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Tag Archives: Charles Carroll Bombaugh
1509: The Most Curious Book in the World
The following entry appears in Charles Carroll Bombaugh’s Gleanings from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of Excerpta, Curious, Humorous, and Instructive (1867): THE MOST CURIOUS BOOK IN THE WORLD The most singular bibliographic curiosity is that which belonged … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 1860's, Belgium, Books, Charles Carroll Bombaugh, Christianity, France, Germany, Hans Memling, King Henry VII, Painting, Pierre Lambinet, Printing, Religion, USA
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1870: Cento
A cento is a poem composed of lines taken from other poems, either by different authors or from the same author. (Homer and Virgil are traditional favorites.) The word comes from the Greek κεντρόνη, which means “patchwork garment.” The following … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890's, 1920's, 1930's, 19th Century, 2000's, 21st Century, Books, Charles Carroll Bombaugh, Collage, Germany, Hannah Höch, John Reed, Poetry, Shakespeare, USA, Women
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