g.j.hilton
@hltn.bsky.social
historian of renaissance & em scenography: the material, manufacturers & manufacturing of spectacle - machines, entries, feasts, gardens. (burgundy, you're my favorite.)
(2025) msc bweh, edinburgh medical school
whitby, n.yorks because: goth
(2025) msc bweh, edinburgh medical school
whitby, n.yorks because: goth
I'm not any kind of Italianist but surely 'gl'immascherati' / 'li ma(scher)ati' ought to be translated 'masquers' (ie and not 'masks')?
Leonardo. The Literary Works of Leonardo Da Vinci: Compiled and Edited from the Original Manuscripts. Edited by Jean Paul Richter. Phaidon, 1970. Vol II § 748A
Leonardo. The Literary Works of Leonardo Da Vinci: Compiled and Edited from the Original Manuscripts. Edited by Jean Paul Richter. Phaidon, 1970. Vol II § 748A
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I'm not any kind of Italianist but surely 'gl'immascherati' / 'li ma(scher)ati' ought to be translated 'masquers' (ie and not 'masks')?
Leonardo. The Literary Works of Leonardo Da Vinci: Compiled and Edited from the Original Manuscripts. Edited by Jean Paul Richter. Phaidon, 1970. Vol II § 748A
Leonardo. The Literary Works of Leonardo Da Vinci: Compiled and Edited from the Original Manuscripts. Edited by Jean Paul Richter. Phaidon, 1970. Vol II § 748A
✍ Introducing ✍
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for apprentice Early Modern palaeographers
gjhilton.github.io
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
✍ Introducing ✍
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Curse you, autocorrect, why do you not understand 'palaeography'? Make a damn fool of me go right ahead!
Sorry, folks no dinosaurs.
Sorry, folks no dinosaurs.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Curse you, autocorrect, why do you not understand 'palaeography'? Make a damn fool of me go right ahead!
Sorry, folks no dinosaurs.
Sorry, folks no dinosaurs.
Reposted by g.j.hilton
✍ Introducing ✍
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeontology
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeontology
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
✍ Introducing ✍
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeontology
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeontology
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
The reference is Irving Penn's portrait of Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen & his wife, Dagmar.
www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The reference is Irving Penn's portrait of Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen & his wife, Dagmar.
www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
✍ Introducing ✍
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeontology
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeontology
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
✍ Introducing ✍
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeontology
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeontology
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
"Of all the sets and all the set pieces - a Frankenstein movie I think the key piece is the lab. That's the one obligatory scene." - @realgdt.bsky.social
Set tour: m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRiL...
(Also, the set I wanted so much to design it's how I furnished the bottom floor of my house…)
Set tour: m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRiL...
(Also, the set I wanted so much to design it's
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"Of all the sets and all the set pieces - a Frankenstein movie I think the key piece is the lab. That's the one obligatory scene." - @realgdt.bsky.social
Set tour: m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRiL...
(Also, the set I wanted so much to design it's how I furnished the bottom floor of my house…)
Set tour: m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRiL...
(Also, the set I wanted so much to design it's
Instagram is an absolute close stool of a website but this post from the legendary Ivan Day on the serving of early modern pies is totally essential
www.instagram.com/p/DQxpkIpDIG8/
(All images are his and are fully described in his post - read more there!)
www.instagram.com/p/DQxpkIpDIG8/
(All images are his and are fully described in his post - read more there!)
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Instagram is an absolute close stool of a website but this post from the legendary Ivan Day on the serving of early modern pies is totally essential
www.instagram.com/p/DQxpkIpDIG8/
(All images are his and are fully described in his post - read more there!)
www.instagram.com/p/DQxpkIpDIG8/
(All images are his and are fully described in his post - read more there!)
Kate Hawley on gothtuming @realgdt.bsky.social Frankenstein.
www.phantasmag.com/articles/gui...
Irresistible the way this references Vera West's costume for the 1935 Bride - those sleeves!
www.phantasmag.com/articles/gui...
Irresistible the way this references Vera West's costume for the 1935 Bride - those sleeves!
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Kate Hawley on gothtuming @realgdt.bsky.social Frankenstein.
www.phantasmag.com/articles/gui...
Irresistible the way this references Vera West's costume for the 1935 Bride - those sleeves!
www.phantasmag.com/articles/gui...
Irresistible the way this references Vera West's costume for the 1935 Bride - those sleeves!
Oh my goth. Tristwch Y Fenywod ON HALLOWEEN. I am undone.
