John Theibault

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Thirty Years War. Digital Humanities. Other Stuff.

Autograph: 1623 "Tout pour Dieu et pour elle" Christian
Album page with water-color of man in 17th-century clothes swimming. Text: "Anno 1626 den 19 September bin ich als Furstl. Holsteinischer Leutnant von denen rebellischen Bawren im Land ob der Ens in Neinkirchen tödlichen und mit zerbrochenen Arm und verwundtem Kopf bei Wesen Ufer in Kleidem durch die Donaw geschwimmet."
Screen shot: Tuesday, 23 March 2004. Signing Off. Gente Readers, A few months ago, I made a vow to myself that this would be my last semester as an invisible adjunct. Since I've failed to secure a full-time position in my final attempt at the academic job market, what this means, of course, is that I made a vow to leave the academy. Six more weeks of teaching, and I head for the nearest exit.
A gouache page saying "Album Ammicitiae, Jacobi Kühnle, chyrurgi militaris. MDCXXVI." in a roundel with gold colored frame, two gray pillars with gold capitals, and a coat of arms on top supported by two cherubs.
A patio with slatted railings, covered in snow more than halfway to top and several inches of snow atop the railing.
An inscription: 1620 Wine Women Words and Weapons chuse? As sickmen does the phiesick take: for them four things we shall not use But only for nescesites sake: This hand written in remembrance of my very good Brother and friend Adolff Weishan at Brclowa dem 1 march Robert von Waldham Englander
Text saying Imprimatur November 12, 1637 Sam Baker, G. Rodolphus Weckerlin.
A map of the United States showing places lived, stayed, visited, stopped, passed, and never been. Result is "Level 154"
A woman holding a scepter, wearing an orange dress and a red cape.
The display window at a bookstore. Written on the window is the phrase "...is a home of invention" Books displayed include "The Roads to Roam" and "The Book at War."
A central stained-glass window of Christ triumphant with three lunette stained glass windows overhead.
A faux-tudor facade with two windows. Beneath the windows are two homemade banners. The one on the left is blown by the wind and unreadable. The one on the right has Saquon Barkley and Patrick Mahomes in a rude pose with the legend "Saquon Deez!"
Two triangular modern stained-glass windows. Windows are mostly abstract with Biblical scenes in the lower center.
A stained glass window depicting a black man wearing a white shirt, white vest, black pants, and white sneakers with a green background and a yellow halo-like disc behind the head.
An illustrated manuscript page depicting two cherubs at a font. One holds a crown, the other a hear. They are surrounded by blue drapery. Three cherubs are in the clouds above them, with a thick beam of sunlight streaming down to the cherub holding a heart.
A pair of multi-paned windows set in a classical-style marble facade. Inside the windows are mylar balloons spelling "Go Eagles" with the "Go" in black and the "Eagles" in green.
Two pages from a manuscript album. The page on the right says "Zur Erinnerung a den 20 Aprilis 1632 vor Engolstadt. Ferdinand v Zinneck Lieutenant." The page on the left shows a battle scene with cavalry clashing in front of a burning city wall.
A stained glass window depicting a fireman combating flames.
A round Stained Glass window depicting the sun with planets orbiting around it and symbols for the planets around the edge.
A multi-paned window set in a white frame with green shutters in a red-brick building. Inside the window is a six-pointed star.
A yellow-painted automobile bridge over a river viewed from slightly to the left on one end with a conspicuous yellow metal pedestrian staircase to the bridge in the foreground.
Modern stained-glass window of Christ and Prince of Peace.
The MetLife building with a mirror image reflection in a glass-fronted building on the left hand side.
An old manuscript depicting a cat with an incendiary device strapped to its back.
A stained glass window with three panels depicting an angel.
A page in an old manuscript with a watercolor of the coat of arms of David Kaesborer, Goldsmith of Ulm. The coat of arms is a blue shield with bright gold disc; Above the shield is a man holding a golden bowl.
17th century handwriting saying "Glück darf nit Kunst!"
A view out a window at dusk. Outside the window is a stuccoed building with three windows and a white light. In front of the window is a table with two wine glasses.
Two mushrooms between mossy rocks, one with a slug on top of it.
Gentle Readers, A few months ago, I made a vow to myself that this would be my last semester as an invisible adjunct. Since I've failed to secure a full-time position in my final attempt at the academic job market, what this means, of course, is that I made a vow to leave the academy. Six more weeks of teaching, and I head for the nearest exit.
A page from an autograph book signed by Lorentz Otto von Ottersbach with a watercolor image of him swimming in the Danube river to escape from rebelling peasants in 1626.
The base of a tree presumably gnawed by beavers so that the trunk has fallen into water.
Golden Gate Bridge at sunset
A coastal village with mountains in the background