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Travels with Ptolemy!
1540 hand-colored Cosmography with a side order of (putative) cannibalism.
One of my favorite woodcuts in #RenaissanceInvention!
#WoodcutWednesday #WyrdWednesday
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@museumweirdo I don't have anywhere near as big a collection of them as the gleeful medieval/renaissance scholar Malcolm Jones, but they show up in manuscripts, prints, even on shooting targets! This 1629 target has a silly text about the, ahem, piquing, of curiosity...
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Less Than Meets The Eye?
The River Gods in these 17th c. maps of Switzerland by Claes Jansz. Visscher (@NewberryLibrary Visscher 87-88) may be minimally attired, but the censored handcolored version suggestively emphasizes non-existent details! #censorship @Ada_Palmer
The soldiers over on the left are a tad disturbing, maybe that's Victoria's Military Band?!
In February, Fido waits for his master to stop being distracted by his toys, and take him out for a walk . . . The Invention of the Magnet (Compass) @NewberryLibrary #MemeTheNovaReperta #RenaissanceInvention #mansbestfriend #allworkandnoplay