Solus
Freedom
Espresso !
Rustic Nature
Poetic Philosophy
Negative-Positivist
Trekking & Discovery
Gratitude & Dedication
Χαίρε, ω χαίρε, ελευθεριά
Στιγμές Απόλυτης Ελευθερίας
Ελεγεία και Ποιητική Φιλοσοφία
Philosophy, Philosophy, Philosophy
Long live the Philosophic-Professors
Originality, Authenticity, Creativity & Philosophy
Breaking your inner boundaries is an existential art.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Carry as little as possible, but choose that little with care.
Nothing truly matters till the discontinuum of space-time.
τίς εὐδαίμων, "ὁ τὸ μὲν σῶμα ὑγιής, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν εὔπορος, τὴν δὲ φύσιν εὐπαίδευτος"
World Map: Cosmographia 1467, by Nicolaus Germanus (c. 1420 – c. 1490). The world map from Leinhart Holle’s 1482 edition of Nicolaus Germanus’s emendations to Jacobus Angelus’s 1406 Latin translation of Maximus Planudes’s late-13th century rediscovered Greek manuscripts of Ptolemy’s 2nd-century Geography.
#SIMSseries our next tweet on 16th c. hybrid book of hours Ms. Codex 1531, a few more shots of the hand-illuminated initials used to brighten up the printed text.
Up next for #SIMSseries is Ms. Codex 1531, a so-called hybrid book of hours from France, ca. 1507. “Hybrid” means that it contains both printed and manuscript sections, and we’ll look at both over the next few weeks.
Happy Monday, y'all! Here’s a German print by an anonymous artist from 1475, and the metadata gives “RUDIMENTUM NOVITIORUM” as an alternate title. According to Google Translate, that means “the raw news,” but we trust someone here will be able to confirm or improve on this…
A shopping list from medieval Cairo (11th-13th century CE), written in medieval Judeo-Arabic. The little dashes above some of the words may mean that the items have been purchased or paid for. On the list are fish and saffron, among other things.
