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David ShieldsI’ve updated the running hand-list of Rob Roy Kelly’s 1964 folio with newly located copies at <a href="http://www.woodtyperesearch.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.woodtyperesearch.com</a>. Of the 45 folios Kelly produced, 33 have now been located. The most recent addition to the running list is No 5, now located in a private collection in Kansas City, Missouri. This was Kelly’s personal copy, recently consigned by his daughter. In addition, a spring trip to Special Collections in The Hugh M. Morris Library at the University of Delaware in Newark, provided the opportunity to examine the library’s full copy (No 16) as well as a truncated set made up of the twelve-page introductory text and numbered plates 30, 33, and 38. It is my hope that with the publication of this list, locations of the remaining complete folio may come to light. —————————————— <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/WoodType?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodType</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TypeSpecimen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypeSpecimen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/type?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#type</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/typography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LetterForms?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LetterForms</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Lettering?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lettering</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/history?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/archive?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archive</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/design?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/GraphicDesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GraphicDesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LetterPress?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LetterPress</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LetterpressPrinting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LetterpressPrinting</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LetterpressLove?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LetterpressLove</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/GoodType?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoodType</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TypeMatters?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypeMatters</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TypeTopia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypeTopia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TypeCollect?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypeCollect</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NineteenthCentury?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/AmericanWoodType?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanWoodType</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Archives?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archives</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Bibliography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bibliography</a>

Georgiana BrummellTo make a very long story short, I am forty-one and became interested in opera in February of this year. I had been listening to operetta for several years by this point, with special attention to the works of Ivor Novello and Franz Lehar, always preferring original cast recordings, or at least older ones, when possible. Even now, all of the opera singers I like were born prior to 1923. I am interested in learning how to sing for pleasure, and possibly for performance, though not in full operas, as I am totally blind and I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that. I would most likely be singing Neapolitan songs, Italian art songs, a few English parlour songs, and some arias that I enjoy. I am untrained and my voice type has not yet been designated. However, , this is a post that I made reguarding my own discoveries about my vocal range. To summarise, I am a woman, but I feel most comfortable singing in the tenor range and would prefer to stay there. I don't like how high composers force contraltos to sing.<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1kic6cl/vocal_range/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1k…</a>I adore the tenore di grazia voice type and also enjoy lyric tenors. My favourite singer is Tito Schipa, and I wish to learn what he taught, or at least, what he learned. I have the ten exercises that he recorded, including short narrations for each. I wrote about them here, with a transcription of the Italian and an English translation. This way, you will know the school of thought that I am attempting to follow. The one thing I cannot find is the booklet that came with said exercises, which offers more guidance than the record.<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1ku0n6g/schipas_exercises_with_translated_explanations/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1k…</a>Since Schipa left little behind, I began researching his teacher, Alceste Gerunda. It is true that he technically started with Giovanni Albani, but hardly anything is written about him at all in Schipa's biography, and it seems that Gerunda was the one who gave him all of the exercises in any case.<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1ki4vkz/emilio_piccoli_frank_valentino_alceste_gerunda_etc/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1k…</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1kzobyv/making_progress_on_researching_teaching_method/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1k…</a>I learned that Gerunda was born in 1847, and that his teacher was Saverio Mercadante. Neither left books, exercises, or published notes. But I found the school where Gerunda taught prior to opening a private one in his home. It has since become a library. They have two books on him that I want and that may shed light on some of his teaching practices. These are "ALCESTE GERUNDA E LA SCUOLA LECCESE DI CANTO" by Silvia Mandurino (ITES 1969) and "IN MEMORIA DEL MAESTRO ALCESTE GERUNDA NE L'AVVIVERSARIO PRIMO DE LA SUA MORTE" by Giulia) Lucrezi (Palumbo.<a href="https://biblioteche.regione.puglia.it/SebinaOpac/query/alceste%20gerunda?context=catalogo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">biblioteche.regione.puglia.it/…</a>Perhaps, there are anecdotes within them that can help me. They may also have the books that he used to teach, assuming he used any. I have written to them asking if they could assist me, but haven't yet received a response.In the meantime, I am trying to find information about the pedigogs of his time, so that I can at least learn the ideas and methods that he may have passed down to Schipa. But, of course, there were as many schools of thought as there were teachers. To make matters worse, Gerunda and Schipa themselves appeared to differ in their teaching style. While the former would tell the latter when he made mistakes in exercises, Schipa seemed to just give them and play the piano without giving much commentary. Ironically, Mercadante is said to have taught like that. From what I understand, if I did follow the regular bel canto style, I would need to work on notes, then scales and arpegios, then ornamentation, then songs/arias, all of this taking many years. It seems that Schipa didn't work on breath control, individual notes, tone, tamber, and so on with his students but went straight to vowels and scales. I don't know if this is from his own teacher or if it was his personal philosophy. I have definitely heard of the breath-first and larynx-first schools of thought, so it could stem from there.People keep saying that i need to see a teacher, but most charge $100 or more per lesson, and at that rate, I can't afford more than two lessons per month. Plus, I want to find someone who knows the old ways, not modern ideas and terminology that I will need to unlearn. As it is, I am already studying harmony from "Harmony its theory and practice" by Ebenezer Prout, and Italian from "An Italian conversation grammar" by N Perini. It's just voice that is giving me a problem.<a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=AlcesteGerunda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlcesteGerunda</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=BelCanto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BelCanto</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Italy</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=Lecce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lecce</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=MusicTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MusicTheory</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=NineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opera</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=SaverioMercadante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SaverioMercadante</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=singing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#singing</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=TitoSchipa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TitoSchipa</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=VocalPedigogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VocalPedigogy</a>

