We unveiled a memorial plaque to Cardinal Mindszenty at the Sacred Heart Cathedral here in Te Whanganui-a-Tara yesterday evening. Mindszenty visited Aotearoa in December 1974, a few months before his death. (A family member recalls his visit, mostly for having to kiss the Cardinal's ring!) This year marks 50 years of his death and is being commemorated worldwide by Hungarian communities.

The highlight of the evening for me though was the playing of Gryllus brothers, two of the founders of the legendary Hungarian folk music group, Kaláka. They have been performing their music since about 1969. They sounded just great.

#Hungary #Mindszenty #Gryllus #Kaláka

Female variable #field #crickets (#Gryllus #lineaticeps) flocking in to a speaker broadcasting male song.

#throwbackthursday

There's usually only two stooges in the scene with the eye poke gag.

Didactic miscellany. Kk.4.25, f. 48r

#drollery #drolleries #manuscripts #MedievalDrollery #IlluminatedManuscript #grotesques #grylli #gryllus #hybrid #marginalia #medievalart #MedievalBook #MedievalHybrids #illumination #MedievalIllumination #MedievalLife #MedievalMarginalia #MiddleAges #MedievalManuscript #MedievalMonsters

Some marginalia do not need a caption save it's "A chicken riding a goat and jousting with a flower."

LIke many of the marginalia I find, the poster did not cite the manuscript.

#drollery #drolleries #manuscripts #MedievalDrollery #IlluminatedManuscript #grotesques #grylli #gryllus #hybrid #marginalia #medievalart #MedievalBook #MedievalHybrids #illumination #MedievalIllumination #MedievalLife #MedievalMarginalia #MiddleAges #MedievalManuscript #MedievalMonsters

I'm eating this last taco whether you like it or not.

Golden Book of St Albans. Cotton MS Nero D VII f. 7v

#drollery #drolleries #manuscripts #MedievalDrollery #IlluminatedManuscript #grotesques #grylli #gryllus #hybrid #marginalia #medievalart #MedievalBook #MedievalHybrids #illumination #MedievalIllumination #MedievalLife #MedievalMarginalia #MiddleAges #MedievalManuscript #MedievalMonsters #taco

Lego models of invertebrates: needs to reach 10,000 supporters to enter production.

“This set features four arthropod model organisms: the fruit fly #Drosophila melanogaster, the red flour beetle #Tribolium castaneum, the amphipod crustacean #Parhyale hawaiensis, and the two-spotted cricket #Gryllus bimaculatus.”

The LEGO account setup accepts throwaway emails, so no need to commit to endless spam.

#entomology #lego #invertebrates #insects #crustaceans

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/c629ad44-59f8-452a-bfba-2b6b96e29f54

A BIRD-woman feeding a BIRD leg to a BIRD.

Cannibalism to the nth degree.

Cloisters Apocalypse, f. 22v

#drollery #drolleries #manuscripts #MedievalDrollery #IlluminatedManuscript #grotesques #grylli #gryllus #hybrid #marginalia #medievalart #MedievalBook #MedievalHybrids #illumination #MedievalIllumination #MedievalLife #MedievalMarginalia #MiddleAges #MedievalManuscript #MedievalMonsters

Parasitoid flies (Ormia ochracea) attracted to a broadcast of field cricket (Gryllus lineaticeps) song. Rancho Sierra Vista, Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area, CA.

#Ormia #Gryllus #parasitoid #flies #crickets

Philadelphia LOVE sculpture-Medieval style

#calligraphy #LOVEsculpture

#drollery #drolleries #manuscripts #MedievalDrollery #IlluminatedManuscript #grotesques #grylli #gryllus #hybrid #marginalia #medievalart #MedievalBook #MedievalHybrids #illumination #MedievalIllumination #MedievalLife #MedievalMarginalia #MiddleAges #MedievalManuscript #MedievalMonsters