+++ Some recent announcements for the 2026 Gothic events in Whitby. +++
#icymi #goth #gothic #gothicrock #postpunk #whitby #whitbygothic #whitbygoth #themission #waynehussey #loltolhurst #themarchviolets #yorkshire #northyorkshire
#icymi #goth #gothic #gothicrock #postpunk #whitby #whitbygothic #whitbygoth #themission #waynehussey #loltolhurst #themarchviolets #yorkshire #northyorkshire
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Oh my goth. Tristwch Y Fenywod ON HALLOWEEN. I am undone.
Pair of truly gorgeous Austin Osman Spare watercolours with Bellmans next month. Would part with a kidney in a heartbeat to finance, heck both kidneys if you insist.
The £1000 estimate is the living definition of a put up 'come by me' job unfortunately.
www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...
The £1000 estimate is the living definition of a put up 'come by me' job unfortunately.
www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...
November 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Pair of truly gorgeous Austin Osman Spare watercolours with Bellmans next month. Would part with a kidney in a heartbeat to finance, heck both kidneys if you insist.
The £1000 estimate is the living definition of a put up 'come by me' job unfortunately.
www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...
The £1000 estimate is the living definition of a put up 'come by me' job unfortunately.
www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...
1586. George French of Kingsbridge, Devon had the model Elizabethan garden: formal knot garden, parterres, arbour... BIG SURROUNDING WALL.
(Pretty much mouthwatering) detail from a map with Forum Auctions next month.
www.forumauctions.co.uk/157131/Devon...
(Pretty much mouthwatering) detail from a map with Forum Auctions next month.
www.forumauctions.co.uk/157131/Devon...
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM
1586. George French of Kingsbridge, Devon had the model Elizabethan garden: formal knot garden, parterres, arbour... BIG SURROUNDING WALL.
(Pretty much mouthwatering) detail from a map with Forum Auctions next month.
www.forumauctions.co.uk/157131/Devon...
(Pretty much mouthwatering) detail from a map with Forum Auctions next month.
www.forumauctions.co.uk/157131/Devon...
As far as I can tell this hasn't been noticed until I showed my amazing mum - who's spent 2 years working with the Frank Meadow Sutcliffe archive at #Whitby Museum - George du Maurier's Whitby Vikings cartoon from Punch. The FMS picture is "c1885", the cartoon 1881 but that "circa" could be critical
October 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As far as I can tell this hasn't been noticed until I showed my amazing mum - who's spent 2 years working with the Frank Meadow Sutcliffe archive at #Whitby Museum - George du Maurier's Whitby Vikings cartoon from Punch. The FMS picture is "c1885", the cartoon 1881 but that "circa" could be critical
Extracurricular obsession with (a) blue food (b) imaginary flavours continues to be a hurdle to e.g. sleep, reintegration into polite society etc.
This via Mr Tee www.instagram.com/mrtee_offici...
This via Mr Tee www.instagram.com/mrtee_offici...
October 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Extracurricular obsession with (a) blue food (b) imaginary flavours continues to be a hurdle to e.g. sleep, reintegration into polite society etc.
This via Mr Tee www.instagram.com/mrtee_offici...
This via Mr Tee www.instagram.com/mrtee_offici...
[Terry Thomas voice] Well hel-lo.
October 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
[Terry Thomas voice] Well hel-lo.
In which a throwaway trailing modifier phrase opens up so many more questions than it resolves...
Cressy, David. “Death and the Social Order: The Funerary Preferences of Elizabethan Gentlemen.” Continuity and Change 5, no. 1 (1990): 99–119. doi.org/10.1017/S026....
Cressy, David. “Death and the Social Order: The Funerary Preferences of Elizabethan Gentlemen.” Continuity and Change 5, no. 1 (1990): 99–119. doi.org/10.1017/S026....
October 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In which a throwaway trailing modifier phrase opens up so many more questions than it resolves...
Cressy, David. “Death and the Social Order: The Funerary Preferences of Elizabethan Gentlemen.” Continuity and Change 5, no. 1 (1990): 99–119. doi.org/10.1017/S026....
Cressy, David. “Death and the Social Order: The Funerary Preferences of Elizabethan Gentlemen.” Continuity and Change 5, no. 1 (1990): 99–119. doi.org/10.1017/S026....
