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Forget flowers: lovers in 18th- and 19th-century Ireland exchanged hair

by Leanne Calvert

https://theconversation.com/forget-flowers-lovers-in-18th-and-19th-century-ireland-exchanged-hair-275356

Saint Valentine at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=saint+valentine

#books #history #ireland

Only a Lock of Hair by John Everett Millais

The portrait shows a young woman in a dress russet-coloured fabric with areas of blue (possibly a shot silk, giving an iridescent effect) with lace at the collar and cuffs, in the process of cutting off a lock of her hair with a small pair of silver scissors, while she gazes off to her left.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_a_Lock_of_Hair#/media/File:Only_a_Lock_of_Hair,_by_John_Everett_Millais.jpg

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Facts and Myths About Harriet Tubman

"Despite being a popular historical figure, the best-known details about Harriet Tubman’s life are a mixture of fact and myth."

https://www.thecollector.com/facts-and-myths-about-harriet-tubman/

Books about Harriet Tubman at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Harriet+Tubman&submit_search=Search

#history #africanamerican

Drawing of Harriet Tubman from the book, "Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman" by Sarah H. Bradford

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On the Oregon Trail, Hardship Piled on Hardship—Yet Brave Travelers Kept Going

https://www.historynet.com/what-was-it-like-on-the-oregon-trail/?utm_source=feedingcuriosity.com

Books about the Oregon Trail at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=oregon+trail&submit_search=Search

#history

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What a Renaissance plate reveals about a woman who shaped literary history

The expression is, ‘handed to you on a silver plate’; but a recent breakthrough came to me on a painted ceramic one.

by Maria Clotilde Camboni

https://theconversation.com/what-a-renaissance-plate-reveals-about-a-woman-who-shaped-literary-history-273654?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%209%202026%20-%203669637496&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20February%209%202026%20-%203669637496+CID_9bdfd4637bcdfe2ba7a398ba27e13331&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=What%20a%20Renaissance%20plate%20reveals%20about%20a%20woman%20who%20shaped%20literary%20history

Renaissance art at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3037

#books #history #art

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130d

Cicero’s Unsentimental Education

Making it in Ancient Rome

by Ryan S. Olson

https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/humanism-in-a-posthumanist-age/articles/ciceros-unsentimental-education

Cicero at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/128

#Books #Literature #History

The Young Cicero Reading by Vincenzo Foppa (fresco, 1464), now at the Wallace Collection in London.

A boy in pink and blue sits absorbed in a book beside a stone window, with stacked volumes nearby and a Latin inscription visible behind him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero#/media/File:The_Young_Cicero_Reading.jpg

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RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/116431499103106130

@economics_that_works

I’m currently reading through the article and it’s unfortunate that the platform is hated by so many people (because Nazi indulgent platform) because this hits the nail on the head and anyone interested in history politics or anthropology should appreciate it.

The thesis is in line with the observation that Trump gives permission to his followers to become their worst selves. This is the bond that binds MAGA together.

#anthropology #politics #history

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Found an amazing web site with impressive catalog of poetry and literature in Farsi.

I used to have a very large library when I was in Sweden, and took them with me to US when my company moved me there, but I had to gave them away when I went back to take care of my parents, I only kept a few books of Khayyam and Hafez with me.

Finding this site is like a dream come true. It has search function too and sorting the poets based on the timeline, from 11th century to 21st.

#Iran #Poetry #Library #Books #Culture #Farsi #History

https://ganjoor.net/

screen capture of the siteKanjvar with selected poets, Have, Sae'di, Molana, Ferdousi, Khayyam, Sae'eb, Attar, Iraj Mirza, Nezami and Shariar

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How Dreams of Buried Pirate Treasure Enticed Americans to Flock to Florida During the Roaring Twenties

by Greg Daugherty

One of the people involved was the newsman Ben Hecht.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-dreams-of-buried-pirate-treasure-enticed-americans-to-flock-to-florida-during-the-roaring-twenties-180986376/

Ben Hecht at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2616

Boom Time Miami: Downtown by Gleason Waite Romer (1925)

#history #americanhistory

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49 years ago
The first all-female punk rock group The Slits made their live debut, opening for The Clash at the Harlesden Coloseum (often cited as the Roxy Club) London, March 10 & 11, 1977

Buzzcocks and Subway Sect were also on the bill

📸 Ian Dickson

#punks #punkrock #theslits #history #punkrockhistory

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Vikings on the Silk Roads

The Norse ravaged much of Europe for centuries. They were also cosmopolitan traders who followed trade winds into the Far East

by Neil Price

https://aeon.co/essays/the-viking-age-is-undergoing-a-revisionist-transformation?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=62e2dccb8a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d88b59c7bc-72664972

#history #medieval

Radziwill Letopis, fol. 14v Miniature: Oleg of Novgorod's campaign against Constantinople (s. Rus'–Byzantine War 907).

