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The ornate wooden dais in the La Trobe Reading Room was once an elevated seating area for @Library_Vic attendants.
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Frontispiece to 'The English Hermite, or Wonder of this Age, Being a Relation of the Life of Roger Crab' (London, 1655)
Crab went vegan aged 20 in 1641. He was also a celibate & known as a herb doctor. He advised patients to avoid alcohol & meat.
He died Sept 11 1680 #otd
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A beautiful initial 'A'(rma) at the beginning of the Aeneid
#Vergiliusbnfmslatin16236
BnF MS Latin 16236; Publius Vergilius Maro, Eglogae, Georgicae, Aeneis cum glossa; 11th century (first quarter); France; f.61r @GallicaBnF