#Italian Hours

[uwmspeccoll]

Publishers' Binding Thursday

I found this book while browsing the stacks in search of a good publishers' binding. This one does not disappoint! This is Italian Hours by American-British author Henry James, published in 1909 by Houghton Mifflin Co. Italian Hours is a book of travel essays about Italy, a country that James loved, that are considered very charming but not unrealistic. This edition features illustrations of Italian scenes by American etcher, lithographer, and illustrator Joseph Pennell.

The cover features a mosaic-esque design stamped in gold with a blue florals and flourishes and leafy green patterns. The book cloth is a brickish red-orange color and the spine features a motif similar to that of the front cover. There's nothing special about the endsheets, which is always a disappointment to me. I just wish more people paid attention to the endsheets! But otherwise it's a very nice binding.

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

[lucidmagic]

Donna: *mumbling to herself in Italian, because things aren't just going her way.*

Reader: *jokingly* "Ohhhh looks like someone is upsetti spaghetti today."

Donna: *Kill Bill sirens in her head* *ITALIAN INTENSIFIES*

[zootopiathingz]

I love tumblr, its the only place I can say “Mario is hot” and no one will bat an eye

[biancadavri]

all i'm asking is fifteen to twenty years where we shift the sexyman fantasy race status onto the dwarves. we need the beautiful runaway princess to be a dwarf we need the rebel leader with a rough attitude but a deep sadness in their eyes to be a dwarf we need. nay, DESERVE the morally complex antagonist to be a dwarf. unfortunately the whole "lift your defeated opponent's chin with the tip of your blade to have them look you in the eyes" trick wouldn't work anymore because a) he's carrying a warhammer now and b) he's short, duh but we're still left with him having to physically force the hero on his knees and that is a far more homoerotically charged move if you ask me. sorry who said that.

[canisalbus]

I've got to say, I've been doing a lot of research on Italy recently and I literally can't stop thinking about your boys. I'm over here trying to read about whatever Crusade and my brain is just a constant loop of "isn't Machete a cardinal? And Vasco was from like Verona, right?" Not super conducive to learning anything, but I am enjoying myself and thought you should know.

Thank you for your lovely art and for sharing your darlings <33

That's adorable ;^; But also sorry the lads keep distracting you, hah.

I'd argue that getting invested in your characters and their stories and having to do background research for them is actually a great way to accumulate knowledge about various subjects. Often it's stuff you probably would never get around to reading about otherwise. I'm not saying it's always information you'll have many practical uses for, but learning about new things is fun and it's beneficial to you and your brain in the long run.

Vasco is from Florence actually! It's usually considered to be the birthplace and the main hub of the entire Renaissance movement. Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli and Michelangelo lived and influenced there and Dante Alighieri (author of The Divine Comedy/Dante's Inferno) was florentine as well, albeit he lived several centuries prior to them.

[karaviav]

the brothers karamazov amv wip

(song: se ne va by nayt)

[sassy-bitch-since-2007]

Got hyper fixed on Island of the Slaughtered and-

Imagine the knife wasn't the killer's weapon. That was actually something Noah had on him, for protection. The moment that rope came around his neck he took out the knife planning to cut it, but didn't get the chance.

For a small moment, Noah actually has hope that he'll get away. He has the knife in his hand, all he has to do was cut that stupid rope. Simple, right? No. Because Noah was too slow and the killer saw the weapon and took it. He stabbed Noah with it, which wasn't actually planned. Then he drowned him in the lake too, just to make sure he stays dead for good.

And you know what? He might have had a chance of survival, if not for that stab. There are cases in which someone was brought back by performing CPR. If someone found his body soon enough…

But he lost so much blood too, due to the stab wound. There was no hope for him.

And he brought it all to himself.

[caitlynmeow]

Donna loves to cook for her nieces when they come over for a visit. Like, she looks like she’s that quiet and timid woman to outsiders, but with the girls? She’s different. I mean she is still quiet because that’s her nature but the girls know not to cross her because she’s capable of things and they learned not to push her because she can be as scary as their mother.

Donna always prepare to have the girls over. The three absolutely love her cooking and she does make their favorite dishes because it’s not every day the three brats come over for a visit.

For a brief time, her usually quiet house is full of chaos and laughter as the girls play with Angie and it’s never dull or quiet. While her an Alcina sit down for some tea, they can hear several footsteps running around as the girls and Angie play round after round of hide and seek and other games that keep them busy for a while.

She takes care to make each girl’s favorite food and dessert. She has no problems spending hours in her kitchen perfecting the dishes she plans on serving for her favorite visitors.

She tries not to brag, but she is proud that so far, her pickiest niece hasn’t complained about the food she makes (because she knows what Cassandra likes and works with that, she doesn’t test anything by making anything that Cassandra doesn’t plan on trying) and she plans on keeping it that way.

On a side note: when Alcina has to travel for business, the daughters stay with Donna until their mama is back home. While they do miss their mother during that time (especially at night) they enjoy these few days that they spend in their aunt’s house.

[incidentale]

«It really hurts to be forgotten, we haven't so far. Think of me again, every now and then.»

NUOVO OLIMPO (2023) dir. Ferzan Özpetek

[sergle]

there was a dude who wanted an HOURRRRRRR video call. boobs video call. one HOUR.

[esteemed-excellency]

more pictures of the Palinuro ⚓️

[witchkittymeow]

*Trips while having toast in my mouth like an anime girl and this drops out of my backpack*

My hand slipped again

[skitskatdacat63]

2023 Italian Grand Prix - Fernando Alonso

[cor-lapis]

I LOVE IT WHEN WOLFGIRLS FIGHT WITH SWORDS

[poitonk]

How much are you dick balls from 1 to 10?

[kelin-is-writing]

Kelin and I can’t wait to see and HEAR “Dabi’s dance” dubbed in Italian. WE ARE GOING INSANE!!

Look at him, all fucked up. Imagine Dabi looking at you like that when he’s pounding you so deep, repetitively hitting your g-spot.

“What a good girl, taking me so well. Such a pretty doll, you are.”

“Let me hear your pretty moans, never stop opening that mouth for me.”

This didn’t have anything to do with the fact that we wanna see Dabi’s dance in Italian but it’s okay. I just wanted to share some filthy thoughts about this perfect man named Dabi.

I. AM. DROOLING SO BAAADD. NO CAUSE BETWEEN HEARING HIM TALK ITALIAN AND WHAT YOU JUST SENT I'M JUST SO— never moving on from him i fear.

no cause while saying that he would be so entranced and in genuine awe while looking at his dick disappearing inside your pussy, then come out completely DRENCHED in your juices like... that riles him up even more!!!!! FUCKING YOU!!!! INTO OBLIVION!!!!! as he's in literal ecstasy!!!!! eyes rolling into the back of his skull as your moans turn his brain all mushy and fuzzy with lust and the need to get deeper than he already is into you.

GUYS I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE. I NEED DABI SO FUCKING BAD.