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The devil wears kinky diapers

by cimddwc · 2007-09-20

At least that’s how it looks on this picture from the Codex Gigas, the “Devil’s Bible”, one of the largest medieval manuscripts from the 13th century, according to legend written by a monk who wanted to evade being walled up alive – in one night, with the help of the devil, “of course”…

This giant book (90x50x22cm) will be shown from today until early January in the Prague Klementinum.

At the National Library of Sweden, where it is normally stored, you can browse through the entire book in high resolution (that’s also where I got the image whose detail is shown above).

Pfaffenhofen’s Town Hall

by cimddwc · 2007-09-15

The building site of Pfaffenhofen’s town hall which is currently being renovated/restored was open to the public today, including explanations by architects, planners, and the mayor. I added seven photos of this to my Pfaffenhofen gallery – here the thumbnails with direct links to the larger images with a few explanations:

7, 8 or 14 Wonders of the World

by cimddwc · 2007-07-08

So, yesterday, 07/07/07 (unfortunately not on 07:07), the “New 7 Wonders”, which could be voted for on the internet, have been published – not officially acknowledged by the Unesco, not undisputed, but… well, never mind. So we now have (or don’t have), besides the ancient wonders of the “world” – limited to the Mediterranean area and the Middle East, which was the world known in ancient Greece –, which are

also (=> 14) – or only (=> 7)

– including, by the way, just two of my seven votes, and the Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany didn’t make it, “of course”, was apparently on the unrewarding 8th place – and, so Zahi Hawass doesn’t get mad, also (=>8) the honor candidate, the “eternal wonder”: