This stunning Book of Hours from around the 1490s was made for a woman back in the day.
Thanks to Domeisen Rarebooks for sharing this gem from their upcoming July Sotheby’s sale.
@xmuse_ #globalmuseum #books #history #religion #rarebooks

Where is the pleasure in writing? Here's Mandy Len Catron's essay for @thetyee about AI, pointless books, and what people who love to write should do now: "Lean as hard as you can into the humanity in your work. Write the book (or the story or the essay or the poem) that needs to be written, the one only you can write, in the words that belong only to you."

https://flip.it/9k4-43

#Books #Writing #AI

“The history of #Juneteenth shows that Texas, more than any state in the Union, has always embodied nearly every major aspect of the United States of America.” https://www.texasobserver.org/on-juneteenth-refuses-easy-answers-about-the-importance-of-people-of-color-to-texas-history/

#Texas #history #books #bookstodon