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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · 2h

Having recently visited Germany, I can tell you this needs to be updated as CurryHegelWurst.

Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · 6d

Nice summary. There are currently 21 digitized copies of the Catholicon, links at data.cerl.org/istc/ib00020... The different impressions are designated a (Bull's Head/vellum), b (Galliziani) & c (Tower/Crown).

ISTC (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue)

data.cerl.org

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · 7d

Who drinks bird milk? Didn't even know it was a thing.

Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · 13d

Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · 14d

Although the sentiments ring true, I am afraid the claim that Trump's mother said these words is not supported by evidence. See ca.news.yahoo.com/claims-trump...

Claims Trump's Mom Called Him an 'Idiot With Zero Social Sense' Aren't Grounded in Evidence

Mary Anne MacLeod Trump died in 2000.

ca.news.yahoo.com

Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · 16d

Of course, there were a few problems in the version I posted which I have now corrected. They were in the first full paragraph on page 7 and fns. 16-17.

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · 16d

The marks from over a thousand supposed nailheads in the Catholicon (Mainz "1460") recently discovered by Paul Needham were, in fact, left by sand grains that fell on inked type and were crushed by the platen into the type. Revised article on this analysis at:

www.academia.edu/143660455/Th...

The Catholicon (Mainz “1460”), The Myth of “Nailheads” -

A response to Paul Needham’s lecture “The Catholicon Press Revisited: The Evidence of Nailheads,” July 29, 2025. In which he claimed to have found new proof that the Catholicon Press books were printe...

www.academia.edu

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · 19d

Mango, my son's #BullTerrier, just doing her thing on her couch.

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · 21d

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spooner...

Spoonerism - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · 27d

Apparently the odd devices are parts of a pipe organ. Wikipedia says that a clarion is "a high-pitched trumpet used in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance" but also "a 4' organ reed stop that produces a high-pitched or clarion-like sound on a pipe organ ..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarion....

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Sep 6

Died Hard. Neues Museum, Berlin.

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Found this woodcut in a sammelband at the Berlin Staatsbibliothek. No idea what's up, but the dude on the left seems to be hawking a fine vine and the Angel of Truth looks like he fell into a vat of leeches. Or maybe this involves poison ivy. c. 1474-5. LC copy on right has identical coloring.

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ammonite in outside wall of firehouse in Berlin. #urbangeology #FossilFriday

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Sep 4

On the Mohs Scale of Hardness, lead type should be somewhere in the range of 2-2.5: Lead (2), Antimony (3), Tin (1.5). Quartz, which is a typical component of sand, has a hardness of 7. So ...

Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Sep 4

One night with Typographia, a lifetime with Saturn.

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Sep 4

I have concluded that the supposed "nailheads" in the Catholicon (Mainz “1460”) that are as tiny as grains of sand are in fact ... grains of sand.

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Sep 4

Looking for Heinrich Keffer at the fabulous Staatsbibliothek Bamberg.

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Aug 28

One last thought: GRIT.

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Aug 28

Google Image Search is amazing. (caption: Bodoni’s little Guys)

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Aug 28

I made some edits to the article, the most important of which address the possibility that the "nailheads" were caused by grain-sized pieces of type metal(?) that fell on the forme and were crushed into the type where they remained. These are highlighted in yellow. www.academia.edu/143660455/Th...

The Catholicon (Mainz “1460”), The Myth of “Nailheads” DRAFT

A response to Paul Needham’s lecture “The Catholicon Press Revisited: The Evidence of Nailheads,” July 29, 2025. In which he claimed to have found new proof that the Catholicon Press books were printe...

www.academia.edu

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Aug 27

I have posted The Catholicon (Mainz “1460”), The Myth of “Nailheads” at www.academia.edu/143660455/Th... This is a response to Paul Needham's recent lecture in which he claims to have found proof that the Catholicon Press books were printed by stereotype, not movable type. I conclude otherwise.

The Catholicon (Mainz “1460”), The Myth of “Nailheads” DRAFT

A response to Paul Needham’s lecture “The Catholicon Press Revisited: The Evidence of Nailheads,” July 29, 2025. In which he claimed to have found proof that the Catholicon Press books were printed by...

www.academia.edu

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Aug 26

I assume you know about this but just in case ...
squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/eel-...

Eel Facts Advent Calendar

Ready to learn about eels?! Take a ride through the biology and history of eels with the Eel Facts Advent Calendar! Every day of advent (or other...

squidfacts.bigcartel.com

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Aug 19

A stock phrase in #prescription drug disclosures is "Many people using this #medication do not have serious side effects." This seems to be saying "Most people taking this do have serious side effects." Is that meant to comfort you?

Farley P Katz @farleypkatz.bsky.social · Aug 19

I assumed that is for when regular Venus needs a break.

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