ray by Dawson Turner, 1896. A primitive x-ray installation, the first in Edinburgh, was set up in Turner's house at George Square. As a result of his work he had several of his fingers amputated and lost an eye
July 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
X-ray by Dawson Turner, 1896. A primitive x-ray installation, the first in Edinburgh, was set up in Turner's house at George Square. As a result of his work he had several of his fingers amputated and lost an eye
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Memento mori ring moulded with a skeleton and coffin-shaped bezel containing another tiny skeleton, c.1727. #MementoMoriMonday
July 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Memento mori ring moulded with a skeleton and coffin-shaped bezel containing another tiny skeleton, c.1727. #MementoMoriMonday
The Skeleton of the Day
"The study provides critical new insights into the African Humid Period, a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara desert was a green savanna, rich in water bodies that facilitated human habitation and the spread of pastoralism."
www.mpg.de/24407329/032...
"The study provides critical new insights into the African Humid Period, a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara desert was a green savanna, rich in water bodies that facilitated human habitation and the spread of pastoralism."
www.mpg.de/24407329/032...
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Skeleton of the Day
"The study provides critical new insights into the African Humid Period, a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara desert was a green savanna, rich in water bodies that facilitated human habitation and the spread of pastoralism."
www.mpg.de/24407329/032...
"The study provides critical new insights into the African Humid Period, a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara desert was a green savanna, rich in water bodies that facilitated human habitation and the spread of pastoralism."
www.mpg.de/24407329/032...
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Memento Mori Finger Ring
black enamel and gold
17th Century
black enamel and gold
17th Century
March 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Memento Mori Finger Ring
black enamel and gold
17th Century
black enamel and gold
17th Century
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Here’s a cheerful brass skeleton for a Wednesday…
(Rotherham Minster)
(Rotherham Minster)
March 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Here’s a cheerful brass skeleton for a Wednesday…
(Rotherham Minster)
(Rotherham Minster)