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Who Killed the Quagga?: Uncovered! Brixton's Buried River
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Who Killed the Quagga? Sunday, 11 March 2007. With the expansion of London's suburbs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many tributaries to the Thames were bricked up and built over. Marshy ground was reclaimed by piping springs and trapping the flowing waters of streams within covered culverts. The Effra. Incidentally, from the Celtic. A buried river seems to me a wonderfully Romantic idea. Free-flowing water has now been caged, but continues to run beneath our feet. (Perhaps there's a d...I rea...
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Mapping the Marvellous | Itineraries of curious objects and collections. | Page 2
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Itineraries of curious objects and collections. Glossary of the Marvellous. How to Work Better. Too Precious to Wear. To Tantalise through Distance. Gorgon misses podium by six points. Life in the Ocean’s Jewel Boxes. The Kingdom of the Pearl. The Plant as a Living Creature. Cartographers of the marvellous. But Does it Float. Colossal Art and Design. The Academy of Curiosity. The Book of Barely Imagined Beings. The Zymoglyphic Museum Curator's Web Log. Friends of the marvellous. Minerva's Owl Repairs.
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About | Mapping the Marvellous
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Itineraries of curious objects and collections. Glossary of the Marvellous. I am a former British Academy Post-doctoral Fellow based at the University of Manchester, England, and I am currently researching and writing ‘A Cultural History of Coral’. Image above: Mark Dion,. Blog header image: Hubert Duprat,. 1994, coral (Costa Brava) and breadcrumbs, c. 25 cm in diameter. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window).
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Coral Décor | Mapping the Marvellous
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Itineraries of curious objects and collections. Glossary of the Marvellous. Bathroom in designer S.R. Gambrel’s holiday home, wallpapered with pages from. Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities. Sarah Boardman’s natural curiosities library. Bookshelf stocked with ‘unnatural’ treasures posing as the real thing. Cabinet in Hollister and Porter Hovey’s apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Coral-topped bookshelf in Katie Armour’s apartment. Faux coral door handle. Click to email (Opens in new window).
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January | 2010 | Mapping the Marvellous
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Itineraries of curious objects and collections. Glossary of the Marvellous. Atlas of Remote Islands. Coral or cuttlebone, anyone? The Pull of the Sea. Cartographers of the marvellous. But Does it Float. Colossal Art and Design. The Academy of Curiosity. The Book of Barely Imagined Beings. The Zymoglyphic Museum Curator's Web Log. Friends of the marvellous. Minerva's Owl Repairs. Centre de Vulgarisation de la Connaissance. Institute for Cultural Practices. Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
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Memory Palimpsest: Siren (Piscean)
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A photo blog of inspirations and ideas for chimerical constructions. Favorite fragments from illuminated manuscripts, marginalia, antique book pages, classical drawings and paintings of sirens, griffins, majestic felines, fantastical birds, angels, demons, obscure beasties and other mythical creatures. Monday, February 27, 2012. Siren detail English 13th cent. Bestiary. bodl Douce88. Originally uploaded by tony harrison. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie. A Little Book...
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Memory Palimpsest: Cock Crowing
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A photo blog of inspirations and ideas for chimerical constructions. Favorite fragments from illuminated manuscripts, marginalia, antique book pages, classical drawings and paintings of sirens, griffins, majestic felines, fantastical birds, angels, demons, obscure beasties and other mythical creatures. Sunday, March 04, 2012. Cock crowing and man and woman watch. French 14th cent. Bodl Douce30. Originally uploaded by tony harrison. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie.
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Memory Palimpsest: Christmas scene in a 15th century manuscript (detail)
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A photo blog of inspirations and ideas for chimerical constructions. Favorite fragments from illuminated manuscripts, marginalia, antique book pages, classical drawings and paintings of sirens, griffins, majestic felines, fantastical birds, angels, demons, obscure beasties and other mythical creatures. Saturday, December 21, 2013. Christmas scene in a 15th century manuscript (detail). Christmas scene in a 15th century manuscript (detail). Originally uploaded by e-codices. Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie.
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Memory Palimpsest: Merman. dressed as monk holds fish, MS Bodley 533, f 26r. Brit. Lib
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A photo blog of inspirations and ideas for chimerical constructions. Favorite fragments from illuminated manuscripts, marginalia, antique book pages, classical drawings and paintings of sirens, griffins, majestic felines, fantastical birds, angels, demons, obscure beasties and other mythical creatures. Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Merman. dressed as monk holds fish, MS Bodley 533, f 26r. Brit. Lib. Merman. dressed as monk holds fish, MS Bodley 533, f 26r. Brit. Lib. Originally uploaded by tony harrison.
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Memory Palimpsest: AF Cambridge Trinity College Library, ms. O.2.14 Rochester BestiaryGuillaume le clerc b
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A photo blog of inspirations and ideas for chimerical constructions. Favorite fragments from illuminated manuscripts, marginalia, antique book pages, classical drawings and paintings of sirens, griffins, majestic felines, fantastical birds, angels, demons, obscure beasties and other mythical creatures. Saturday, June 08, 2013. AF Cambridge Trinity College Library, ms. O.2.14 Rochester Bestiary Guillaume le clerc b. Originally uploaded by petrus.agricola. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Little Book ...
