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GOLD LEAF PREPARATION. “Take some Greek parchment, which is made up from linen rags, and rub it on each side with the red colour obtained by burning finely ground and dried ochre. Polish it very carefully with the tooth of a beaver, a bear, or a wild boar, until it shines and the colour adheres to it with the friction...” (etc). https://lnkd.in/d7yzXt5 View in LinkedIn

There are over twenty types of common wild flowers in blossom right now around Girona. View in LinkedIn

THE FEEL OF AN ELECTRON. “Fundamental particles such as protons, neutrons, and electrons do not “look” or “feel” like anything at all, because “looking” and “feeling” are only meaningful for much larger objects. Those concepts have no meaning at the atomic scale.” https://lnkd.in/dpY5DrU View in LinkedIn

Anastomosis between roots of the same tree, which can also happen on branches, and between different individual trees of the same species. All about the boundaries of self. View in LinkedIn

TS ELIOT. “I’m waiting to see the immense poem. There are I think about thirty good lines in The Waste Land, can you find them? The rest is ephemeral.” (Letter to Ford Madox Ford, 14 August 1923). https://lnkd.in/dUt_Wyf View in LinkedIn

SO ENDS this second and last weekend of indulging in a remarkable mediaeval text on old craft methods. Today, craftsmen’s lives are much easier; many go to learn their trade in excellent technical schools, can set up shop with a minimum of investment and time, and everything that they need can be sourced from hundreds of companies. I bought a giant iron T square and compass from my metal worker Mario, made by his father out of necessity. His was the last generation to need such skills. We are forgetting our heritage. View in LinkedIn

“The Lumen Animae (a medieval encyclopedia) quotes Theophilus as saying that silver and gold, mixed with metal, makes it (a bell) sound sweeter and stronger.” But this is a false quotation, for it was a superstition not attributable to Theophilus. https://lnkd.in/d7yzXt5 View in LinkedIn