sagas of icelanders

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Pictured above is single exposure image spectacular near, far, and in between. Diving into the Earth far in the distance is part of the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy, taken with a long duration exposure. Much closer, the planet Jupiter is visible as the bright point just to band’s left. Closer still are picturesque buttes and mesas of the Canyonlands National Park in Utah, USA, lit by a crescent moon. In the foreground is a cave housing a stone circle of unknown origin named False Kiva. The cave was briefly lit by flashlight during the long exposure. Astrophotographer Wally Pacholka repo”

Shorpy :: History in HD: February 9, 1916. “Mountain Chief of Piegan Blackfeet making phonographic record at Smithsonian.” The interviewer is ethnologist Frances Densmore. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

Plaques d’égout

Chemins de St. Jacques de Compostelle: The Way of St. James, or St. James’s Way, is the pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where legend has it that the remains of the apostle Saint James the Great are buried.

Santiago de Compostela: One etymology for the name “Compostela” is that it comes from the Latin phrase campus stellae, i.e. “field of the star”, making Santiago de Compostela “St. James of the Field of the Star”. This would reflect the belief that the bones of St. James were taken from the Middle East, to Spain and then buried where a shepherd had spotted a star. A church was eventually built over the bones, and later replaced with the Cathedral de Santiago de Compostela.
Other etymologies derive from the Latin word Compositum, i.e. “The well founded”, or Composita Tella, meaning “burial ground”. Yet another etymology derives it from “San Jacome Apostol”.

Kongelige Bibliotek (Danish Royal Library): “The French-burgundian parchment manuscript, Chansons d’Amour — also known as The Copenhagen Chansonnier — was produced in the late 15th century.”

(Via Bibliodyssey.)

bibliodyssey: “I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men”
[Sir Isaac Newton, after losing a fortune (£20,000) in the bubble]

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Warren Magazine Collection: CREEPY, EERIE, VAMPIRELLA

Scandolls

Hemeroteca Digital

NFB:
A Chairy Tale
Afterlife / Après la vie
Air!
An Artist / Une artiste
Animando
Balablok
Baroque’n Roll
Bead Game / Histoire de perles
Black Soul / Âme noire
Blackfly
Blinkity Blank
Bully Dance / La Danse des brutes
Christopher, Please Clean Up Your Room!
Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar!
Dinner for Two / Dîner intime
Elbow Room / Distances
Every Child / Chaque enfant
Ex-Child / Ex-enfant
Flux
George and Rosemary
Hen Hop
Hunger / La Faim
Jonas and Lisa / Jonas et Lisa
Juke-Bar
Le merle
Ludovic - The Snow Gift
Mindscape / Le paysagiste
My Child, My Land / Mon enfant, ma terre
Neighbours / Voisins
Nightangel / L’Heure des anges
Notes on a Triangle
Overdose
Roses Sing on New Snow
Stitches in Time / Maille Maille
The Balgonie Birdman
The Big Snit
The Boy and the Snow Goose / Le Petit Garçon et l’Oie des neiges
The Cat Came Back
The Hat / Le Chapeau
The Impossible Map
The Legend of the Flying Canoe (La Chasse-galerie)
The Magic of Anansi”

BibliOdyssey

Poulpe Pulps: The octopus, known as poulpe in French, polip in Hungarian, and polypous in Classical Greek, is pluperfectly the essence of pulp. Here you will find hard-to-locate images of science fiction, fantasy, and adventure pulp and comic covers featuring the wily octopus.