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Interesting Pretties: January 2013
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Saturday, 19 January 2013. Medieval Glasses and Viking Reading Crystals. As a leatherworker, I get extremely interested when I hear the phase "leather framed glasses". I never knew such a thing existed until a few days ago, when I saw a link to an article discussing a rare book containing an even rarer imprint of glasses. Yes, someone, several hundred years ago, shut their glasses in the back of a book they'd been reading:. Between 1000 and 1250, pr es byopic. Mon ks use d reading stones, often made of b...
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Interesting Pretties: AFK for Nine Weeks
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Saturday, 30 March 2013. AFK for Nine Weeks. So I've been AFK since January which means I've not updated my blog and I've barely been pinning. In fact, I've barely seen many of my real life friends for that matter. Well, that stops now. Of course, I do have a very good reason at least. What I made in the last week of January:. Ladies Hero Belt: Celtic and shaped for us girls with hips. Makes a huge. Monogrammed Kindle Cover: Proof I don't just make costume! What I made in February:. I also started making...
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Interesting Pretties: April 2013
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Thursday, 4 April 2013. I have had my head in a world of costume and dwarves lately. So it may sound like I'm losing my grip on reality when I say that The One Ring, The Preciousssss, actually exists in the real world - and it's not a film prop. Above: The ring and a close up of the Venus head, sourced from The National Trust website. Of course, to curse something properly, you'd have to write the curse on a separate item, cursing the first one. Why? Roman curse tablets from the British Museum. Translati...
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Interesting Pretties: The Smithfield Decretals
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Monday, 26 November 2012. In my random googlings today, I came across a manuscript with the weirdest marginalia. It's the Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria,. Specifically The Smithfield Decretals. This work was a collection of medieval canon law, designed to replace all the previous collections. Originally compiled in 1230, this specific manuscript was actually finished around 1300 in Southern France. Well, the written part was. Top: The last page of the Smithfield Decretals. There are also s...
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Interesting Pretties: Victoria's (and Albert's) Secret
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Saturday, 5 January 2013. Victoria's (and Albert's) Secret. It's a TV show that I can relate to, given that I seem to collect random bits of knowledge like an old lady collects random bits of string. Apparently, I now use it to give me ideas when I'm stuck with writer's block like I was two weeks ago. When we picture Queen Victoria, we picture the very straight-laced "Widow of Windsor"; a woman lost in perpetual mourning and the mother of the British Empire:. 8220;Oh, Sir James! 8221; She was far. From t...
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Interesting Pretties: The One Ring
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Thursday, 4 April 2013. I have had my head in a world of costume and dwarves lately. So it may sound like I'm losing my grip on reality when I say that The One Ring, The Preciousssss, actually exists in the real world - and it's not a film prop. Above: The ring and a close up of the Venus head, sourced from The National Trust website. Of course, to curse something properly, you'd have to write the curse on a separate item, cursing the first one. Why? Roman curse tablets from the British Museum. Translati...
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Interesting Pretties: March 2013
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Saturday, 30 March 2013. AFK for Nine Weeks. So I've been AFK since January which means I've not updated my blog and I've barely been pinning. In fact, I've barely seen many of my real life friends for that matter. Well, that stops now. Of course, I do have a very good reason at least. What I made in the last week of January:. Ladies Hero Belt: Celtic and shaped for us girls with hips. Makes a huge. Monogrammed Kindle Cover: Proof I don't just make costume! What I made in February:. I also started making...
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Interesting Pretties: Medieval Glasses and Viking Reading Crystals
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Saturday, 19 January 2013. Medieval Glasses and Viking Reading Crystals. As a leatherworker, I get extremely interested when I hear the phase "leather framed glasses". I never knew such a thing existed until a few days ago, when I saw a link to an article discussing a rare book containing an even rarer imprint of glasses. Yes, someone, several hundred years ago, shut their glasses in the back of a book they'd been reading:. Between 1000 and 1250, pr es byopic. Mon ks use d reading stones, often made of b...
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Interesting Pretties: Forbidden Books: Aristotle's Complete Master-Piece
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Friday, 11 January 2013. Forbidden Books: Aristotle's Complete Master-Piece. If a book is considered too racy and controversial to be socially acceptable, demand for it will be high. Of course, there will always be people who tut and sigh, even if the book is designed to be a medical and biological guide intended to inform rather than entertain. This is the case with Aristotle's Complete Master-Piece. For sale, perhaps under the counter somewhere? Forbidden Book for Auction: Aristotle's Mast. The book ac...
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Interesting Pretties: December 2012
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Monday, 31 December 2012. Why Doctor Who Fails at Time Travel in Medieval and Renaissance England. Today, I was doing some research into New Year's during different time periods and checking out some of the awesome calendars people made hundreds of years ago. Calendars tended to last longer in those days and generally came in book form. Rather than being the ephemeral items they are today, they were works of art and skill:. I thought about this a moment and was going to disagree because, well, Time Lord&...