Another day, another post shamelessly fanboying Tamara Deverell, production designer of @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein:
Deverell dumped some juicy reference imagery on Instagram last week - the cropping / reframing she chose lets you follow her eye at work
🧵
www.instagram.com/p/DPqPKrajUGh
Deverell dumped some juicy reference imagery on Instagram last week - the cropping / reframing she chose lets you follow her eye at work
🧵
www.instagram.com/p/DPqPKrajUGh
October 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Another day, another post shamelessly fanboying Tamara Deverell, production designer of @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein:
Deverell dumped some juicy reference imagery on Instagram last week - the cropping / reframing she chose lets you follow her eye at work
🧵
www.instagram.com/p/DPqPKrajUGh
Deverell dumped some juicy reference imagery on Instagram last week - the cropping / reframing she chose lets you follow her eye at work
🧵
www.instagram.com/p/DPqPKrajUGh
Problem: You've got a webpage containing an embedded IIIF but what you want is a nice old-fashioned max resolution PNG.
Solution: github.com/gjhilton/Rip...
No warranties, no support. Most of all: people who digitise manuscripts deserve LOVE, not this sort of thing - please don't use for evil.
Solution: github.com/gjhilton/Rip...
No warranties, no support. Most of all: people who digitise manuscripts deserve LOVE, not this sort of thing - please don't use for evil.
GitHub - gjhilton/RippyFish
Contribute to gjhilton/RippyFish development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Problem: You've got a webpage containing an embedded IIIF but what you want is a nice old-fashioned max resolution PNG.
Solution: github.com/gjhilton/Rip...
No warranties, no support. Most of all: people who digitise manuscripts deserve LOVE, not this sort of thing - please don't use for evil.
Solution: github.com/gjhilton/Rip...
No warranties, no support. Most of all: people who digitise manuscripts deserve LOVE, not this sort of thing - please don't use for evil.
Bidding now open for the sale of the Jim Henson company's archive: I am being unfairly personally targeted by the lavish selection of dishes and tableware from the show-stealing Skeksis banquet scene in Dark Crystal.
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Bidding now open for the sale of the Jim Henson company's archive: I am being unfairly personally targeted by the lavish selection of dishes and tableware from the show-stealing Skeksis banquet scene in Dark Crystal.
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
Google Books captcha generator has a low opinion of vol 2 of the records of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the North Riding of the County of York (1612-1620).
October 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Google Books captcha generator has a low opinion of vol 2 of the records of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the North Riding of the County of York (1612-1620).
Were any of my organs so tradeable - if only! - I would hock the dripping lot to Satan in a moment to write a single paragraph like Angela Carter.
October 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Were any of my organs so tradeable - if only! - I would hock the dripping lot to Satan in a moment to write a single paragraph like Angela Carter.
Here's that diagram showing the Hindi naming of the components of elephant caparison you didn't know you needed.
(From the highly-recommended www.sahapedia.org/elephant-reg... )
(From the highly-recommended www.sahapedia.org/elephant-reg... )
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Here's that diagram showing the Hindi naming of the components of elephant caparison you didn't know you needed.
(From the highly-recommended www.sahapedia.org/elephant-reg... )
(From the highly-recommended www.sahapedia.org/elephant-reg... )
Astonishingly gorgeous nef (lower left).
A magnificent exhibition: "Nürnberg Global, 1300-1600," showcasing stunning #MedievalSky & #EarlyModern objects—paintings, engravings, goldsmithing & scientific objects, woodcuts, books (of hours), architectural models, sculptures, armor, textiles, coins. It's SO good!
🗃️ #HistSci #ArtHistory 🏛️
🗃️ #HistSci #ArtHistory 🏛️
October 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Astonishingly gorgeous nef (lower left).
Reposted by g.j.hilton
Historians of science: any thoughts on this? I'm intrigued by a "recipe" in a 1505 manuscript, which describes what appears to be the Leidenfrost effect, named after Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, who supposedly was the first to describe the effect in the 18th century 🗃️ #HistSTM #HistSci #EarlyModern 🧪
The Leidenfrost effect! But wow is this ever an early description of it.
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Historians of science: any thoughts on this? I'm intrigued by a "recipe" in a 1505 manuscript, which describes what appears to be the Leidenfrost effect, named after Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, who supposedly was the first to describe the effect in the 18th century 🗃️ #HistSTM #HistSci #EarlyModern 🧪
This concept art for @realgdt.bsky.social 's Frankenstein - and now, my home office - has been hiding in plain sight as part of a Hollywood Reporter preview of the 'Art of…' book. No artist credit unfortunately but Tamara Deverell production designer.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
October 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This concept art for @realgdt.bsky.social 's Frankenstein - and now, my home office - has been hiding in plain sight as part of a Hollywood Reporter preview of the 'Art of…' book. No artist credit unfortunately but Tamara Deverell production designer.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...