Jessie M. King, Illustrations For The High History Of The Holy Graal, 1903.

Dagger with Sheath

Dated: 18th century

Culture: Turkish

Medium: jade, steel, gold, copper, shagreen, gemstone

Measurements: L. with sheath 14 5/16 in. (36.4 cm); L. without sheath 13 5/16 in. (33.8 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Wt. 9.1 oz. (258 g); Wt. of sheath 3.7 oz. (104.9 g)

Source: Copyright 2014 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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One of twelve volvelles in Trithemius, Polygraphie, 1561. The title written on the fore-edge of this book suggests that it belonged to John Dee. It’s a book about cryptography, and the volvelles are cipher discs used to encoding or decoding text.

The RCP library has the largest known collection of books from John Dee’s library, going on display from January 2016.

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Neko Atsume for real.

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Oscar has been inspecting my shelves. Its hard to tell if he approves …

6th book of the year on the warmest day of March here in NY. Bonus cat.