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19th-century faces in a 16th-century manuscript
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19th-century faces in a 16th-century manuscript
A mother and her two daughters unexpectedly greet you when you open the binding of Folger MS V.a.174. albumen print of a mother and two daughters affixed to the front pastedown of Folger MS V.a.174, a 1576 manuscript of the…
Interleaving history: an illustrated Book of Common Prayer
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Interleaving history: an illustrated Book of Common Prayer
A guest post by Whitney Anne Trettien In Henry Fielding’s novel Tom Jones, Partridge and his friends go to see a play. As they watch a man light the upper candles of the playhouse, the predictably inane Partridge cries out,…