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Medieval Book Historian Discovers 800-Year-Old Doodles
For the past few years, medieval book historian Erik Kwakkel has been poring over someof the world’s oldest books and manuscripts at Leiden University, The Netherlands, as part of his ongoing research on pen trials. Pen trials are small sketches, doodles, and practice strokes a medieval scribe would make while testing the ink flow of a pen or quill. They usually involve funny faces, letter strokes, random lines, or geometric shapes and generally appear in the back of the book where a few blank pages could be found.
Happy Tell a Fairy Tale Day!
In honor of this day, we present a wonderful Fractured Fairy Tale.
For the some of the originals go here and here. And for an off-beat take on their meanings, visit Cracked.
For the some of the originals go here and here. And for an off-beat take on their meanings, visit Cracked.
Jane Austen's The History of England: Introduction
View Jane Austen's The History of England: Introduction at the British Library's Online Gallery.
The History of England is an early work of Jane Austen. She completed the composition in November 1791 when she was just 15 years old.
Jane Austen's History is a lively parody which makes fun of the standard schoolroom books of the time, in particular Oliver Goldsmith's popular four-volume History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II (1771). Declaring herself to be a 'partial, prejudiced and ignorant Historian' she cites works of fiction, such as Shakespeare's plays, as historial authority and includes references to her own family and friends. Jane's older sister Cassandra illustrated the text with imaginative portraits of the English monarchs.
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Ever wonder about the history of the tortilla chip?
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