CIRCLE WITH A DOT

This unique self-portrait, also known as “view from the left eye”, is the creation of Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach (famous for his work on supersonic fluid mechanics), who was born #onthisday in 1838. Read more about the image here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/self-portrait-by-ernst-mach-1886 #OTD

Designs by Carlotta Bonnecaze for the Krewe of Proteus' parades in the #NewOrleans #MardiGras parade, 1880s and 90s. See more wonderful designs from the “golden age” of Mardi Gras here: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/illustrating-carnival-remembering-the-overlooked-artists-behind-early-mardi-gras?utm_content=buffer6adb8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Making #pancakes tonight? Here’s a recipe from the 16th century which includes “two or three spoonefuls of ale” — (from The Good Huswifes Jewell, an English cookery book from 1585, via @britishlibrary: https://www.bl.uk/learning/images/texts/cooks/transcript839.html?utm_content=bufferf085d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer) #PancakeDay #FatTuesday #ShroveTuesday

Happy #FatTuesday! Here's a few costume designs by artist Charles Briton for the 1873 New Orleans Mardi Gras. See more great carnival designs, and learn about their creators, in our essay by @AllisonCMeier: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/illustrating-carnival-remembering-the-overlooked-artists-behind-early-mardi-gras/ #MardiGras

Two women catch winged hearts in a net, 16th century.

From the Petit Livre d’Amour (Little Book of Love) — an ornate bespoke book given by the Lyon-born poet Pierre Salas to his then lover and future wife Marguerite Bullioud: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-little-book-of-love/

Centaurs, dragons, and snail shell houses — just a few of the otherworldly marvels depicted in a 15th-century French manuscript (BnF, Français 22971) illustrated by Robert Testard. More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/secrets-de-l-histoire-naturelle/