chronohh:

Panorama von Hamburg. Total-Ansicht der Ruinen, nach dem Brande vm 6ten bis 8ten May 1842. | CC BY 3.0 Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg http://resolver.sub.uni-hamburg.de/goobi/PPN751394203

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(via Secret Knowledge—or a Hoax? | by Eamon Duffy | The New York Review of Books)

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cityofbostonarchives:

Have you ever had something happen that you thought was out of your control? Long before women gained the right to vote, schoolgirls from the Franklin School worked to prevent something that many might have just let happen.  On December 6, 1837, the School Committee of Boston received a petition from thirty-four Franklin School girls expressing their dissatisfaction with the school board’s choice to move them from their school to the Johnson School.

 As you can see in the letter pictured, the girls grew up with this school and loved their teachers. They ended the petition with their most compelling argument, “But when we are further allowed to suggest to the honourable Board, that some of us, who reside South of our school, must inevitably be deprived not only of constant instruction from teachers we love, but afar, we fear will be deprived for a part of the year, of all knowledge derived from any of the Public Schools of our City…” Not only did these girls try to fight this decision, they also very clearly stated why they were unhappy with this choice and the consequences it would have on their education.

Letter from the Franklin School, 1837, 0008-B1 Proceedings of the City Council, Collection 0100.001, Boston City Archives

Blog post by Monica Haberny, City Archives Outreach Intern

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johanoosterman:

Chess was a popular game in the Middle Ages, as we know from the many depictions in miniatures, and from the preserved chess sets. And besides that there are the allegorical texts in which the game of chess was seen as a moral mirror of society. Maybe less known are the books with chess problems: how to win in six moves etc. A very nice example of such a book is the one that has been preserved in Prague. It gives a series of problems with an introduction and a diagram. Take especially notice of how the diagrams were made: they made a square of prickings to draw the lines.
http://www.manuscriptorium.com/apps/main/en/index.php?request=request_document&docId=rec1352978283_45

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MONET, Claude
The Magpie
1869
Oil on canvas, 89 x 130 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris