July 30, 2005

På Semester

As of today jag är på semester (I am on vacation) for two weeks, so there’ll be nothing new here for a while, except for the posts I’ve scheduled to appear over at Curiosities of Literature. If you’re here in the meantime, please don’t mind the spam, & by all means have a look around & make yourself at home in the archives.

Letter H from Mitelli's 'Alfabeto in Sogno.'

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Posted by misteraitch at July 30, 2005 08:28 AM
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thirsting for brain comfort after a hard day at the office, i typed in brueghel proverbs and found your wonderful blog ... many thanks

Posted by: tristan forward on August 11, 2005 06:58 PM

May I say how much I've enjoyed visiting your blog? It is truly extraordinary. I came here in search of Bruegel's Netherlandish Proverbs and have received an education! I hope you will come back from your holidays refreshed and rarin' to go with new delights...

Posted by: Awang Goneng on August 11, 2005 07:28 PM

Wonderful blog! I did exactly what you said and made myself at home in your archives, and I found this entry on the Proscenium Vitae Humanae. Emblem 16 (the second last one your page) is called "The Temptation of St Anthony", who you can see in the bottom left corner. In my Great Artists series, this engravings features as one by Brueghel. Its exactly the same in all details, except that it's flipped horizontally (left>>right). I wonder how that works out.

Posted by: velvetgunther on August 12, 2005 08:54 AM
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