One-Half Wandering Jew

Cologne, Germany

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Cologne, Germany

erikkwakkel: Yoga alphabets The first letter of a medieval text...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:46:18 -0500

Yale, Beinecke, MS 439 (1510-17)

Yoga alphabets

The first letter of a medieval text was often made to look like a picture. In these examples the capital letters are filled with action figures doing all sorts of gymnastic exercises. There is something special about them, because they are all taken not from regular medieval books but from so-called Alphabet Books. These objects were used by decorators: they provided patterns for each letter of the alphabet, in a variety of themes. The decorator picked a letter that he (or his client) liked and duplicated it onto the page he was working on. The diversity of styles is clear from the examples above, which are taken from three different late-medieval pattern books: some are funny, others serious. Most of them feature people in uncomfortable positions, as if they are attending yoga class. These one-letter shows acted as eye candy at the outset of the text: they got the reader in just the right mood.

The images above are from three sources: the Macclesfield Alphabet Book (London, British, Library, MS 8887), fully browsable here; Giovannino de’ Grassi’s notebook (Bergamo, Biblioteca Civica, MS Cassaf. 1.21), viewable here; and the alphabet book of Gregorius Bock (Yale, Beinecke Library, MS 439, of 1510-17), online here.

irredescent: latentpower: awkwardsituationist: cambridge...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:16:11 -0500

irredescent:

latentpower:

awkwardsituationist:

cambridge university students were asked on campus why they needed feminism. here are 60 answers. click the link for over about 600 more.

This is amazing

This is such a brilliant concept wow.

Flowers in an abandoned mental asylum.

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:03:12 -0500

Flowers in an abandoned mental asylum.

ragpony: Kate

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:57:43 -0500

ragpony:

Kate

diglettdevious: andrivette: laziestmouse: I used to work in a...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:55:16 -0500

diglettdevious:

andrivette:

laziestmouse:

I used to work in a high street shoe shop. It had a kids department and one day the management decided to see how I’d handle customer complaints. Long story short, I was the supervisor in the kids dept. for a day.

A woman came in with her 2 toddlers and a relatively new-born child. After dragging a staff-member out from the stockroom to fit the shoes. After a little while, the woman checks her watch and and catches my eye

“Excuse me? Would it be okay if I feed Joey here?”. She emphasised the ‘feed’ so I had an idea of what she meant. I asked her how she would mean to do it and she smiled and grabbed a large, wide-weave poncho from her bag. She told me that she drapes it over herself to allow her son to feed from inside. I saw no problem with it and held Joey whilst she arranged herself (Little fella didn’t like me much).

She carries on with her business with Joey feeding under the poncho. Another woman comes downstairs and I greet her as usual. She rounds the corner and as soon as she claps eyes on the breast-feeding scenario, she turned to me and started yelling.

“You can’t let her do that here!”

“And why not madam? It’s only natural” I felt like flying off the handle but I kept cool

“What if the blanket was to fall off? She’d be exposing her breast to everyone in the room!”

“Madam, as much as I could argue about this with you the whole day, if you continue to make a fuss about it, I will have to ask you to leave.”

“I’ll be back with my husband! He wont like this!”. She stormed off back up the stairs, the manager comes down after hearing the shouting. I explained to him what had happened and he said that he will handle the complaint if there was one. I was in the right.

Shouty customer comes back later (The other woman left a few minutes after the ordeal) with husband in tow. Wife points in my direction and the husband walks over to me

“You the one who made my wife leave?”

I’m currently scared out of my wits because the man is 6’3” and built like Thor but I manage an answer. “Yes I am but I had good reason”

He then said “I know” and shook my hand and left. His wife spluttered as she tried to ask him what just happened and he turned around to her and said “for once in your life you’ve left a shoe shop without buying anything. If I can’t shake the hand of the man who did that, I don’t know what I can do”

That concludes story time with George

I like story time with George.

George is the best story-teller.

Anne Frank (June 12, 1929 - March 1945) “I still believe, in...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:53:28 -0500

Anne Frank (June 12, 1929 - March 1945)

“I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart.”

emmylovestrees: iliketowatchyoureleaseyourdemons: Wow I am...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:43:56 -0500

emmylovestrees:

iliketowatchyoureleaseyourdemons:

Wow

I am really glad this got so many notes (300 is a lot for me lol)…. but not because I want the notes or whatever but because when I saw this comic it made me feel really weird and sad inside and I thought that I wanted a lot of people to see it too

it makes a point thats really difficult to explain with words in such an artful way and it’s not something I thought about much

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gypist: daeniela: florels: l-umina: Abandoned hospital in...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:59:02 -0500

gypist:

daeniela:

florels:

l-umina:

Abandoned hospital in Kanagawa Prefectur, Japan. When buildings are left abandoned, nature slowly over time corrodes and reclaims them for herself. It’s crazy to think that if everyone just left their house that plants would consume it and tear it down until it was rubble in the dirt.

This is amazing.

woah

☮indie, gypsy & personal☮

✯✯✯✯✯✯

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urhajos: FEAR

Wed, 29 May 2013 16:45:46 -0500

urhajos:

FEAR

oldloves: Paul & Linda McCartney

Wed, 29 May 2013 11:26:50 -0500

oldloves:

Paul & Linda McCartney

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I’ve lost my friend

Tue, 28 May 2013 21:12:03 -0500

I’ve lost my friend