since the met gala is tomorrow i wanted to talk about one of the designers whose work will be showcased at the exhibit and who revolutionized fashion as we know it today: charles frederick worth

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Richard Scary’s 1984 Dune

Wild-haired, surprised and waving from the margins - Another doodle from an early 12th century manuscript, Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms. 95, f. 3v

Today I learned about this elaborate eulogy carved into stone of a 1st c Roman husband for his wife (identity uncertain, traditionally referred to as 'Turia')
It's the longest personal document of this kind. He loved her a lot, they were married for 40 years.
Highlights: 1/

A friend just sent me this photo from the library at University of New Orleans

It would seem that the raccoons are learning. And I, for one, welcome our raccoon overlords

So long to our friend, our king, Bernard Hill.

We will never forget you.

“For he was a gentle heart and a great king and kept his oaths; and he rose out of the shadows to a last fair morning.”

photo by Viggo

just a bored jaguar trying to figure out what to do today

You are all invited for cookies in my burrow

Capybaras are herbivores, therefore harmless to other animals around them. They're easy-going semi-aquatic mammals, social, friendly, and gentle, and get along with just about everyone, so it makes sense that other animals would enjoy their company

This is an example

'Kore' from the Acropolis Museum in Athens. The statue has traces of the original colours that would have been visible when it decorated the Acropolis in the 6th century BC. Photographer: Giorgos Vitsaropoulos/Acropolis Museum.

Happy birthday Søren Kierkegaard. We can feel the flames.

Hey, you.

This is important.

Cheetahs don't roar, they meow like housecats.

“Colin Firth is the best Mr Darcy.” Excuse me, do you know about him:

RIP Bernard Hill. The only actor to have starred in two films that won 11 Oscars.

Presenting the humble, beautiful Sunday Roast - 14th century, Cambridge University Library, MS Dd.5.5Breviary, f. 163v

Not sure how this has happened. Outside cat is ours. Inside cat is not.

A lovely frilly fringe and mane on this ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 2nd half of the 15th century, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - Xylogr. 37, f. 42r

Giant anteater loves his showers

Roman snail dye found in UK for first time, in Carlisle. Pigment worth more than gold and used to dye clothes of imperial figures. bbc.co.uk/news/england/c…