the new emotional blackmailer's handbook

... of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and most horrid is emotional blackmail ... whilst for this blogger, the only sacred thing is life itself

Thursday, January 6, 2022

benserade's metamorphoses en rondeaux ... tattered ancient classics made into light reading for the french nobility and their offspring in 1676 an expensive project for all concerned ...

https://www.zvab.com/erstausgabe/M%C3%A9tamorphoses-dOvide-Rondeaux-Isaac-Benserade-Text/30012571637/bd although it appeared in a highly orn...

Saturday, January 1, 2022

From Ovid's Metamorphoses ... the tale of the Nine Pierides ... Tony Kline's translation ... and a multi-talented medieval artist

BNF manuscrit 871 http://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc51121m https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10467094j.r=manuscrit%20fran...

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Robinet Testard's illustrations for "Ovide, Heroides ou Epitres" an extension of Ovid's Heroides by Octavien de Saint-Gelais

Robinet Testard lived in France from around 1470 to 1531-ish https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427253m/f7.item.r=Robinet+Testard.langF...

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tristan: Tenby, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom; you were only supposed to eat the cake, john ... not the flipping candles !

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