In the miniature, Oleg leads a flotilla of Rus' warriors, shown arriving at the fortified walls of Constantinople, known then as Tsargrad. The scene is highly stylized, with iconic domed towers and crenellated walls symbolizing the grandeur and defenses of the Byzantine capital. The Rus’ soldiers are depicted in uniform armor and helmets, often in motion, emphasizing the military strength and organization of Oleg’s force.

A notable element in many visual representations of this campaign—including this one—is the legendary tactic attributed to Oleg: dragging his ships across land to attack the city from an unexpected direction, though this is not always explicitly shown. The image may also include symbolic gestures of negotiation or surrender, referencing the favorable trade treaty Oleg secured with Byzantium as a result of this campaign.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Radzivill_Chronicle#/media/File:14_2_List_of_Radzivill_Chron.jpg

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209d

Valentine’s Day cards too sugary sweet for you? Return to the 19th-century custom of the spicy ‘vinegar valentine’

https://theconversation.com/valentines-day-cards-too-sugary-sweet-for-you-return-to-the-19th-century-custom-of-the-spicy-vinegar-valentine-273995?xid=PS_smithsonian

#holiday #history

"A "Vinegar Valentine" card dated to the 1870s ("c. 1875"). Brighton Royal Pavilion and Museums ID 19110.
Illustration shows an unhappy moustached man in a top hat, bearing a placard showing a red heart symbol pierced by six arrows and the text "PITY A POOR WOUNDED HEART".
Caption below the illustration:

'Tis said you share your love with many.
But I believe you have not any
At least enough to give away.
You keep it for yourself they say." - picryl.com

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212d

And The Street Goes On

https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/and-the-street-goes-on-justin-farrimond.html

And this street goes on all day, every day.
And all of the night.

#PhotoOfTheDay #Heritage #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Art #Print #History #Architecture #Travel #RhodesTown #Greece

Black and white portrait photograph of a long medieval cobbled road - the Street of the Knights in Rhodes Town, Greece.

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207d

Call for papers
Scotland & the In-Between
Société française d’études écossaises Annual Conference
12–14 November, Université de Lorraine (Nancy), France

The conference invites participants to consider the many forms of passage, transition, & mediation that have shaped Scottish history, literature, the arts, language, & culture.

Deadline: 28 April 2026

@litstudies

https://www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6338

#Scottish #literature #history #culture #culturalstudies #callforpapers

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10 Overlooked Inventors of the Gilded Age

by Matthew Byrd

Grocery shopping, baking, and laundry are some of the tasks made easier by these inventors.

https://listverse.com/2025/03/17/10-overlooked-inventors-of-the-gilded-age/?utm_source=feedingcuriosity.com

#history

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Born into a family of merchants, in 1271 a teenage Marco Polo set out for the court of the Mongol emperor – and he would not return to Italy for nearly a quarter of a century. This episode of You're Dead to Me traces Polo's extraordinary life and adventures.

Written by: Hannah Cusworth, Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Emma Nagouse, and Greg Jenner

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002913n

The Travels of Marco Polo at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6046

#books #travel #history

Marco Polo recounts his voyages while imprisoned in Genoa.

Original from Storia veneta espressa in centocinquanta tavole inventate e disegnate da Giuseppe Gatteri sulla scorta delle cronache e delle storie e secondo i vari costumi del tempo, incise da Antonio Viviani e dai migliori artisti veneziani ed illustrate da Francesco Zanotto. Venice, Giuseppe Grimaldo , 1863.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Marco_Polo#/media/File:42._Marco_Polo_nelle_prigioni_di_Genova_racconta_i_suoi_viaggi_e_le_sue_avventure,_anno_1298.jpg

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The deaf blacksmith who married in 1576 – and the history of sign as a legal language

The medieval church’s acknowledgement that signs were equivalent to a spoken language was transformative for deaf people.

by Rosamund Oates

https://theconversation.com/the-deaf-blacksmith-who-married-in-1576-and-the-history-of-sign-as-a-legal-language-276686?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%209%202026%20-%203699037833&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%209%202026%20-%203699037833+CID_4dad2f3a225cc1558f32f04d20318006&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=The%20deaf%20blacksmith%20who%20married%20in%201576%20%20and%20the%20history%20of%20sign%20as%20a%20legal%20language

Sign language at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=sign+language

#books #literature #history

Detail of an historiated initial 'S'(sponsus) of a man placing a ring on a woman's finger. By James le Palmer / anonymous illustrator

British Library Royal MS 6 E VI, fol. 104

A historiated initial S from a medieval illuminated manuscript, painted in blue, pink, ochre, and olive green. Within the curved body of the letter, two figures face each other: on the left a young man in a blue tunic, on the right a woman in a white veil and rust-coloured garment. Between them, the man places or holds a small ring, their hands meeting at the centre. Both faces are simply rendered with calm expressions. The initial is framed by a blue and pink border with a dark speckled ground filling the background behind the figures.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Omne_Bonum_Royal6EVI104_Anulus.jpg

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A Medieval Expert Thinks He’s Found A ‘Missing Penis’ On The Iconic Bayeux Tapestry

By Austin Harvey

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bayeux-tapestry-penises

Books about the Bayeux tapestry at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4445

#art #history

A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting Bishop Odo rallying Duke William's army during the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry#/media/File:Odo_bayeux_tapestry.png

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New #intro!

