Alchemy and Mystery at the Bruce Museum

Alchemy: Magic, Myth, or Science?

fragile world indestructible

Unknown, Vessel with 13 Handles, 3rd-4th century A.D. Glass

Unknown, Oinoche, 6th-4th century B.C. Glass.

Bowl with Blue and White Canes, Greek or Roman, 100–1 B.C.

Ancient Glass Returns to the Getty

from Art Daily

From A Heavenly Craft

on a now note

Friday, October 9, 2009 6-10pm

1806 W. Cuyler, Floor 2
Chicago, Illinois

New Work by:

Rosalynn Gingerich
Sarah Hicks
John Coyle Steinbrunner
Alex Menocal

Emblematic fantasy in gorgeous black and white showing now over at BibliOdyssey.

Wonderful, winsome video posted on Process blog.

Russian fairy tale illustrations by Alexandre Alexeieff at Journey Round My Skull

Interesting news being posted at Medieval News today regarding The Shroud of Turin, and also the latest on the Staffordshire Hoard debate.

another story to tell

A movie about the life of Hypatia, the 4th century Egyptian mathemetician-philosopher and astronomer, is being made by Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar,with Rachel Weisz (The Mummy) in the starring role. Hypatia tried in vain to save the ancient library at Alexandria from being burned during a purge. She was martyred for her trouble, killed by an angry Christian mob. Read more at: Women of History
I remember watching the Cosmos episode where Carl Sagan tells the story about the loss of the library and its irreplaceable contents as he describes Hypatia's efforts to protect the books.