Showing posts with label John Milton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Milton. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Sidney Sime's Land of Dreams


Do NOT go into the tunnel

Persons reading this blog will likely know of Sidney Sime by virtue of his illustrations for Dunsany.  As far as I know, Sime's map of the Land of Dreams is not associated with any of Dunsany's works; it is, however, just as evocative.  Since it pre-dates 1923, it falls within the public domain.

The name of the city is μούδιασμα, which means “numbness” according to Google Translate.

The detail is marvelous.  A version of the map with greater resolution may be found here.