Codex of Curiosities

This is a "vault" of experiments and half-finished articles, some of them hopefully readable. The quality varies considerably. CAVEAT EMPTOR.

This is an archive of experiments where things are cultivated, tested, abandoned or expanded. Some might flourish, while others wither away, leaving behind valuable lessons. A digital laboratory or collection housing a variety of half-finished articles and concepts in various stages of development. Some articles could represent completed studies, while others offer preliminary insights. Some merely safeguard a text from vanishing into the ether. Kind of the digital version of inscribing texts in stone. Ah, the wit.

As with all electronic texts, this website is susceptible to disappearance at any time, whether due to ignorance, censorship, bankruptcy, physical destruction, or even an alien invasion. Nothing lasts forever.

The Historical Hall

150 years ago when Berlin had a brand new museum with its Historical Hall, plastered with Pharaonic frescoes; think vibrant colours, enough headgear to make an ostrich jealous... But then, WW2 came along... Completed.

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Rosetta Stone

During Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt in 1799, French soldiers unearthed the trilingual Rosetta Stone while rebuilding the crumbling ruins of a 15-th century fort against an expected Ottoman attack. Work in progress.

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