Braidense National Library Milan Italy

The most hilarious part of italians’ reaction to coronavirus/covid19 has been them stockpiling EVERY SINGLE type of pasta except the PENNE LISCE

which Italians couldn’t bring themselves to buy or eat even during a mass psychosis

Temple of Asclepius (Aesculapius): Villa Borghese Gardens, Rome.

Detail : Christ Blessing. 1485. Hans Memling. German 1430-1494. oil/oak.  (the snake is a modern addition not in the original painting) http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

Title page, first page, and last page illustrations from my 1943 edition of Wuthering Heights

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Leather bound books from the 19th century with gilt detailing