Philobiblon

Over on My Paris Your Paris I’ve reviewed an exhibition about knights in the Arab world (their traditions and rules were very close to those of their compatriots in the West, I learnt). If it gave me the odd nightmare, well that’s the price of spending a couple of hours looking at often very beautiful, but very deadly, weapons. (And do check out the antelope piece – it is one of the finest pieces of design that I’ve seen in a long while.