Movimentos
schematic thoughts, projects, objects and ideas for any given day
Medieval computer
This is a volvelle, a medieval device that allowed you to calculate the phases of the moon and the latter’s position in relation to the sun. The dials, with their charming depictions of moon and sun, tell you what you need to know. What’s most remarkable about the device is not so much its crafty nature - it consists of complex layers of rotating disks - but that it is usually fitted inside a medieval book. Some are so bulky that they pierce the adjacent pages. What a surprise it must have been for the medieval reader who thumbed through such a book for the first time. Turning a page, he or she was confronted with an ingenious piece of machinery. A medieval computer.
Pic (BL): London, British Library, Egerton MS 848 (15th century). More information about the manuscript here.
A contabilidade do ânimo (II)
Gostaria de um dia me perder
onde fosse a coisa, e não o ser,
o objecto desta vontade de tecer.
A contabilidade do ânimo (I)
Diz-se de certos escritos que não mereceriam ver a luz do dia. Como também se diz de algumas palavras. Mas é a dupla impossibilidade de inverter enunciações e nascimentos que faz de nós aquilo que somos.
A new window for personal projects
So, I decided to get back on tumblr and reactivate Movimentos with drawings, calligraphy and musings.
Trees (graphite wash on paper), 2013
![scientificillustration:
The stomach and intestinal canal of a horse by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
Rural life described and illustrated, in the management of horses, dogs, cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, etc. etc. :.London ;London Printing and Pub. Co.[between 1868 and 1888].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20715601](http://25.media.tumblr.com/bbb3af97fa6e5999ee25c4969c7294c0/tumblr_mk2spwn8ir1qgzqeto1_1280.jpg)
"[T]he Death Star requires .03% of the GDP of each planet in the Republic/Empire annually. By comparison, this is the equivalent of about $5 billion per year in the current-day United States. In other words, not only is the Death Star affordable, it's not even a big deal."
Most excellent article on our site today, vol. 1: “The Death Star is a Surprisingly Cost-Effective Weapons System,” by Kevin Drum.
Don’t get any ideas, Gingrich.
Oh, I was looking for the light saber… BBC News - Real-life Jedi: Pushing the limits of mind control http://t.co/tWa8H3aD
RT @TheNewDeal: We Don’t Want Welfare, We Want Jobs. We Don’t Hate Business, We Want Fairness. We Don’t Want Handouts, We Want Justice. #OWS
Video: Uma versão fascinante de uma das músicas populares mais emblemáticas das Beiras - Senhora do Almurtão http://t.co/B8zQAcpW
Uma versão fascinante de uma das músicas populares mais emblemáticas das Beiras - Senhora do Almurtão
