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  1. stonedog3

    "Ghost" Image of Stitching

    http://www.123stitch.com/cgi-bin/BBS/bbs_forum.cgi?read=231748-000000.msg I haven't seen anything quite like this before - is it common? does it have any implication for the squahed face/hand combo that were in one of the treads removed by their poster recently? Kath
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    Marginalia & Palimpsests

    http://www.utoronto.ca/wjudaism/contemporary/articles/hannahs_dragon.htm I'm trying to read this through (and finding the presentation very tough going). Anyone any more sites on the bits that sneak into texts by the back door? There's the Pangur Ban cat poem for example.... I'm...
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    Fabled Lands of Exotica, Mystery and Dreams

    A question arising from the Vegetable Lamb. Yet another zoological/botanical hybrid and rather cute into the bargain. Another name associated it with Tartary... one idea is that this is because Tartary was an exotic place but known to exist and so perfect as a home of wonders. Does Castles...
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    Breasts Like Baobab Fruit....

    OK! Am famililar with the comparison of female breasts with both melons and satsumas. What did people in NW europe say before we got hold of these exotic fruit? "My love your breasts are like turnips... no, cabbages.... no, come back!" William Emboden 1974 "Bizzarre Plants: magical...
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    human made simulacrum?

    wanted to put this in the simulacra thread but as usuall search failed me completly.... me not it I think. http://www.annatextiles.ch/book_rev/rev1997/books97.htm second set of pictures down shows a "Embroidery on crimson velvet with silver threads and silk, in gold-green shades, Italy...
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    Tarot Cards: Themes, Sets & Decks

    You may be familar with the cunning plan where people with odd sized feet and similar tastes pair group to buy shoes... all the same size and colour and then mix and match pairs that actually fit them. I'm trying to find a similar group for tarot cards..... The growing interest in the...
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