Tuesday 13 May 2014 at 18:34
Fragments of a manuscript, written in the Eastern Turki language, depicting the fate of sinners in the afterlife.
Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/punishment-in-the-afterlife-an-eastern-turki-manuscript/
Friday 9 May 2014 at 13:54
The inventor of the LOLcat instantly regretted what he had done.
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Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/caption-competition-5/
Thursday 8 May 2014 at 21:00
DESIGN: A coloured engraving by William Heath from 1828, showing “Monster S…
Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/shop/posters-and-prints/monster-soup-commonly-called-thames-water/
Thursday 8 May 2014 at 17:22
A beautifully illustrated book all about creatures endowed with the remarkable ability to produce and emit light: what we now call "bioluminescence".
Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/living-lights-a-popular-account-of-phosphorescent-animals-and-vegetables-1887/
Wednesday 7 May 2014 at 18:07
A striking image from the British engraver and publisher Valentine Green, illustr…
Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/life-and-death-contrasted-ca-1770/
Tuesday 6 May 2014 at 17:12
THE BRITISH LIBRARY - James Freeman explores cuttings from a huge 14th century Italian choirbook and how digital technology is now helping scholars build a picture of the once intact original through virtually reuniting the "diaspora" of fragments.
Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/cuttings-from-a-medieval-italian-choirbook/
Wednesday 30 April 2014 at 18:04
In 1883, the Irish-American heavy-weight boxing champion John L. Sullivan embarked on an unprecedented coast-to-coast tour of the United States offering a prize to any man who could endure four rounds with him in the ring. Christopher Klein tells of this remarkable journey and how the railroads and the rise of the popular press proved instrumental in forging Sullivan into America's first sports superstar.
Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/2014/04/30/john-l-sullivan-fights-america/
Thursday 24 April 2014 at 17:58
Hello dear Reader. We’ve made this survey to discover a little more about the…
Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/reader-survey/
Tuesday 22 April 2014 at 17:22
Selections from a beautifully illustrated 15th century version of the “Tra…
Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/tractatus-de-herbis-ca-1440/
Thursday 17 April 2014 at 16:30
Selection from a set of 30 lithographs by the Russian painter Issachar Ber Ryback, dating mostly from 1917 and published in a book in 1922, depicting scenes of Ryback's home village in Ukraine before it was destroyed in the pogroms following World War I.
Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/shtetl-my-destroyed-home-a-remembrance-1922/