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It’s “A Cat-astrophe”! (1919)
5 days ago
“A Cat-astrophe” came on the tail end of an odd 1918 boom...
Metamorphosis: Transformations in the Early Modern Flap Book (early 19th century)
10 days ago
By manipulating paper flaps, the child could turn Adam into Eve into...
The Ties that Bind: Central Asian Ikat (ca. 19th century)
12 days ago
Vibrant textiles from the dazzling Timurid metropolis of Bukhara.
Artificial Intelligence: Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge
about 2 months ago
Centuries before Neo instantly mastered Kung Fu in The Matrix, medieval scholars...
Photographs of Atlantic City Sand Sculpture (ca. 1880–1920)
about 2 months ago
Photographs from when Atlantic City beaches featured artists ornately sculpting sand.
“The Persian Mâr-Nâmeh or, The Book for Taking Omens from Snakes” (1892)
about 2 months ago
A Zoroastrian text about serpents translated by the President of the Bombay...
Archie G. Norcross’ Maine Forest Fire Maps (1918–22)
2 months ago
Circular maps custom-made for the fire towers that once dotted the American...
Peruvianizing Peru: Covers from Amauta Magazine (1926–30)
2 months ago
Cover designs for José Carlos Mariátegui’s radical Lima-based magazine.
“Worthless Idiot, Donkey Head”: Parodies of Pedantry on the Renaissance Stage
2 months ago
Pompous know-it-alls were once a mainstay of mockery on the Italian stage...
Choice Notes on History from Notes and Queries (1858)
3 months ago
Selections from a peculiar British journal that focus on the peculiarities of...
Diagrams for Travel from the Qanoon-e-Islam (1832)
3 months ago
Diagrams from a lost Urdu manuscript illustrating the propitious days and directions...