Monday 19 May 2014 at 20:35
IMAGE: Plate 93 from Ernst Haeckel’s visually dazzling Kunstformen der Nat…
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Wednesday 14 May 2014 at 17:57
In the mid 17th-century John Comenius published what many consider to be the first picture book dedicated to the education of young children, Orbis Sensualium Pictus - or The World of Things Obvious to the Senses drawn in Pictures, as it was rendered in English. Charles McNamara explores how, contrary to Comenius' declarations, the book can be seen to be as much about the invisible world as the visible.
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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.
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Friday 9 May 2014 at 13:54
The inventor of the LOLcat instantly regretted what he had done.
AND THE WINNER IS&#…
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Thursday 8 May 2014 at 21:00
DESIGN: A coloured engraving by William Heath from 1828, showing “Monster S…
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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…
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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
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