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montypop.bsky.social
@montypop.bsky.social
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I hang out with old sciencey books at that big university by the ocean on unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.
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curiousordinary.bsky.social
In #JapaneseFolklore there is definitely a #yokai for every occasion. When it comes to fruit, I present suika no bakemono, which appears as a watermelon-headed samurai. Very little is known about this strange supernatural creature. It comes from the Buson Yokai Emaki, a...
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Two samurai-like creatures with melons for heads stand in a curved wooden bridge as the moon rises behind a mountain.
January 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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ruinsofdespair.bsky.social
Reading Moth by Candlelight

Fritz Schwimbeck (1889 - 1972)
A black-and-white drawing of a moth reading a book many times its size. The flame of the candle resembles a skull, and the twirling smoke looks like a hand reaching towards the moth.
January 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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publicdomainrev.bsky.social
Double page spread from Hamonshu (1903), a Japanese book of wave and ripple designs that would have acted as a kind of go-to guide for Japanese craftsmen looking to adorn their wares with such patterns. See all three volumes of the work here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/h...
January 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
montypop.bsky.social
Ok.
December 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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ceebarnacles.bsky.social
“Outside [the British Library] a railway worker stopped by the picket line and offered the strikers a ten-pound note. ‘That’s terrible,’ he said when he was told what was going on. ‘Hope you win.’” 🥹

Meanwhile the interim CEO says we “don’t live in a real world”?! 🙄

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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remediosvaro.bsky.social
Still life Reslicitando
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19562
"Still life Reslicitando" by Remedios Varo features a surreal composition where fruits and dishes appear to orbit a centrally placed lit candle, creating a scene that defies gravity. The rich textures and mystical atmosphere are characteristic of Varo's unique blend of magic realism and imaginative storytelling in art.
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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wormmo.de
it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
me with a blue funnel like hat, with a stick out the top holding a red ball on a string. I have on a red capelet and am carrying a letter with calligraphy and a seal in my crooked beak. I've got a badge with a symbol on it the guy from the original painting that's got on my outfit except it's wearing tan turnshoes
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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dancaroselli.bsky.social
One LA Block: 100’s N Sycamore
White 1930s deco with hints of streamline but also verticality Spanish/moorish fourplex with green tiles and woodwork Regal-looking apartment building with tall cypress trees and an archway into the building Streamline moderne with a hint of regency, round white corners and topiary hedges
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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mjpcuervo.bsky.social
Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
Snickers bar and a metal whistle
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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racheldeering.bsky.social
#Gothtober #31DaysOfHalloween
Vintage Halloween card of witch in pink flying over smiling full moon in starry sky on broomstick. Below, an owl is perched on a branch and two black cats run across a green landscape with forest in distance. At the top, it say’s ‘Halloween Greetings’.
October 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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anatomicalcat.bsky.social
Dissected torso produced in wax by the famed Florentine modeller Clemente Susini
A female torso showing the anatomy of the thorax with the right shoulder and through also dissected. The face is still intact, and lies serenely tilted back, eyes shut. The hair is dark and curling, and the figure is in a glass case with a wooden back, with white cloth between the figure and the board
October 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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remediosvaro.bsky.social
Cosmic Energy
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19617
"Cosmic Energy" by Remedios Varo features ethereal figures seamlessly blending into a rocky environment, with one holding a violin and the other gazing toward a red cat emitting star-like sparkles. This surreal scene typifies Varo's signature blend of mysticism and the fantastical, inviting viewers into a dreamlike exploration of interconnectedness.
October 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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racheldeering.bsky.social
A happy October wish for us all.
🖼️ Grasset
Autumn garden with woman in yellow dress raking leaves for October in calendar.
October 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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remediosvaro.bsky.social
The Gathering
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19628
"The Gathering," by Remedios Varo, is an enchanting piece that captures three mysterious figures cloaked in intricate, flowing garments embellished with surreal, lace-like patterns. The ethereal scene evokes a sense of intrigue and dreamlike magic, with the figures seemingly engaging in a secretive and spectral rendezvous deep within the forest.
September 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
montypop.bsky.social
As someone who loves new books about old books this is deeply exciting and one of the most satisfying things I've ever done.
July 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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ruralindexing.bsky.social
Kastle Kreme
Galesburg, IL
June 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
montypop.bsky.social
Neat!
June 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
montypop.bsky.social
Oh I love it though.
thegozfather.bsky.social Daniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · Jun 16
Time for another round of extreme cataloguing. This time it's Court of Wards pleadings. Horrible stuff. Well, no, the content is great, but it's horrible wrestling with it.
Bundle of Wards proceedings. TNA WARD 14
June 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
montypop.bsky.social
No, for real
May 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
montypop.bsky.social
Speaking of lobotomies,but more cheerful, here is the cat sleeping with her face smashed into my bra on a chilly day. #onebraincell
May 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
montypop.bsky.social
Back on the lobotomy content again, decanting some of Margaret Kennard's stuff for individual cataloguing. Sigh.
May 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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romanceofbooks.bsky.social
Bee anatomy from ‘Dr. Lampe’s Bienenzucht’ published in Leipzig by P. Berger, [1909?].

UW-Madison’s Special Collections library.

#foldoutanatomy #worldbeeday #moveablebooks #bees #animalart #naturalhistory #scientificart
May 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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publicdomainrev.bsky.social
These scientific illustrations by Orra Hitchcock (1796–1863) — executed on poster-sized linen swaths and hung on classroom walls — are striking for their modern abstraction. More here in our latest post by @eayers0: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/hitchcock-illustrations
May 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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publicdomainrev.bsky.social
One of many wonderful full-page watercolour illustrations in a 16th-century edition of Pedanius Dioscorides’s work on herbal medicine, De Materia Medica (ca. 80 AD). More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/w...
May 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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anatomicalcat.bsky.social
One of the plates from Jacques Fabien Gautier d’Agoty’s “Suite de l’Essai d’anatomie en tableaux imprimés” from 1745. This illustration is often known as The Flayed Angel. I’ve seen a number of original editions of Gautier d’Agoty’s books in various places and they’re always stunning.
A double page book spread with a colour illustration of a seated woman from behind looking back over her shoulder. Her back is dissected.
April 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM