Medieval manuscript fragments, 16c printing, the Catholicon (Mainz "1460" but printed in 1470 w/ movable type), French book artist Joseph Hémard, 1930s calypso, fossils (Texas ammonites and echinoids) https://independent.academia.edu/FarleyKatzhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mvqk5r5ptk2rMy son and his #tuxedo_cat Zoo, rescued two years ago in decrepit shape. And now! #cat #cats #tuxedocat #rescue17 Sep 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqk5r5ptk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mv3tfrvclc2aPartial face with eyes set into pillar dedicated to #Asklepios, with niches for other votives. #Acropolis Museum. The ancient Greek forerunner of modern Mexican #milagros to cure los ojos? https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/pillar-votives-dedicated-asklepios-praxias-dedication.09 Sep 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3tfrvclc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3murnsnqfns24You could fit 1.4 #Alaskas inside #Algeria! 665,400 sq. m. (Alaska) vs. 919,595 sq. m. (Algeria) [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3murnsnqfns24https://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3muj62myhpk2wAfter a huge thunderstorm, our #Argiope #spider moved to a more sheltered spot under the porch and spun a new web with a much stronger stabilimentum. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 05:06 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3muj62myhpk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mtudavx3m22lIn a recent article, I concluded that in the 1470-86 period, lines of drilled type were wired together for composition, imposition and printing. Locking chases were not then used, lines of type being held in press by perpendicular force. https://www.academia.edu/169042456/The_Catholicon_Press_Mainz_1469_70_and_Printing_with_Wired_Type [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtudavx3m22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mtpcs7d3jk23Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. New Yorker: Go fuck yourself. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpcs7d3jk23https://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mtkapo3ji22yFragments of medieval Hebrew text on parchment, used to reinforce spine on Botero, Relationi Universali. Venice, Perin, 1595. Any help? (I know they're very small). Thanks! #paleography #medieval #medieval_hebrew #fragmentology #medieval_manuscripts #medieval_paleography20 Aug 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkapo3ji22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mswdjgasj22lBeats me. But I've learned the letters in modern Georgian are called, in order: ani bani gani doni eni vini zeni tani ini kani lasi mani nari oni pari zhani rae ? sani lari uni pari kani ghani qari shini chini tsani dzili tsili chari khani jani hae See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_scripts [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswdjgasj22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3msvlby4qik23On further look, the scribes were different. No reason to think texts are same. The cover ms is ruled; the spine ms not. Line spacing differs. Letter forms differ - d (horizontal bar in cover), final s (long s in the spine ms), Tironian et (uncrossed; only on spine), 9 used for con in cover ms, etc. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvlby4qik23https://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3msvhftmzgs2q#paleography help needed! #medieval_paleography [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvhftmzgs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3msvfyosgm22dThis one is beyond me. The ms on the spine actually is from "De excommunicacione et interdicto", a late 13 c. treatise by Bérenger Frédol (c. 1250-1323), w/ variants. I assume the larger fragment used for the covers also is, but I can't confirm that. #medieval_manuscripts #medieval #fragmentology [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvfyosgm22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mspwow7yoc2vThe SDMA is a wonderful art museum and has the masterpiece painting of Juan Sánchez Cotán (1560-1627), Still Life of a Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince,_Cabbage,_Melon_and_Cucumber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LCX9rFj6LE [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspwow7yoc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3msiz5gpkfc24In our back-yard in San Antonio today: a beautiful #Argiope aurantia (an #orb-weaver #spider) with the thick zig-zag pattern in the web below it, called the stabilimentum.07 Aug 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiz5gpkfc24https://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3msg5plbhek2hJULIAN DATES. I learned about Julian dates from Archbishop Ussher’s Annales where he dated the beginning of the world as 4004 BC. He also gave the Julian date of 710 which is the number of days from Jan. 1, 4713 BC (don’t ask). Today, details of the salmonella egg recall refer to “Julian dates” 1/206 Aug 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3msg5plbhek2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3ms6tssuiak2dIn 1974, the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly held hearings on corporate involvement in replacing electric railways with buses. Bradford Snell, an attorney for the Stern Fund, presented a study titled American Ground Transport, accusing GM and allied oil and rubber companies of 1/2) [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6tssuiak2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3ms556m4jak2jWhy would you turn down an offer to save -21.5%!02 Aug 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms556m4jak2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mqx2srcvbs2ySurely, Pickle de Gallo should have been better received in BlueSkyLand. If not, here's Pico de Gallo, the song, by the fabulous duo Trout Fishing in America. Don't get it your eye-o! @miblogestublog.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfFo4dJG6Bs [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqx2srcvbs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mqpid2wnas2nLatest advance at the frontier of experimental Tex-Mex cuisine (so I'm told): "Pickle de Gallo" in which sour pickle pieces replace tomatoes. At Whole Foods in San Antonio. Will try it. #picodegallo #texmexfood @miblogestublog.bsky.social15 Jul 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpid2wnas2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mqmea7yatc2jPleioptygma lineolata ? (Heilprin 1886). Pliocene, Lake Okeechobee Florida. #molluscmonday14 Jul 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmea7yatc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mqjy5d4ir222The Norwegianisation of the #taco. @miblogestublog.bsky.social https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260709-how-tacos-became-norways-national-comfort-food?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=nypr-email&utm_campaign=Newsletter+-+Early+Addition+-+20260713&utm_term=loves+tacos&utm_id=597156&sfmc_id=128054341&utm_content=2026713&nypr_member=Unknown13 Jul 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjy5d4ir222https://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mqcwp6xwz222Large slab of fossil sea urchins, lower Cretaceous, Ft Worth formation (Albian), north Texas. All are Holasters except for the broken ones which are Hafasters 😜 #fossilfriday10 Jul 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcwp6xwz222https://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mpj4bapouk27The Mikasa City Museum in Hokkaido, Japan -- “The Museum of ammonites” displays more than 600 ammonite specimens of over 120 species, found from Cretaceous marine deposits in Hokkaido, including a hall of giant #fossil #ammonites.30 Jun 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpj4bapouk27https://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mpeoqqhpcs2xThese strike me as having a similar vibe: [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jun 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpeoqqhpcs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3movixn3wjk2cMy article “The Catholicon Press (Mainz 1469-70), Printing with Wired Type” has been published. I conclude that the books were printed from lines of type wired in pairs through holes drilled in their shanks and placed in trays without lateral barriers. (1/2) https://www.academia.edu/169042456/The_Catholicon_Press_Mainz_1469_70_and_Printing_with_Wired_Type22 Jun 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3movixn3wjk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mov7xobusc24My Father's Day present - a plush #ammonite, anatomically correct with 10 tentacles and aptychi! #fossils #cephalopods22 Jun 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mov7xobusc24https://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mondzhbqpk2cThe Algae Monster that ate Washington. #algae #reflecting_pond #Trump #peeling_paint #$14_million19 Jun 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mondzhbqpk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mob25iic222cIf only Christo were still alive ... [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jun 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mob25iic222chttps://bsky.app/profile/farleypkatz.bsky.social/post/3mo6bdqmkvc2vCoincidentally, I have an article to be published in one week about drilled or perforated type and its purpose and use. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jun 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:2pala353ddeiix37hayqhs43/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo6bdqmkvc2v