Exile Bibliophile

Adventures in Book Collecting
erikkwakkel: Killer bookworm Holes like these are frequently encountered in medieval books. They are made by hungry worms that ate through the page. Yes, bookworms really exist - and judging from the size of the hole, this must have been a killer worm. They hatched in the wooden boards that made up the binding, then started to travel through the parchment or paper pages. The most peculiar thing about the holes they left behind is that they usually stop halfway the book. It is as if the worm, finished with his meal, turned around and traced his steps back to the restaurant’s exit. Like a satisfied customer. Pic: 15th-century manuscript in Dubrovnik archives. This beautiful picture was made (and made available) by Emir O Filipovic (@EmirOFilipovic). It is used in this Appendix piece.

erikkwakkel:

Killer bookworm

Holes like these are frequently encountered in medieval books. They are made by hungry worms that ate through the page. Yes, bookworms really exist - and judging from the size of the hole, this must have been a killer worm. They hatched in the wooden boards that made up the binding, then started to travel through the parchment or paper pages. The most peculiar thing about the holes they left behind is that they usually stop halfway the book. It is as if the worm, finished with his meal, turned around and traced his steps back to the restaurant’s exit. Like a satisfied customer.

Pic: 15th-century manuscript in Dubrovnik archives. This beautiful picture was made (and made available) by Emir O Filipovic (@EmirOFilipovic). It is used in this Appendix piece.

catalogme: Early 20th century label from the Sage Public Library, West Bay City, Mich. Found in Special Collections’ copy of The Life of Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai.  Two cents per day overdue fees! 

catalogme:

Early 20th century label from the Sage Public Library, West Bay City, Mich. Found in Special Collections’ copy of The Life of Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai. 

Two cents per day overdue fees! 

Portion of an early parchment leaf from a liturgical music ms. with text and neumes in dark ink, rubrics and do-line of staff in red ink, and initial in blue with red penwork extensions. (by Penn Provenance Project)

Portion of an early parchment leaf from a liturgical music ms. with text and neumes in dark ink, rubrics and do-line of staff in red ink, and initial in blue with red penwork extensions. (by Penn Provenance Project)

Looks like it’s time to price tickets to London again.

matthew-macfadyen:

Matthew Macfadyen as Jeeves and Stephen Mangan as Wooster in Perfect Nonsense.  Duke of York’s Theatre 30 October!

(via curlyfoureyes)

astudyinsherlockiana: goinback: I think Sir Arthur Conan Doyle shipped Johnlock more than any of us! I’m not going to harp on anybody’s ship. That’s not what I’m here to do. But I will say that I can’t understand why men apparently cannot have intimate, enduring friendships in which they support each other and bear each other’s burdens. And, yes, in which sometimes one puts the other to sleep when he’s dead-tired. …why can’t this be reality? THIS!  It seems like as we make strides for equality for the LGBT community, and want to continue to be supportive, and as some react negatively against those steps with machismo, that the only close male-male relationship anymore must either be familial or romantic.  It’s like people are saying male-male can only be “That’s Gay!” or “Hooray, they’re Gay!”

astudyinsherlockiana:

goinback:

I think Sir Arthur Conan Doyle shipped Johnlock more than any of us!

I’m not going to harp on anybody’s ship. That’s not what I’m here to do. But I will say that I can’t understand why men apparently cannot have intimate, enduring friendships in which they support each other and bear each other’s burdens. And, yes, in which sometimes one puts the other to sleep when he’s dead-tired.

…why can’t this be reality?

THIS!  It seems like as we make strides for equality for the LGBT community, and want to continue to be supportive, and as some react negatively against those steps with machismo, that the only close male-male relationship anymore must either be familial or romantic.  It’s like people are saying male-male can only be “That’s Gay!” or “Hooray, they’re Gay!”