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Roman rock crystal gaming dice, marked one to six just like any modern dice, 1st-2nd century AD.
📸 British Museum
📸 British Museum
Michelangelo's Grocery List From 1518
Is accompanied by illustrations that were most likely drawn to help guide Michelangelo's illiterate assistant while browsing the market.
It's separated into three days by horizontal lines, and includes requests such as "pani dua", herring, spinach, wine, anchovies and fennel soup. The menu consists mostly of vegetables, fish, wine, and bread
This might seem particularly healthy , but the absence of meat-based dishes should not make us think about Michelangelo as a vegetarian ante litteram, but the letter is dated March 18, 1518, so around the time of Lent. In fact, the Easter, 500 years ago, fell on April 4th.
📸 Casa Buonarroti Museum, Florence
Is accompanied by illustrations that were most likely drawn to help guide Michelangelo's illiterate assistant while browsing the market.
It's separated into three days by horizontal lines, and includes requests such as "pani dua", herring, spinach, wine, anchovies and fennel soup. The menu consists mostly of vegetables, fish, wine, and bread
This might seem particularly healthy , but the absence of meat-based dishes should not make us think about Michelangelo as a vegetarian ante litteram, but the letter is dated March 18, 1518, so around the time of Lent. In fact, the Easter, 500 years ago, fell on April 4th.
📸 Casa Buonarroti Museum, Florence