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#DRACULA NOTEBOOKS I will never forget my excitement on seeing Stoker's handwritten research notes for #Dracula 1890-97. He writes 'No looking glasses in the Count's house' his #vampire will have no reflection & 'no shadow'. Awesome. Happy #WorldDraculaDay darklings!!

Spectacular brick and stonework inside the Parish Church of St. Bonifatius (1973-81) by Heinz Bienefeld. Photos by Lukas Roth (lukas-roth.de) for A+U (au-magazine.com/shop/architect…). Spotted via Duncan Gibbs (instagram.com/p/CAPVtG9Ftiz).

Plague pic du jour: The Great Plague of London, 1665, title page to Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year from 1722.

Newly discovered just outside of Verona, what could be this year's biggest discovery - an almost entirely intact Roman mosaic villa floor!

"People just adore it" uh yeah, of course they do!!! ("The relative size of Big Things in Australia" charts are also not to be missed) theguardian.com/environment/20…

James Merrill reads "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop, "the most irreplaceable poet." youtu.be/-ISvWtabStw

This tiny boxwood peapod (~4 inches) was carved in the 1500s. It opens to reveal little peas, and then those peas open to reveal little carved stories

I wanted to pick some flowers from our yard before our grass was mown. I found this baby mushroom (and also a colony of mushrooms) and I knew it would get chopped up by the lawnmower so I stole it to press. Someone be honest are the fairies mad at me? 😂

Petition re. Lynching 1917 Negro Silent Protest Parade Committee typescript carbon, signed and printed version From: James Weldon Johnson and Grace Nail Johnson papers

This is a fascinating plan of #newyorkcity, published in 1775 at the onset of the American Revolution! Zoom in to see ward boundaries, buildings, markets, churches, and more! Look closer here: go.usa.gov/xwYHq

Relaxing at the lawn by the lake is one of our favorite things to do on warm spring days 🍃 #UVAWise

Mining company blows up 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site, expresses no regrets bit.ly/3etXlcE

The Smell of Vellum: materialtexts.bbk.ac.uk/?p=12

#OnThisDay in 1790, Thomas Paine forwards the key to the Bastille to George Washington from the Marquis de Lafayette: bit.ly/2H6H1O0

If you hold an old letter up to a lamp, you might see a filigree of light (in the shape of a crown, a coat of arms or even a unicorn!) appearing in the paper. These are watermarks. Discover the complex, scientific techniques required to record watermarks: orlo.uk/Wrozd

Thread: Taylor Swift as queer theory

Robert Hayden correspondence with Langston Hughes more: bit.ly/33mDLgb From: Langston Hughes papers bit.ly/2FKP6KP