Great example of how hard it is to predict the future. Frank Herbert (of “Dune” fame) wrote a book about personal computers in 1980 where he predicted Amazon and voice UIs… but thought we’d be using cassette tapes for data storage. pic.twitter.com/L3OxGTLyjk
— Benjamin Breen (@ResObscura) May 31, 2018
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on: May 30, 2018 at 11:46PM
One of the earliest clinical descriptions of an opiate overdose, from Jones, "Mysteries of Opium Reveal'd," 1701. http://j.mp/2egHowu http://pic.twitter.com/tPQZMIjzO1
— Benjamin Breen (@ResObscura) October 17, 2016
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on: October 17, 2016 at 01:27PM
Peacock with an alchemical flask head, from a 1676 @upennlib manuscript called "Viridiarum Regale," digitized here: http://j.mp/2dQ8Dhl http://pic.twitter.com/5Kit082IHj
— Benjamin Breen (@ResObscura) October 6, 2016
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on: October 06, 2016 at 08:37PM
"The Conjurer" by Hieronymus Bosch or his workshop, c. 1480. Notice Bosch's signature creepy owl in the basket. http://pic.twitter.com/PNoB19KdLu
— Benjamin Breen (@ResObscura) March 30, 2016
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on: March 30, 2016 at 12:34PM
Table of alchemical symbols from Basil Valentine's 'The Last Will and Testament,' 1670. http://pic.twitter.com/dZ1gIQoqiO
— Benjamin Breen (@ResObscura) March 1, 2016
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on: March 01, 2016 at 06:50PM
The East India Co.'s opium storage room at Patna, India c. 1850. Reminiscent of the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" http://pic.twitter.com/Pwyi0kHMt2
— Benjamin Breen (@ResObscura) January 18, 2016
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on: January 17, 2016 at 09:43PM
Haunting article on the 9,000 year old stone masks and plastered skulls of Jericho. http://j.mp/1kzRbei http://pic.twitter.com/Nw86PE2Td3
— Benjamin Breen (@ResObscura) January 2, 2016
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on: January 02, 2016 at 12:08AM
Ancient Roman mosaic "icons" for different grades in the Mithraic mystery cult. http://j.mp/1IoBvpU http://pic.twitter.com/ydUCRv0q9V
— Benjamin Breen (@ResObscura) December 23, 2015
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on: December 22, 2015 at 08:00PM
One of @WellcomeLibrary's strangest books, an 18th c. grimoire, via @parisreview. http://j.mp/1Gza8rH http://pic.twitter.com/i0UzBhoP8E
— Benjamin Breen (@ResObscura) June 10, 2015
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on: June 10, 2015 at 03:47PM
"Portrait of an African Man," c. 1520, Jan Mostaert, the only solo portrait of an African in Renaissance painting. http://j.mp/1Cpu9sr
— Benjamin Breen (@ResObscura) April 8, 2015
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on: April 08, 2015 at 03:48PM