Author Archives: Swany

Imagines Deorum, Qui Ab Antiquis Colebantur

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Swany

Uni Mannheim: Cartari, Vincenzo (1531 – nach 1571), Imagines Deorum, Qui Ab Antiquis Colebantur: In quibus simulacra, ritus, caerimoniae, magnaq[ue] ex parte veterum religio explicatur…

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Smoking hush-hush pipe of love

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Swany

Russian Times: “‘The heart is the language of the lover.’ That’s according to the inscription on the mouthpiece of a pipe probably used for smoking hashish and dating back to the Ottoman period which has been discovered in an archaeological … Continue reading →

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Manichean avoidance of arboricide

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Swany

Laudator Temporis Acti:: “The Cologne Mani Codex (P. Colon. inv. nr. 4780) “Concerning the Origin of His Body”, tr. Ron Cameron and Arthur J. Dewey (Missoula: Scholars Press, 1979) “If you keep the [pain] away from us (trees), you will … Continue reading →

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Portraits of humanist and reformation characters

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Swany

Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim: “Boissard, Jean-Jacques; Bry, Theodor de: Bibliotheca chalcographica, hoc est Virtute et eruditione clarorum Virorum Imagines. Heidelberg: Clemens Ammon, 1669. “Diese Sammlung von 438 Gelehrtenbildnissen repräsentiert eine Gattung, die das Selbstverständnis von Humanisten und Reformatoren in charakteristischer Weise ausdrückt.”

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Trees Are Like People

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Swany

Laudator Temporis Acti: “Trees are like people. They have a head (vertex), a trunk (truncus), arms (bracchia). They stand tall like a soldier, or look as slender as a bridegroom (Sappho, 115 L-P). Their life moves in human rhythms, which … Continue reading →

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On the life-saving effects of marijuana (laws)

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Swany

Evolutionary Psychology Blog: “[L]egalization [for medical purposes] is associated with a nearly 9 percent decrease in traffic fatalities, most likely to due to its impact on alcohol consumption.”

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Fabrizio Riccardi – Pantagruel

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Swany

Works by Fabrizio Riccardi based on Les Songes Drolatiques.

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Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Swany

Poemas del río Wang: The unbearable mask: “The 120 woodcuts that make up the volume of Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel appeared without almost any text in 1565. But the short and somewhat babbling preface by the printer, Richard Breton … Continue reading →

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Tiers livre des faictz et dictz Heroïques du noble Pantagruel

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Swany

Les Bibliothèques Virtuelles Humanistes: Auteur : Rabelais, François Titre : Tiers livre des faictz et dictz heroïques du noble Pantagruel Imprimeur : Wechel, Chrétien Libraire : Wechel, Chrétien Date : 1546 Format : 4° Collation : 184 f. ; italique, … Continue reading →

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François Desprez – The Droll Dreams of Pantagruel (1565)

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Swany

Monser Brains: “Included here are 100 of the 120 woodcuts of various bizarre characters from “Les songes drolatiques de Pantagruel” translated into English as “The Droll Dreams of Pantagruel” published in 1565. A detailed article on the woodcuts can be … Continue reading →

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