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Turkish
miniatures - "The Rålamb Book of Costume"
costume drawings from Constantinople 1657-58
Persian
miniatures - Miniature illuminations from
the Persian national epic Shahnameh ("The King's Book") written
by
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi in late 12th and early 13th century. The
manuscripts were
produced between 1544 and 1674 by different calligraphers and
illuminators.
Miniatures
from the Topkapi Museum - a large collection of Islamic
miniatures.
art
from India - large webshop with lots of things to look
at
Hindu
art
Mexican
gods and goddesses from Mixtec manuscripts. Gorgeous!
more
Mexico - from the same site as above: the fabolous Mixtec
manuspript
"Codex Fejervary Mayer"
playing
cards - "ordinary" decks as well as tarot
decks and other decks, old and
new, from all over the world. See e.g the beautiful old cards
from Italy, Austria,
Switzerland, Germany...
more
playing cards from all over the world
tarot
cards - modern tarot decks
Victorian
santas
scraps
- see e.g. "Lace-Paper Valentines"
Polish paper cutouts - from the Lowicz province
wool
embroidery from south of Sweden - cushions
more
wool embroidery - larger cushions
still
more wool embroidery - these are all embroidery kits
based on old folklore textile
Flickr
- lots and lots of fun for creative people
These are some of my Flickr favorites
birds
and flowers
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avibase
- birds - huge data base of all the birds of the world
in every thinkable language
bird
words - in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
and Finish
the
virtual flora - flower pictures
and names in Swedish
and many other lanuages
family
and friends
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Benny
Grinde - my favorite bassist
Ilse Hviid
- my sister is an accomplished decoration painter
Britt
Inger Grinde - my sister-in-law
Hannah
- my niece
other
nice sites
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all
about tarot
anagrams
- hidden meanings
Swedish
culture links
save
rain forest
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The
rainforest site - click free
Race
for the Rainforest - click free
again
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