Thursday September 10, 2009 18:49
French liqueur advertisements on cigarette paper books (via cigpapers.co.uk)
Thursday July 23, 2009 11:25
Ciarlatani performing on the Piazza San Marco in Venice as portrayed by Giacomo Franco in his Habiti d’huomini e donne published in 1609. The source of the English word “charlatan,” the ciarlatani were street performers and sellers of secret remedies with a reputation, particularly among travelers, for being cheats and thieves.
William Eamon uses them as an example of one of the vectors by which “secrets” were diffused to the mainstream public in the early modern period in his Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture which, in short, explores the role books of secrets and recipes played in the early modern Scientific Revolution.
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“Be not ashamed to study the astronomy and terrestrial philosophy of the peasantry. Purchase coal, build furnaces, watch and operate the fire. In this way and no other you will arrive at a knowledge of things and their properties.”
— Peter Severinus, 16th c. Danish Paracelsian physician
Sunday March 29, 2009 20:58
Monday March 23, 2009 21:33
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These structure were so effective that their use in rivers was actually banned in the Magna Carta. Traps like this were only allowed along the coasts where stock was less likely to be depleted.
The History Blog ยป Aerial pictures reveals Norman fish trap
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Men with captured alligator: Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida (via State Archives of Florida)
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Sunday March 22, 2009 18:30
Rounding Cape Horn on the Parma (via National Maritime Museum)
Tuesday March 10, 2009 13:37
“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”
— Horace Walpole (via quote-book) (via afternoontea)
This post was reblogged from Afternoon Tea:.
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