Today at the HAB our guest tutor was Joost Depuydt from the Museum Plantin-Moretus. We got to see original 16th woodblocks next to the prints that they generated. Amazing to see the two side by side!

Today at Herzog August Bibliothek summer school we learned about relic books from scholar Livia Cárdenas! These books are full of visual data and describe the various relics that were shown to the public on certain liturgical feast days.

Maps galore at today’s Herzog August Bibliothek summer school session with Chet Van Duzer!

Today’s topic at Herzog August Bibliothek Summer School was Human Data! Stephanie Leitch led us through examples of images included in practica, physiognomy, and chiromancy texts from the 16th-17th centuries.

What a fun and information packed morning session! 🔭⭐️🌎📚

Today’s session at Herzog August Bibliothek summer school focused on interactive data with Suzanne Karr Schmidt! Flaps were flipped and volvelles were turned!

Flap Adam! (In Restaurierung) Remmelin, 1632 (Xb FM 171) And That‘s All Folks!

Day 8 of Summer School at Herzog August Bibliothek featuring our guest tutor @sietske_fransen! Today’s focus was data and observation. We considered works by Van Leeuwenhoek, Grew, Hooke, and Malpighi. We even got to try out a replica of Van Leeuwenhoek’s microscope!

Today Herzog August Bibliothek summer school: artist’s data and all things Dürer with Thomas Schauerte!

These busy little bees come from Historia Animalium (History of Animals), produced in Italy in 1595. 🐝 The Renaissance manuscript contains illustrations and descriptions from the Roman natural philosopher Pliny the Elder (23/24–79AD) and Aristotle (384–322BC).

The innovative and, at times, wonderfully surreal engravings from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685), an early and comprehensive account of the function and usage of a number of optical instruments, including the camera obscura and magic lantern: buff.ly/2mBHRMb

Just when I thought I’d seen it all at the Minnesota State Fair, today I came across a 38-inch green bean that will be competing in the giant vegetable competition. Best of luck and may the best vegetable win!

princess <3 antwerp, ca. 1500

#cover Detail of Buonsignori's Polyhedral dial: each face is engraved with a different type of sundial (scaphe - vertical - inclined) complete with gnomon. 👉bit.ly/MGPolyhedralDi… #Histsci

🦔This Friday please join CPS for a tale as old as time: humans vs. hedgehogs Will Cavert (History, University of St. Thomas) will present his paper titled “The Great Hedgehog Massacre: Vermin Killing and the State in Early Modern England.” See link in bio to access Zoom!

Introducing to you our project on the #earlymodern copperplate collection: in the upcoming years, more than 6,000 plates will be cleaned, digitized & stored in new file folders, as well as catalogued in depth, i.a. with references to the editions in which they were printed!

Pudet = Face Palm. From John Bulwer's Chirologia, or The Naturall Language of the Hand (1644), the English physician's attempt to record the vocabulary contained in hand gestures and bodily motions. ⠀ More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/chi…

We invite applications from scholars and arts professionals on the topic of Repair. Collaborative teams are invited to apply! More info and complete program description at getty.edu/projects/getty…

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