Tag Archives: Books

1846: The System According to the Holy Scriptures

Posted on December 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

The Muggletonians were a radical Protestant sect that originated in the seventeenth century when London tailors John Reeve and Lodowick Muggleton announced themselves as the prophets foretold in the Book of Revelation. Along with Diggers, Ranters, and Levellers, Muggletonians comprised … Continue reading →

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1928: Holiday in Bangkok

Posted on December 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Map, frontispiece, and cover of the Royal State Railways’s Guide to Bangkok with Notes on Siam (1928); the frontispiece shows Wat Arun at night.

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1844: The Bridge of Infinities

Posted on December 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

J. J. Grandville: The Bridge of Infinities, an illustration from Un Autre Monde (1844)

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1550: Le Petit Lorrain

Posted on December 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ambroise Paré’s designed this mechanical hand—which he named “Le Petit Lorrain” — in the 1550’s for a French Army captain. The thumb is stationary, but a mechanical lever operates the other fingers. This illustration is taken from a 1663 edition … Continue reading →

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13th Century: Brother Wolf

Posted on November 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

OF THE MOST HOLY MIRACLE OF ST FRANCIS IN TAMING THE FIERCE WOLF OF GUBBIO At the time when St Francis was living in the city of Gubbio, a large wolf appeared in the neighbourhood, so terrible and so fierce, … Continue reading →

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1671: The Latest and Most Accurate

Posted on November 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Ogilby: America- Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World (1671); the book is an English translation of Arnold Montanus’s De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld. The title of this plate is “Viztlipuztli idolum Mexicanorum” —The Mexicans’ … Continue reading →

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1990: Dictionary

Posted on November 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Donald Lipski: U-90-45 (1990)

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1924: That’s What the Leaves Murmured

Posted on November 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Diaz’s Forest In a forest painted by Diaz, a little motherkin and her child stood still. They were now a good hour from the village. Gnarled trunks spoke a primeval tongue. The mother said to her child: “In my opinion, … Continue reading →

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1927: The Pat, Pat, Pat of the Sleepy Sheep

Posted on November 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

From Katherine Morris Lester’s Great Pictures and Their Stories, Book Three (1927): Picture Study is rapidly becoming an important factor in our public school education. “Nearly every progressive city,” says the Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C., “is making use of … Continue reading →

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1989: The Great Fire of London

Posted on November 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

In this dream I was coming up out of the London tube. I was in a rush, under a gray rain. I was preparing myself for a new life, for a joyful freedom. And I had to fathom the dream’s … Continue reading →

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