Thursday, January 14, 2021

Kometenbuch

The president is a lethal danger to the American republic and the American people.
~Jamie Raskin


I haven't really posted since the attack on the Capitol because I just don't know what to say. The above quote from my beloved representative Jamie Raskin sums up a portion of my feelings.

Instead of thinking about the world on the ground, for Art Thursday here are some illustrations from an anonymous medieval book on comets. This predates the first telescope by about twenty years and has a poetic touch.

The Comet Book (1587):









2 comments:

  1. Fascinating representations of comets. They're all quite attractive.

    Interesting that two of them depict swords!

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  2. They thought that comets were pretty dangerous!

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