z death curiously strikes again
how fitting for the obscure, mysterious and rare z! the perfect occasion to revitalize some beautiful dead z’s from the phrontistery, of which there are many z’s to explore: the zetetic wonders of curious expedition’s zoetic z’s:
[his]…work [being] one of the earliest uses of wax as a medium for anatomical models…[but most interesting] when compared with the anatomical waxes created by La Specola’s other modelers, Zumbo’s is a whole different species. The model made by Zumbo is most certainly dead, It is, in fact, in an advanced state of decay. With pallid greenish skin and red ooze coming out of his nose, the anatomy under the skin seems to be visible not because a wax sculptor deemed it so, but because this head is actually rotting. There is a further element of the real in it; the wax is modeled directly onto a human skull.
Zumbo’s work was not limited to anatomical models. He was also the artist of horrific “Theaters” - wax dioramas…Each one, regardless of its name, depicts death. Piles of green and yellow corpses with gaping holes in them, anguished men lugging their dead, orphaned cherub-babies clinging to their mother’s decaying body amidst skulls, bones, and dead animals.
found to be wrapped in The Linen Book of Zagreb, also known as the Liber Linteus (Zagrabiensis), a linen book printed with the only existing longest preserved text in the Etruscan language. It is mostly untranslated, as such little knowledge of the language exists. However, it is believed to be a ritual calendar [written by a zendik!]. When the manuscript no longer served its original liturgical purpose, the “book” was cut, [as we know z to do!], into strips, several of which served an unknown embalmer as wrappings for the mummified body of the deceased (the Zagreb Mummy). The mummy and its priceless wrappings are kept in a refrigerated room at the Archeological Museum in Zagreb, Croatia.
on z-side: zoological zebra and Zoology Museum
in death, z lives!