How many things make five?

[shewhomust]

1. Matthias Hunyadi was King of Hungary in the fifteenth century; the surname Corvinus comes from his coat of arms, which shows a raven. Matthias Corvinus was famous, among other things, for his library.
   
   In Neil Gaiman's Sandman, the previously existing character of Matthew Cable is revived by the Dream King in the form of a raven.
   
   I wonder if they are by any chance related?


2. Vermeer's Barbie Doll with a Pearl Earring (the whole gallery is worth exploring).


3. Spam name of the day: I received an e-mail yesterday from Mr. Pope Innocent. Full text is not so interesting: However, we received an email from one Mr. Lonato Paul, who told us That you are dead and he is your next of kin and that you died in a car Accident four months back. To our findings we discover that this Mr. Lonato Paul is a liar and imposer.


4. World Map Drawn in a Fool's Head. (Ca. 1590)


5. From the Travel Guardian: Kevin Rushby seems to have a monopoly of the "he goes there so you don't have to" jobs: this week, not quite falling over a precipice in the Caucasus. Despite which, it's an area I'd love to see (from the comparative safety of my own feet); the audio slideshow explains why.


6. Custom Penguin logos for those very special texts

Five things plus a bonus thing? Yes, that'll make a post. I'm sure there was another thing, but I can't remember it...