Wintertide Wonders: Winter Holidays and Superstitions
Brrr, ’tis the season for hot cocoa, snow boots, and final exams–as well as seasonal celebrations! Curatorial assistant Jake Gentry ...
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The Fore-readable Future: Divination in the Library
Yes…I can see it now…you are about to learn about some of the Lilly library’s more mystifying materials, from the ... -
Immortal Movers: Divine Vehicles of World Religions
Curatorial and Outreach Assistant Jake Gentry brings you up to speed on some divine modes of transportation used in world ... -
Beasts of Belief (#1): Yōkai Spirits of Japanese Folklore
Curatorial and outreach assistant Jake Gentry unleashes a horde of Japanese Yōkai in this first installment of the Beasts of ... -
Thaumaturgy: Wonderworking and Miracle-Making
Curatorial and Outreach Assistant Jake Gentry recounts various miraculous abilities attributed to various saints throughout history! Disclaimer: This blog explores ... -
A Most Faire Frost: Frost Fairs of the River Thames
Trigger warning: Post contains brief mentions of historical animal cruelty and death (animal and people), including drowning, blood sports, and ... -
Locks of the Lilly: Examples of hair in the Lilly Library
Curatorial and Outreach Assistant Jake Gentry showcases some the Lilly Library’s famous and lesser-known hairy materials! Raising awareness for men’s ... -
BOOkplates: Macabre Marks of Ownership
Curatorial and Outreach Assistant Jake Gentry calls forth spooky bookplates from the great beyond (the stacks of the Lilly Library), ... -
Stranger Than Lilies: A Cryptobotanical Survey of Freakish Flora, Peculiar Plants, and Historical Herbals (Part II)
Curatorial and Outreach Assistant Jake Gentry goes foraging in our collections to find weird and wild specimens of flora, again! ... -
Stranger Than Lilies: A Cryptobotanical Survey of Freakish Flora, Peculiar Plants, and Historical Herbals (Part I)
Curatorial and Outreach Assistant Jake Gentry goes foraging in our collections to find weird and wild specimens of flora. “But ...