Monday, March 23, 2009

"Trial by Combat Between a Man and a Woman"

From a 15th century Fechtbuch - "fight book" - a manual on the art of trial by combat, part of Germanic Law, practiced in Medieval Europe from after the fall of the Roman Empire in the the 5th century until, in some cases, until the 19th century. Excerpt:

Hie hatt sie In gebracht an den Rucken vnd wyl In wirgen vnd ziehen vsz der grub.

Here she has laid him on his back and wishes to strangle him and drag him out of the hole.


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Friday, March 20, 2009

Periodic Table Printmaking Project

This is amazing:

Ninety-seven printmakers of all experience levels, have joined together to produce 118 prints in any medium; woodcut, linocut, monotype, etching, lithograph, silkscreen, or any combination. The end result is a periodic table of elements intended to promote both science and the arts.


The image above is by Mark M. Cullen of Middleton, Wisconsin, is a linocut with watercolor and gouache, and represents the element platinum, atomic number 78.


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With shots like this. (As with all photos, click on image to enlarge.)


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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Vintage Postcards From Hawaii

This one here is of the Hakalau Sugar Mill, on the Big Island, early 1900s.


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