and the memories or associations it evoked. Together, these anecdotes painted a fascinating picture of his daily life, friends and adventures in the art world of Paris at the time. It's one of my favorite books, translated into English as An Anecdoted Topography of Chance (Re-Anecdoted Version).

In 1962, artist Daniel Spoerri published his Topographie Anécdotée* du Hasard. He drew a map of the overlapping outlines of all the 80 objects that were lying on a table in his hotel room. Each object was given a number and Spoerri wrote a brief description of each object ... (1/2)

To be fair to whoever this is, he couldn't spell Lathrop Harper either.

My article “Raised Spaces in the Catholicon (Mainz ‘1460’) and the Stereotype Theory” is now published. Analysis of marks left by raised spaces confirms that the book was printed from movable type and not two-line stereotyped “slugs” as has been claimed. Summary at www.academia.edu/121344482/Ra...

Raised Spaces in the Catholicon (Mainz "1460") and the Stereotype Theory

The Catholicon (Mainz “1460”), a medieval dictionary and grammar, exists in three different impressions, each on different papers (one also on vellum). The three impressions were printed from the same...

I was ordering some books from a small publisher and the checkout showed this option:

Chopped liver here.

Not her greatest work of course.

Finally, my fav artist. Helen Frankenthaler.

The largest piece of FishArt ever made, no doubt.

Also visited the Weisman Art Museum on the campus of the U of Minnesota in St. Paul. Here's a 19th century Korean cabinet made from pear wood, persimmon wood and paulownia wood. What's paulownia you ask? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulownia