Sunday

quietly bear pain.









marianne lodge’s practice writing book from 1847. made of real vellum with beautiful calligraphy and a collection of pasted on wax seals. this amazing specimen is from book collector j.p. williams new blog. i love to see into other peoples lives.

5 comments:

  1. JennaMay 31, 2009 at 10:39 PM

    I'd like to leave something behind that's as interesting as this.

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  2. cake.May 31, 2009 at 10:43 PM

    yeah, it looks like i'm going to have to start hand writing out all of my blog posts.

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  3. evenclevelandJune 1, 2009 at 10:34 PM

    I saw something once that turned handwriting into a type font and thought about using that on my blog ... hm. Have to revisit that.

    This book is amazing - literally made me gasp out loud.

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  4. me melodiaJune 3, 2009 at 10:51 AM

    I want to touch this and smell it.
    This is so lusty.

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  5. cake.June 3, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    ooh lusty is a really good word for it.

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