Antique French Astronomical Book Plate: Gaseous Proturberances During 1860 Solar Eclipse antique spades Okakura Kabuza discusses Zen and

Okakura Kabuza discusses Zen and Taosim

These Japanese hand-carved cedar (Cryptomeria) horny toads are pretty amazing for the manner in which their carved forms brilliantly correspond to the patterns of the  wood grain

Really stunning

as Smiley went on to earn her BA at Sarah Lawrence and to work as a painter and curator in NY until moving to Wellesley

Antique French Astronomical Book Plate: Gaseous Proturberances During 1860 Solar Eclipse antique spades Okakura Kabuza discusses Zen andI've been stalking antique prints book pages documenting astronomical phenomenon of late, and this is one of the most beautiful I've found. It portrays "proturberances gazeuses du soleil," which I believe are also known as prominences: large, bright, gaseous features extending outward from the Sun's surface in the photosphere. These were observed, and drawn, by French astronomer Warren de la Rue during the total solar eclipse in 1860 and how beautiful