The rush and whirl of humanity

~ Portrait of two brothers.

Period: Roman Period

Place of origin: Hawara, Fayum

The Annunciation (Ecce Ancilla Domini), 1850, John William Waterhouse

Colophon: a statement at the end of a book containing the scribe or owner’s name, date of completion, or bitching about how hard it is to write a book in the dark ages

Oh, my hand

The parchment is very hairy

Thank God it will soon be dark

St. Patrick of Armagh, deliver me from writing

Now I’ve written the whole thing; for Christ’s sake give me a drink

Oh d fuckin abbot

Massive hangover

Whoever translated these Gospels did a very poor job

Cursed be the pesty cat that urinated over this book during the night

If someone else would like such a handsome book, come and look me up in Paris, across from the Notre Dame cathedral

I shall remember, O Christ, that I am writing of Thee, because I am wrecked today

Do not reproach me concerning the letters, the ink is bad and the parchment scanty and the day is dark

11 golden letters, 8 shilling each; 700 letters with double shafts, 7 shilling for each hundred; and 35 quires of text, each 16 leaves, at 3 shilling each. For such an amount I won’t write again

Here ends the second part of the title work of Brother Thomas Aquinas of the Dominican Order; very long, very verbose; and very tedious for the scribe; thank God, thank God, and again thank God

Trialogo series By Gonzalo Orquin will finally be shown in New York after the Vatican threatened to sue the artist at the showing in Rome

Relief Depicting Meryneith Inspecting His Stables and Ships Unloading Merchandise, from his tomb at Saqqara, ca. 1349–1327 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egyptian Art

Rogers Fund, 1921 Size: h. 31.8 (12 ½); w. 132 cm (51 15/16 in) Medium: Limestone

Nymphaeum of Punta Epitaffio

The submerged remains of Emperor Claudius's Nymphaeum was discovered intact at the foot of Epitaffio Point. It is a rectangular building headed with an apse and is decorated with a series of sculptures reconstructed as originally found.