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Ruins of the Crown Vantage paper mill in Parchment, Michigan. The mill closed in 2000. The property was purchased by the city in 2019.
Choir Book (1516), Smeraldo Dotavanti (miniaturist). Parchment. The Monastery of Pedralbes, Barcelona.
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The monastery was founded by King James II of Aragon for his wife Elisenda de Montcada in 1326. It housed a community of Poor Clares, mostly members of noble families. The queen gave the monastery a series of privileges, including the direct protection of the city of Barcelona, through the Consell de Cent ("Council of the Hundred"), who had the task to defend it in case of danger. Elisenda also built a palace annexed to the monastery, where she lived after her husband's death in 1327. She died there in 1367. The remains of the palace were discovered in the 1970s.
During the Catalan Revolt (1640), the nuns were expelled, but later returned. A small number of nuns still reside in the complex. The monastery was declared a national monument in 1991.
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El 1931 l'estat va declarar el monestir Monument Històric Artístic i, en esclatar la guerra civil, se'n féu càrrec la Generalitat i va ser cremat el retaule major. El 1938 s'hi instal·là el Dipòsit General d'Arxius, on es reunien els fons dels arxius de diferents institucions (sobretot religioses) que es podia anar salvant de les vicissituds del moment. A partir del 1949 una part del monestir es va obrir al públic,i el 1975 es va construir un edifici a l'antic hort per tal de destinar la major part de les instal·lacions antigues al Museu-monestir de Pedralbes, que a les darreries del segle XX va passar a formar part del Museu d'Història de la Ciutat. En aquest museu s'exhibeixen peces relacionades amb la vida monàstica, gairebé totes pertanyents al patrimoni de les religioses. El 1993 es va destinar una part del recinte a allotjar una petita part de la col·lecció Thyssen-Bornemisza. El 2004, aquesta col·lecció es va traslladar al Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC). Una petita comunitat de monges clarisses segueix residint, en clausura, a l'actual monestir. El 13 de juliol de 2011, el regidor del districte de Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Joan Puigdollers, afirmà que treballaria perquè el seu districte recuperés el monestir en detriment del barri de les Corts.[11] Des de 2012 s'hi celebren els Diàlegs de Pedralbes, un cicle de pensament contemporani sobre l'espiritualitat dirigit per Francesc Torralba.
El 2014 morí Pierrette Prat i Galindo, una religiosa que havia entrat al Monestir de Pedralbes el 1957, on visqué fins al final de la seva vida. Entre el 1957 i el 1987 fou presidenta federal dels monestirs de clarisses de Catalunya. Des del 1987 i fins al 2007 fou l'abadessa del Monestir de Pedralbes.
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Suspended from Ceramic Parchment fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus, on a rotting oak log, this spider egg sac is likely from a Liocranid Sac spider of genus Agroeca. Some of the Agroeca are known to suspend their egg sacs and cover them with dirt (p 162 _Spiders of North America_).
12 x 12" Mixed media collage on board from incorporating old book pages, page 'r' from an old found ledger book, paint, felt, silver leaf, stitching, sand, leather from an old suitcase
January 24, 2016
Stubborn beech leaves holding on through the dead of winter. Their copper color is distinct in the monochrome winter forest.
Punkhorn Wilderness Area
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
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A holga double exposure on bulb setting (thus massively over-exposed) of the Superintendent of Public Instruction building in Olympia, Washington.
The thousands of parchment rolls that form the collection of Acts of Parliament in the Archives at the Palace of Westminster - so much history here.
Rabbi Jeff Goldwasser is wearing a tallis (prayer shawl), yarmulke (skull cap), and tefillin. The tefillin is the box on his forehead and straps on his arms.
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Tefillin (sometimes transliterated as tefilin), (Hebrew: תפילין), pronounced /ˈtfɪlɨn/ in Askhenazic Hebrew and English, [tfiˈlin] in Israeli Hebrew, also called phylacteries (pronounced /fɪˈlæktəriz/, from Ancient Greek phylacterion, form of phylássein, φυλάσσειν meaning "to guard, protect"), are a set of small cubic leather boxes painted black, containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, with leather straps dyed black on one side, and worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers. Although "tefillin" is technically the plural form (the singular being "tefillah"), it is loosely used as a singular as well.[1] The hand-tefillin, or shel yad, is placed on the upper arm, and the strap wrapped around the arm, hand and fingers; while the head-tefillin, or shel rosh, is placed above the forehead, with the strap going around the head and over the shoulders. The Torah commands that they should be worn to serve as a "sign" and "remembrance" that God brought the children of Israel out of Egypt.
The Torah, is the first five books of the Old Testament, hand written by specially trained scribes on parchment.
Pencils and pastels on parchment paper.
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From parchments held in the muniment room at Bentos Towers, I discover that this, Friday 31st March 1978, was the final day of a split turn. I know you like "full disclosure" and this piece of work went as follows: you left Bristol bus station at 07:07 on the 313 to Harry Stoke, returning at 07:59 as far as Filton ...obviously for the benefit of BAC and Rolls-Royce workers; then empty to Little Stoke for 08:30 to Harry Stoke (via Parkway Station) then 08:48 back to Little Stoke ...I think there was a school in there somewhere; finally you ran empty back to Harry Stoke and departed for Bristol at 09:13. In the photo the bus is "dressed" for Bristol, so I must've stopped here on the final empty run up to Harry Stoke for the 09:13 departure.
It was another age. Every bus route needed a lurking place and this was my usual spot to park up and open the Telegraph to the Court page and the Peter Simple column. I took quite a few snaps just here, often with a Class 08 shunter whirring and clanking up above in the sidings on the south side of Parkway station. Get this though. The second half of the duty did two trips on the 314 service to the Aerodrome Estate at Yate, from The Ridge Primary School (depart 15:35) and Gaunt's School, Chipping Sodbury (15:55), then went to Robinson's factory at Shortwood for a 16:53 departure on the 393 to Bristol. I'd forgotten all about that one. I think I did it two or three times before the service was, unsurprisingly, discontinued. Robinson's factory had once been Carson's chocolates, where my parents had met when they worked there before the War. As for the bus: well, I must be careful not to arouse the displeasure of my regular Leyland National-loving commenter, but let me just say that among the few variants of the type, these early 10.3s were the ones I disliked most.
I couldn't have asked for a better juxtaposition, in the fantastic New York Public Library.
I wonder what this monk would think of our modern forms of communication?
Personally I'd take quill and parchment over texting any day!
medievalpoc: Aurora Consurgens (att: St. Thomas Aquinas or “Pseudo-Aquinas”) f. 34v: Black Female Angel Germany (c. 1420s) Parchment Codex with Watercolor Miniatures, 20.4 x 13.9 cm. Zürich, Zentralbibliothek. This is one of those manuscript miniatures that is so beautiful and strange, it’s hard to believe it’s really as old as it is. Aurora Consurgens is an alchemical treatise; a commentary on the Latin translation of Silvery Waters by Muhammed ibn Umail at-Tamîmî (Senior Zadith), attributed first to Saint Thomas Aquinas and later attributed to “Pseudo-Aquinas”. The miniatures are unusual not only for their quality, but also for the fact that they’re tiny watercolor paintings on the parchment codex. The whole text has been digitized here, and you can read like you were holding it: *ETA* The link has a photo with flash in which you can see the gilded portions a bit better, as well as the ability to zoom in to see the details. For those who were curious, inside the Angel’s body is a sheathed dagger and a coiled serpent:
Scan of a sheet of parchment, for your everyday photoshopping and map drawing and secret messages writing uses.
My favorite granola recipe pressed into bars with parchment paper in between to keep them from sticking. Oats, almonds, sunflower seeds, coconut, dried apricots, oil and honey..
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(Explore #485 7/26/09)
The long piece of parchment is an undated letter or contract. It's difficult to read, but I think it's a medieval marriage contract. The letter and envelope to the right are bordered in black to denote mourning. Something else I collect. The old books are just old books. Actually, I collect all sorts of antiquarian manuscripts and other paper epherema. Not quite sure what the overall message of the shot is, so I'll leave it to the viewer.
Combining two of my favorite things, globes and tato boxes.
This is a globe about the size of a volleyball with a tato box grafted onto the bottom. Inside that is a battery-powered LED lamp (idea from Prof. YM) which lends the model a nice interior glow. Kind of cries out for an 17th century mappamundi, doesn't it?
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Stumbled across this photo by my brother yesterday. I've cropped and processed it a bit differently than he did.
Richard Dinda photo, 3/5/2006.