mothwork cutout — it resembles a boomerang maybe or ox horns, or arms about to give a hug.

this cutout looks like a stylized running human.

and this one looks like a bird or a turtle.

this one is perhaps slightly meta, and is itself arguably reminiscent of a moth. or a goat skull.

mothwork selection. from “camino de perfección”, teresa de ávila. this copy printed in 1584 in portugal. #BibliotecaNacionalDePortugal #EarlyModernArchives #16thCentury #FLAD

I made a Storify of the #EarlyModernArchives conf tweets form a week back:
http://bit.ly/1lwaEp2

(Catching up on conference tweeting..)