Eccentric Archive

All the things, especially those that stay still long enough to archive.

[Timothy Medhurst @TimothyMedhurst]

King George III, 1760-1820. A famous depiction of ‘Farmer George’ on a Halfcrown dated 1817, known as the ‘Bull Head’.

[Incunabula @incunabula]

A Sino-Tibetan folded book printed in Beijing in 1410, with dhāranīs in Sanskrit written in Tibeto-Nepali characters and woodcuts of protective mantra-diagrams and deities, block printed on heavy white paper. Breathtakingly detailed printing in red ink, 40 years before Gutenberg.

[Read More Women @WomenRead]

"Be wicked, be brave, be drunk, be reckless, be dissolute, be despotic. Live — live fully, live passionately, live disastrously if necessary."

English author, Violet Trefusis was born #OnThisDay in 1894 #ReadMoreWomen

[Sally-Anne Shearn @Sally_Shearn]

So pleased to finally share this today! A collaboration with @Lydiolect and a host of fantastic volunteers who painstakingly transcribed the entries. Please do let us know if you find a name you recognise in the book, we'd love to know more #DDay75

[History Hit💥 @HistoryHit]

Pvt Billie Millin landed at Sword Beach with Number 4 Commando. He walked up and down the beach as it was under fire playing the bagpipes, striking up "Highland Laddie" - German prisoners later said they didn't shoot because they thought he had lost his mind #DDAY75

[Eccentric Archive @Moodyarchive]

@kenyattp @beavisita @LBFlyawayhome Take it easy. I have a nice warm catty Corn with me. It it very big.

[Kathryn Baird @Kathryn11Baird]

What? Phrases from 1866 #Pitmanshorthand
‘What can be the reason of their silence’ #Victorian

[Brown Bowler @brownbowlerhat]

It seems that the origin of the Custard Cream is uncertain.

(#BitBored #SaturdayThoughts
#BiscuitInvestigation)

However that the design is 'Victorian baroque' appears to be repeated a lot.

I can see 17th Century stump work and Arts & Crafts design.

What do you see?

[Folger Research @FolgerResearch]

It's almost #WoolleyWeek! Join us 5/21 for our first event, a Facebook Live chat hosted by @historecipes. Later in the week: exploring Woolley's books with the @FolgerLibrary conservation team; a day of #WoolleyWisdom; blogging by #BeforeFarmtoTable team members, & more!

[Cathy Rosamund Stillman-Lowe @SlCathy]

Interior of Wargrave church...I looked into the bell tower ground floor room. Well worth it. Very attractive layers of stone (chalk?) & flint with some lovely textile art #AnimalsInChurches (left). But what to make of this unusual display of clappers (right)? @LandscapeIan

[Maude Frome @frome_maude]

The #fullmoon in #Scorpio on 18th May is known as the #FlowerMoon, in honour of the blooming flowers of spring. It will also be a rare seasonal #BlueMoon, as it is the 3rd of 4 full moons this spring. Usually there are 3 per season, being one a month. 5:11 pm EDT, 1O:11 pm BST

[Ennius @red_loeb]

Man being healed by Cuthbert's shoes!
Yates Thompson MS 26; 12th century; Bede, Prose Life of Cuthbert; f.80r @BLMedieval

[Duille @DuilleDesign]

"Costume de bain". George Barbier. 1914.
Image: British Library.

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

"Nigel's never been the same since he had plastic surgery"

https://t.co/YZSxI0Zofu

[Old Weird Britain @oldweirdbritain]

#KingArthur's horse left a hoof-print on a hill above the A493 (a road in mid-Wales).

Arthur had gone up there to kill an #afanc [scary water monster] that lived in Llyn Barfog.

The place is known as Carn March Arthur.

#folklore #Wales