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The Voynich manuscript: the unbreakable encryption?

Edit The Guardian 27 Aug 2016
Did John Dee create it to impress his European patrons? Did Roger Bacon write it? More plausibly, was it created by Voynich himself, a trained chemist with access to old vellum? In 2009 the manuscript was carbon dated and found to have come from the early 15th century. Or at least the parchment did ... With a few weeks and some old vellum, who knows what one could produce? Forging something like this would certainly be possible ... ....

Is Voynich Manuscript alien diary, reference book or hoax? Time to find out as tome to be published

Edit Belfast Telegraph 24 Aug 2016
The manuscript is written on vellum that has been carbon-dated to the early 15th Century, and it's said to have once passed through the hands of Rudolf II, Emperor of the Habsburg Empire in Prague and collector of occult artefacts ... "He is also said to have acquired a large supply of vellum and to have used his knowledge of chemistry gained at ......

While Critters Scurried Above, Houston Artist Charted Their Course With Frottage

Edit Houston Press 23 Aug 2016
A A. Facebook-. Twitter - ... - ... Marking the site of the noise, Bernstein taped paper or vellum to the spot, creating both a starting point for a colored pencil drawing to be finished later, while also documenting the time ... The black and dark copper drawings have a futuristic, industrial feel, rendered in vellum with underlayers of simple geometric forms ... Underneath the cloudy vellum the viewer can barely discern a drawing of a dying pope ... ....

£2m miniature Jacobean portrait bought for Powis Castle

Edit BBC News 23 Aug 2016
One of the "finest" portraits of the Jacobean era has been bought so it can remain at its home in mid Wales. The miniature painting of Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, was painted in watercolour on vellum by Isaac Oliver ... ....

Welcome to Britain, where even the anti-elitist movements are led by elites

Edit New Statesman 18 Aug 2016
Nobody thinks they're the "elite" – after all, if they were, wouldn't they feel a bit more powerful?. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img="">. Who are the elites? It’s an urgent question, given their purported dominance of our politics ... So let’s narrow it down further ... So we must be talking about north London ... The kind who don’t use computers, only vellum, possibly ... Oh no, wait ... ....

In this week's magazine | Corbyn's revenge

Edit New Statesman 17 Aug 2016
A first look at this week's issue. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img="">. 19 - 25 August issue. Corbyn's revenge. Cover story. The Labour schism. George Eaton on how Jeremy Corbyn and his opponents in the party are preparing for more battles after the leadership election. The Diary ... Roy Hattersley ... We should try to stop it ... ... ... ... The kind who don’t use computers, only vellum, possibly....

Interview with a Bookstore: The Wild Detectives, uniting books and beer

Edit The Guardian 15 Aug 2016
A bookstore bar started by two Spanish civil engineers, The Wild Detectives has been heralded as a pioneer in Dallas’s burgeoning literary scene. The Wild Detectives is the result of the enthusiastic talk over the years — and around the beers — of two Spanish civil engineers, Paco Vique and Javier García del Moral ... Twitter ... Local authors ... Will Evans, the man behind Deep Vellum, has brought some of his book presentations to the shop ... ....

Behind the Scenes: Decking out the Galleries (Cincinnati Art Museum)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Aug 2016
Light, 2010.38; Vase, 1922, Sarah Elizabeth Coyne (1876-1939), decorator, porcelain, Vellum glaze line, Bequest of Helen Louise Hayward, 2008.85; Vase, 1906, Lenore Asbury (1866-1933), decorator, earthenware, Iris glaze line, Gift of Mr ... 1908, Sallie Elizabeth Coyne (1876-1939), decorator, earthenware, Green Vellum glaze line, Gift of Walter E....

Dressed to thrill: Charlotte Dujardin begins her quest for the perfect round

Edit The Guardian 10 Aug 2016
Britain’s big gold medal hope in dressage has helped modernise an elitist sport, bringing an athlete’s intensity to the sometimes inaccessible discipline. @barneyronay. Rake the sandpit. Plump the floral dressings. Fire up the dinner-jazz instrumental Elton John and Kiki Dee soundtrack ... Related. Rio Olympics ... Against this the other option is simply to enjoy its grand baroque fascination, to lose oneself in its fine, vellum-lined protocols ... ....

Can Twitter Fit Inside the Library of Congress?

Edit The Atlantic 04 Aug 2016
In 2010, the Library of Congress and Twitter announced a historic and incongruous partnership. Together, they would archive and preserve every tweet ever posted, creating a massive store of short-form thoughts. It was odd ... It was also fascinating. equal parts futuristic and anachronistic. I imagined library scribes copying tweets by hand onto vellum or cranking feeds through a printing press. The news actually frightened some folks ... ....

Torbay RNLI hosts ceremony for new D class lifeboat as it marks 150 years (RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Aug 2016
As part of the ceremony, the RNLI's Chairman Charles Hunter-Pease will present Torbay RNLI with a 150th anniversary vellum....

Courageous Islay lifeboat volunteers given RNLI awards after saving yachtsman (RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Aug 2016
(Source. RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution). The Coxswain of Islay lifeboat in the Hebrides and his volunteer crew have been recognised for their part in saving a sailor's life during a severe gale ... Coxswain MacLellan said ... He was awarded the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum in 2008 in recognition of his leadership and seamanship when the lifeboat saved the fishing vessel Niamh Aine and her crew of seven ... (noodl....

Blues Funeral Details The Search For a New Strain of Throwback Metal

Edit Houston Press 29 Jul 2016
A A. Facebook-. Twitter -. More shares recommend reddit email -. -. Houston is blessed with a whole shitload of heavy-metal bands ... That band would be Blues Funeral ... Wailing, fogged-out guitar solos, stomping riffage and vocal harmonies supplied by both Kimmel and Eggenschwiler abound, and the band’s throwback groove is held down sublimely by their Sanctus Vellum compadre, drummer Cory Cousins, and jazz-influenced bassist Gabriel Katz....
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