tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283943416384979322.post1918891544396619913..comments2023-06-03T05:43:21.291-07:00Comments on unmakings: silvie deutschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635654820637343241noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283943416384979322.post-36290243731280938362013-02-24T09:06:23.105-08:002013-02-24T09:06:23.105-08:00hi sivie i wanted to write to you about what someo...hi sivie i wanted to write to you about what someone told me yesterday. they told me that for a long time nobody had actually read any of the Roman poet n philosopher, Lucretius, but had only read about him through like Dante n Petrarch n Ovid and other later Italian poets or something of that sort. but eventually some sort of pupil or somebody suddenly brought everyones attention to these pieces of vellum (calfskin) that Lucretius had written stuff on.. but, to the person that was telling me about this, the more interesting part about finding these pieces of vellum Lucretius had written on was that there was a part of the animal skin that looked like some sort of blemish, i.e. a part of the material that wasn't written on because it wasn't a flat enough surface. upon looking closer it was apparent that it was actually a wound the animal had received at some point, possibly even the wound that lead to its skin being translated into vellum. anyways... even more interestingly is that it was apparent that either Lucretius or one of his pupils had actually doodled around the blemish... kind of allowed their writing tool to explore the wound.. a gestural rather than communicative act... or rather reading the wound instead of writing on the skin. I just thought you might like if I wrote you this in relation to your deer pelt which I like so much!Baby Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861791072080045094noreply@blogger.com