The Black Books of Hours of the late fifteenth century are the pride of the masters of Bruges. The principal patron of these masterpieces was the Burgundian court.
Only a handful of books executed in this technique have survived to our day.
To obtain the black pages, the parchment was dyed with a solution of iron and copper
At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
