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A village dance, 1596. Thought to represent the tale of villagers dancing around their church on Christmas night, disregarding their priest’s objections and condemned by his curse to keep dancing without a break for a whole year. Merry Christmas! https://t.co/F3UTojTE2i
Companion prints: The Promenade in St. James's Park, @britishlibrary https://t.co/Qed7VpmMjh.26.7.m, and An airing in Hyde Park @britishmuseum 1860,0728.118
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Richard Greene's museum, Lichfield.
Boswell: He had all the articles accurately arranged, with their names upon labels, printed at his own little press; and on the staircase leading to it was a board, with the names of contributors marked in gold letters. https://t.co/15za6x7l2H
Ippolito Salviani, Aquatilium Animalium Historiæ liber primus. 1558
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#FridayFish
The Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany, created a spectacular garden and commissioned a monumental record of its plants - the Hortus Eystettensis (The Garden at Eichstätt), published in 1613. https://t.co/NYXnDPRKaR
@Tracy_Chevalier You can find these and more at https://t.co/QggKrmNqFz
IB.1., a c.1470 blockbook containing coloured woodcuts and accounts of miracles said to be wrought through chanting the hymn "Salve Regina"
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George Turberville, The Booke of Faul[conrie or Hau]king for the o[nely de]light and pleasure of all Nobleme[n & Gentlemen]. London : Imprinted ... for Christopher Barker, 1575, G.2372.(1.) https://t.co/tIxUuwHAgb