My eyes are full

William Gibson always shares the best links on Twitter. Yesterday he posted a link to this gorgeous, intricately illustrated diary of the pilgrimage to Jerusalem undertaken by the German knight (as well as town mayor and architect), Konrad von Grünenberg.

What technique! What perspective!

Is that a faint sea monster (in the best style of fantastic medieval maps and illuminated manuscripts) I spy in the bottom right corner?

View the rest of the illustrated diary here, and browse the blog for the best of the rest. There are so many gorgeous engravings, sketches, paintings and documents I’m not sure where to begin. I have about 20 tabs open right now, just from the thumbnails of recommended posts. I also have a soft spot for 1700s political and social cartoons, medieval illuminations, and anatomical diagrams, so I’m looking forward to probing this treasure trove.