Bank Holiday
@MrBankHoliday
Followers
183
Following
308K
Media
3K
Statuses
24K
Washed up writer clawing back out to sea Banner by @Timbukdrew1
Caelid
Joined May 2020
0
0
4
#ManuscriptMonday The Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Wait a minute, why are they wearing equipment from 101 years later? Something to look out for when admiring manuscripts from the middle ages is that they often depict events from history with the arms and armour of the current
I'd like to invite everyone to participate in a #ManuscriptMonday next Monday! Choose a manuscript illumination you like and draw it in your style OR Draw something new in the style of a manuscript you like! It doesn't have to be pretty!
56
513
5K
I'm saving my research deep dive into typesetting history for when I'm on holiday but this is incredible. https://t.co/R4YYeCWGjX
0
0
1
In the Nokia era, I remember the popular question: How do Chinese text on a mobile phone? (there was even a Dutch book by that title). Some foreigners thought you’d need hundreds of buttons on your mobile phone device. Now that I’m looking at these old Xinhua movable lead type
10
110
3K
斜めに見えるやつ ＋大丈夫＋大丈夫＋大丈夫 ＋大丈夫＋大丈夫＋大丈夫 ＋大丈夫＋大丈夫＋大丈夫 夫丈大＋夫丈大＋夫丈大＋ 夫丈大＋夫丈大＋夫丈大＋ 夫丈大＋夫丈大＋夫丈大＋ ＋大丈夫＋大丈夫＋大丈夫 ＋大丈夫＋大丈夫＋大丈夫 ＋大丈夫＋大丈夫＋大丈夫
1K
25K
269K
A lot of 18th century portraits are slop but occasionally you come across a gem like this. The patron paid good money to paint his daughter bothering him with a barbie
258
13K
197K
"Good news, Lemon. President Trump is finally releasing what we have all waited for." "Oh God. The files?" "Jeffrey? I'll never forgive him for beating me as Cosmopolitan's "bachelor of the month" in 1980. No, Rush Hour 4. They want Tracy to play Roman Polanski's part."
‘RUSH HOUR 4’ has been greenlit at Paramount, after push from Donald Trump. • Paramount is teaming up with Warner Bros. to distribute • Brett Ratner, who coincidentally just made a documentary about Melania Trump, will return to direct. (Source: Deadline)
39
2K
20K
folks, it is my pleasure to share with you the most confusing building on Staten island. May i present the Louie G's Italian ices/Headstone store
27
76
657
Looking for English civil war helmet references and I’ve discovered the absolute peak of helmet design, pure Gucci. Safe to say I’ll be using this in future.
100
2K
14K
I love reading Chinese history >Confucians and Legalists were gathered to discuss the emperor's new law >One wise man opposed the law and gave a speech so rousing it brought the emperor to tears >The law stayed in place for another two generations until the empire collapsed
0
0
3
Millennium Actress had a budget of $1.2 million... An animated film...This visually inspired? It's actually demonic levels of thriftiness from Satoshi Kon.
0
2
7
I am not immune to gift packs of assorted meats and cheeses
30
683
7K
Uncredited 1977 cover art for 'A Medicine for Melancholy,' by Ray Bradbury
4
306
3K
"It's giving heart failure."
I will say “it’s giving heart failure” lives in my head rent free. Absolutely flawless. No notes. Shakespearean even.
0
5
54
View of Takanawa Ushimachi under a Shrouded Moon, by Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1879
2
51
354
