Page of Persian calligraphy with colourful illuminated header, from a manuscript of the Raga Darshan of Anup. Â
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Page of Persian calligraphy with colourful illuminated header, from a manuscript of the Raga Darshan of Anup. Â
Dated 1214 AH/ 1799, Hyderabad, India.
Met Museum

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Gold Solidus of Constans II (641â68)
Early Byzantine coin, minted in Constantinople.
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Solidus of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine
Byzantine, made in Constantinople, ca. 630 AD
[in Greek, on obverse:] Our lords Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine Perpetual Augusti; [on reverse, left and right:] Victory of the emperors
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Coins with symbols of the zodiac, an idea the emperor recorded in his journals.  Minted in India during the reign of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (r. 1605â27).
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While weâre on the subject of animals the artist absolutely would have been familiar with, please enjoy this cat.
[Image Source: British Library, Harley MS 1585, fol. 74r]
i really appreciate ancient minoan art because those motherfuckers just loved to paint octopodes. i really think we should all follow their example and be more willing to just fuck around and draw a cephalopod
ancient minoan: hmm i wonder what i should paint today
ancient minoan: just kidding, cephalopod time
Iranian gold earrings, dated to the 11th century CE. Source: Khalili Collections.
~ Glazed Brick with Bird Man.
Culture: Assyrian
Place of origin: Mesopotamia
Date: ca. 900-650 B.C.
Medium: Ceramic
Iâm not even going to bother doing a guessing game for this wonderful image, since itâs so obviously a squid. I mean, fish with arms, what else could it be?
[Image Source: The Hague, KB, KA 16, fol. 116v]

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Galdrakver (âLittle Book Of Magicâ) The âLittle Book Of Magicâ is a seventeenth-century Icelandic manuscript, written on animal skin and containing magical staves, sigils, prayers, charms and related texts.
It is known to have once been owned by Icelandic Bishop Hannes Finnson who was alive from 1739 until 1796 and known for having a vast library containing many volumes of magic related texts and manuscripts. Full manuscript here.
A Hoopoe, Goose, Partridge, Peacock, Heron, Caladrius Bird, Phoenix, Night Heron, and Swan from a Franco-Flemish bestiary from about 1270.
âCertainely there are yet many things left to discovery, and it cannot be any inconvenience for us, to maintaine a new truth or rectifie and ancient errour.â
Wilkins may have been wrong about the possibility of life on the moon, but he was definitely on to something.Â
A Jacobean clergyman, founder of the Royal Society, and brother-in-law to Oliver Cromwell, Wilkinsâs writings not only helped to bring the science of astronomy to the general public, he also arguably started the space race.Â
Wilkins, John. The discovery of a vvorld in the moone. Or, A discourse tending, to prove, that âtis probable there may be another habitable world in that planet. London: Printed by E.G. for Michael Sparke and Edward Forrest, 1638.
Ms. Codex 860 -Â [Collection of documents concerning inheritance]Â
This manuscript contains some copies of the will of Domina Georgeta, daughter of Marco Centurioni and widow of Jeronimo Cattanei, and legal proceedings about the inheritance, involving primarily her grandson Silvester Cattanei and Isoltina, his brother Jeronimoâs widow, dated 1548-1549, notarized by various officials of Genoa, with some earlier documents interspersed. It was written in Genoa, between 1536 and 1549 CE. Why this manuscript? Because it can tell us so much about the history of Genoa, about life in the 16th century, about family relationships. Sometimes manuscripts are not inherently beautiful, but they do still deserve attention and care!
Click here for additional information, or here for the facsimile.Â
LJS 451 - [Commentary on the Doctrinale puerorum]
This is an anonymous commentary on a 12th-century didactic poem composed by the French Franciscan Alexander de Villa Dei addressing parts of speech, syntax, and rhetorical figures. It also features the opening of a letter by Albert II, Duke of Austria, Styria, and Carinthia, transcribed in German by a later hand on the last verso. The manuscript was possibly written in France, between 1279 and 1299 CE.Â
Do you want to know more? Click here. Or here, for the facsimile.

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I wanna hear these Opinions on steampunk color palettes, if youâre willing.
tbh âthe Victorians did not go to the trouble of inventing aniline dyes so that we could wear neutralsâ mostly covers it?
they went to a lot of effort to bring affordable screaming bright fuchsias and acid greens into the world, and we should honor their tacky, tacky choices.
letâs not forget the tacky patterns, too
oh yeah
oh fuck yeah
(TELL ME that last one isnât a steampunk look. just try and tell me)
yes! thank you, these are EXACTLY what i meant. tomorrow Iâll take a picture of the bafflingly tacky goldenrod-and-maroon gown Iâve got at the shop
also
this is wise, and correct.
This is 100% true.
Oh no, no those are tasteful compared to what wild color shenanigans the 19th century got up to. Most of them being mid-century are only ~2 colors excepting the plaid. By the 1890s, five colors per dress was the fashion. TheyâŚdidnât all coordinate the way we would. Â
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I have seen mid-century dresses in electric blue. Barbie pink
Black with photo-realistic brocade oranges. Royal purple with GIANT POLKA DOTS.
Hey hey did you know lime green and lavender was a favorite color combo in 1895?
This one is not so much tacky asâŚvibrant
Okay at ~1903 itâs not really Victorian but I love the melting ice cream explosion look of it
This dress has faded but it would have originally been a quite eye-catching shade of violet.
Not that past eras were any less fond of colors even if they werenât artificial dyes.  Iâve seen canary yellow Regency dresses and an 18th century manâs coat in turquoise velvet printed with leopard spots.  Steampunk isnât really Victorian so much as it is âdrapery store vomited on a sexy colorblind school marmâ
Et le piece de resistanceâŚ
Yes, those orange blocks are outlined in green chenille fringe.
brb, saving that green one to my âMalfoy estate saleâ pinterest board
Steampunk isnât really Victorian so much as it is âdrapery store vomited on a sexy colorblind school marmâ
A 9th century high cross viewed through an 18th century door, Durrow, Co Offaly