I’m a hyperjack musician, writer & video artist. My latest album, ‘Status’, is mainly about escaping Big Tech dystopia.

My website https://meljoann.com includes nerdy blog posts on Faircamp, Owncast & leaving mainstream social media.

Some stuff I love:

#musicProduction #videoProduction #books #experimentalMusic #electronicMusic #RandB #earlyMusic #improvisedMusic #science #knitting #history #scienceFiction #horror #alternativeComedy #anarchism #foss #linux #introduction

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When he died, there were no flags, no procession, no cannon fire. William “Billy” Lee was always there—riding with Washington in war, walking beside him in peace. He served at Cambridge, Valley Forge, Yorktown—silent, indispensable. But when the story of Washington was told, Billy was left out of the frame. His life was one of duty without recognition, loyalty without reward.

1/20

#history #histodons #education #Politics #BlackMastodon
"Billy Lee, Portrait in Tar." 2016. Titus Kaphar.

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The Surprisingly Controversial Origins of the Easter Bunny

"Hares were once linked to a Germanic Pagan goddess who never even existed."

https://www.mentalfloss.com/easter-bunny-ostara-origins?utm_source=feedingcuriosity.com

Books by the Brothers Grimm at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Brothers+Grimm&submit_search=Search

#history

Cover of Country Gentleman magazine - 1925-04-04.

"The Easter Bunny has hopped in, and found himself lumbered with a basket of tiny chicks. Artist: Paul Bransom Source: eBay seller daysoffuturepast. Restoration by: magscanner" - from Internet Archive

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The Man Who Invented the Future

Are we the conflicted heirs of the world according to Francis Bacon?

by Ed Simon

https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/the-man-who-invented-the-future

Bacon at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/296

#books #literature #history

Francis Bacon

In: Bacon's Essays and Wisdom of the Ancients

A black-and-white engraved portrait of a bearded man in early 17th-century dress, wearing a large elaborate lace ruff collar and a dark buttoned doublet. His expression is serious and composed.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56463/56463-h/56463-h.htm

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#OnThisDay, 20 Apr 1902, Maria Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie refine radium chlorine. The discovery leads to Marie being the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

The Academy originally planned to award only Pierre and Henri Becquerel. Pierre insisted that Marie should also be included.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomenInSTEM #NobelWomen #Histodons

Maria Skłodowska-Curie in a posed photo in her lab. She's a white woman with dark hair, holding a glass flask and a metal or ceramic dish.

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They’re not UNIX v4 tapes, but if you know, then you definitely know. 🏆

https://icm.museum

#software #archive #preservation #tape #data #history

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#OnThisDay, 9 May 1922, the International Astronomical Union formally adopts Annie Jump Cannon's stellar classification system. The principles in it still underpin modern classification.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Astronomy #WomenInSTEM #AmericanHistory #Histodons

Annie Jump Cannon sat at a desk. She is clearly not a fan of a clear desk policy as it's messy with papers and open drawers. She is a white woman with pale hair.

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P1: 天津地圖，由中東石印局印於中華民國二年（1913年）。由我另加文字標注，字體來源於小學堂隸變資料庫、青柳隸書SIMO2、源流明體丹。
Map of Tientsin, printed at Chung-Tung Litho Works Tientsin in 1913. The text annotations were added by me, with the fonts sourced from Xiaoxuetang Libian (Clerical Change Script) Database, AoyagiReisyoSIMO2, and GenRyuMin2 TC.

P2: 各政治人物於天津之住所，在該地圖中的位置，攝於袁氏宅邸。拉丁轉寫和滿文由我標注，字體來源於源流明體丹、太清白體。
Locations of political figures' residences in Tianjin marked on this map, photographed at Yuan's residence. Latin transliterations and Manchu script annotations added by me, with the fonts sourced from GenRyuMin2 TC, Abkai Xanyan.

P3: 原地圖 Original map

#map #history #figure #china #chinese #residence #mansion #tianjin #tientsin #地圖 #歷史 #人物 #中國 #中華 #大陸 #中國人 #華人 #住所 #故居 #舊居 #宅邸 #天津 #地图 #历史 #中国 #中华 #大陆 #中国人 #华人 #旧居 #travel #trip #旅行 #旅遊 #旅游

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