Curiosa: There are old engineers, and bold engineers ...

From the lavishly illustrated German edition of Vegetius's De re militari, as printed by Hans Knappe in 1511, I give you:Renaissance scuba gear.
Some days I just love my job to death.

Many thanks to the Munich Digitisation Centre for having the good taste to get this one online. I hope we'll be doing the same at least for the hand-colored plates in our copy.

Review: The Reformed Vampire Support Group (Catherine Jinks)

Catherine Jinks, The Reformed Vampire Support Group

Contrary to what you may have read in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series or the Zadia Bloodstone novels of N.E. Harris, vampires are not glamorous. ( Read more... )