They built a 10-meter bridge in the mountains of Dagestan near Gulli village entirely out of wood.
Roughly 200 years ago or maybe more. Locals say it could be 700. No one kept the exact records, but the joinery has held.
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Just a tiny graver and hands this steady.
In case you're wondering what you're watching - this is how a traditional Chinese seal is made.
Zhuanke is an art that's over 3,000 years old.
It's carved in reverse so it stamps correctly.
All by hand, all freehand.
The control and precision of chibistampco is unreal.
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Modern illuminators summoning pure medieval magic with lapis, gold, traditional techniques & pure craftsmanship.
One ancient craft, still very much alive.
Marie from expecto_pigmentum 🪄
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319 year old copy of Homer's Odyssey.
This pocket-size edition was printed in Amsterdam in 1707.
The frontispiece shows Odysseus with Athena, and Poseidon whipping the sea behind them.
Still in its original binding.
It’s been sitting at the State Library of New South Wales since 1939.
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This is what a contrabase E-flat Aeolian drone flute sounds like 🎶
Made by Garrison Sheffield of Scissortail Flutes.
Start your week with beauty.
It sets the tone for everything that follows.
Schloß Drachenburg, overlooking the Rhine, is a textbook case of how the 19th century reinvented medieval architecture for its own ideals.
Good morning.
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Painted in 1888 by Herbert Schmalz, this scene depicts early Christian martyrs awaiting execution in the arena.
Faithful unto Death: Christianae ad Leones!
Painted in 1931 by Alfred Sohn‑Rethel, a German modernist who survived two world wars, this quiet seated nude shows his shift from society scenes to stripped‑down, introspective realism.
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