Scope/Content: "Anno 1702" is written on the title page, but within the text, the present year is given as 1701 and as 1702.Via pharyngula.
Scope/Content: Manuscript mathematical cipher book written in 1701 and 1702 by Rebecca Steele, a young student in Bristol. Pages exemplifying specific mathematical operations and concepts are embellished with calligraphic designs and command-of-hand drawings, and some lessons are dated. Many processes and operations are described in long word problems, including one (p. 30) where Steele is set the problem of figuring her exact age. She gives her birthdate as 28 May 1689 at 8:12pm and the present date as 17 April 1702 at "about 10 in ye morning." She is likely the Rebecka Steele who appears in Quaker birth records for the city of Bristol as a daughter of William and Melior Steele, born on 28 May 1689 in Thomas Street.
Condition: Bound in contemporary speckled calf with blind tooling and metal clasps.
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Maybe one reason I am not a published author is because I am a really good guy. Apparently, Roald Dahl was a bit of a monster and look how well he wrote.
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How to make $290,000 selling books. Amazon has removed the book, priced as $290,000 from its website.
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A Nanowrimo friend interviews author Kelly Morse.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy: ruined by Atheism?
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Logos drawn from memory. As always, this image was shrunk slightly and the the link has more details. Click to see it somewhat larger.
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I like the idea of text prompts to help me think of a short story. But incomplete doodles will work, too. Here are some interesting completions of a few doodles.
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Control room eye-candy (images shrank, etc):
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11th century herbal remedy guide digitized.
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