Georgiana BrummellTo make a very long story short, I am forty-one and became interested in opera in February of this year. I had been listening to operetta for several years by this point, with special attention to the works of Ivor Novello and Franz Lehar, always preferring original cast recordings, or at least older ones, when possible. Even now, all of the opera singers I like were born prior to 1923. I am interested in learning how to sing for pleasure, and possibly for performance, though not in full operas, as I am totally blind and I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that. I would most likely be singing Neapolitan songs, Italian art songs, a few English parlour songs, and some arias that I enjoy. I am untrained and my voice type has not yet been designated. However, , this is a post that I made reguarding my own discoveries about my vocal range. To summarise, I am a woman, but I feel most comfortable singing in the tenor range and would prefer to stay there. I don't like how high composers force contraltos to sing. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1kic6cl/vocal_range/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1kic6cl/vocal_range/</a> I adore the tenore di grazia voice type and also enjoy lyric tenors. My favourite singer is Tito Schipa, and I wish to learn what he taught, or at least, what he learned. I have the ten exercises that he recorded, including short narrations for each. I wrote about them here, with a transcription of the Italian and an English translation. This way, you will know the school of thought that I am attempting to follow. The one thing I cannot find is the booklet that came with said exercises, which offers more guidance than the record. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1ku0n6g/schipas_exercises_with_translated_explanations/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1ku0n6g/schipas_exercises_with_translated_explanations/</a> Since Schipa left little behind, I began researching his teacher, Alceste Gerunda. It is true that he technically started with Giovanni Albani, but hardly anything is written about him at all in Schipa's biography, and it seems that Gerunda was the one who gave him all of the exercises in any case. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1ki4vkz/emilio_piccoli_frank_valentino_alceste_gerunda_etc/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1ki4vkz/emilio_piccoli_frank_valentino_alceste_gerunda_etc/</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1kzobyv/making_progress_on_researching_teaching_method/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/1kzobyv/making_progress_on_researching_teaching_method/</a> I learned that Gerunda was born in 1847, and that his teacher was Saverio Mercadante. Neither left books, exercises, or published notes. But I found the school where Gerunda taught prior to opening a private one in his home. It has since become a library. They have two books on him that I want and that may shed light on some of his teaching practices. These are "ALCESTE GERUNDA E LA SCUOLA LECCESE DI CANTO" by Silvia Mandurino (ITES 1969) and "IN MEMORIA DEL MAESTRO ALCESTE GERUNDA NE L'AVVIVERSARIO PRIMO DE LA SUA MORTE" by Giulia) Lucrezi (Palumbo. <a href="https://biblioteche.regione.puglia.it/SebinaOpac/query/alceste%20gerunda?context=catalogo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://biblioteche.regione.puglia.it/SebinaOpac/query/alceste%20gerunda?context=catalogo</a> Perhaps, there are anecdotes within them that can help me. They may also have the books that he used to teach, assuming he used any. I have written to them asking if they could assist me, but haven't yet received a response. In the meantime, I am trying to find information about the pedigogs of his time, so that I can at least learn the ideas and methods that he may have passed down to Schipa. But, of course, there were as many schools of thought as there were teachers. To make matters worse, Gerunda and Schipa themselves appeared to differ in their teaching style. While the former would tell the latter when he made mistakes in exercises, Schipa seemed to just give them and play the piano without giving much commentary. Ironically, Mercadante is said to have taught like that. From what I understand, if I did follow the regular bel canto style, I would need to work on notes, then scales and arpegios, then ornamentation, then songs/arias, all of this taking many years. It seems that Schipa didn't work on breath control, individual notes, tone, tamber, and so on with his students but went straight to vowels and scales. I don't know if this is from his own teacher or if it was his personal philosophy. I have definitely heard of the breath-first and larynx-first schools of thought, so it could stem from there. People keep saying that i need to see a teacher, but most charge $100 or more per lesson, and at that rate, I can't afford more than two lessons per month. Plus, I want to find someone who knows the old ways, not modern ideas and terminology that I will need to unlearn. As it is, I am already studying harmony from "Harmony its theory and practice" by Ebenezer Prout, and Italian from "An Italian conversation grammar" by N Perini. It's just voice that is giving me a problem. <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/alcestegerunda" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlcesteGerunda</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/belcanto" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BelCanto</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/italy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Italy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/lecce" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lecce</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/musictheory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MusicTheory</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/nineteenthcentury" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/opera" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opera</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/saveriomercadante" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SaverioMercadante</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/singing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#singing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/titoschipa" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TitoSchipa</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/vocalpedigogy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VocalPedigogy</a>

Richard JonesJoyously in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Archives</a> today. In <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Devon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Devon</a> Heritage Hub to explore the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NineteenthCentury</a> records of Tiverton <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Sewage</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Farm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Farm</a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnvHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EnvHist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> (transcriptions in image Alt-text)

Rita SingerPresentation for <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/AWWE2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AWWE2025</a> this weekend is go. This has got to be the closest I've ever finished putting together my paper and presentation ahead of a conference. <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WelshWritingInEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WelshWritingInEnglish</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/RomanticFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RomanticFiction</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Literature</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wales</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tasmania</a>

Richard Jones<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/May" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#May</a> is the month to sow your Mangel Wurtzels. I just have. Have you? <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Autumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Autumn</a> monsters to come. This variety is the classic Long Red Mammoth beloved of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Sewage</a> farmers. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gardening</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Roots" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Roots</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Vegetables" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Vegetables</a>

Hacker NewsThe Columbian Orator Taught Nineteenth-Century Americans How to Speak<a href="https://www.neh.gov/article/columbian-orator-taught-nineteenth-century-americans-how-speak" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.neh.gov/article/columbian-orator-taught-nineteenth-century-americans-how-speak</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ColumbianOrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ColumbianOrator</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Speaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Speaking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Skills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Skills</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicSpeaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicSpeaking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Communication</a>

David ShieldsHappy Birthday Horatio Nelson Bill—born in Lebanon, Connecticut, on this day March 25, 1824. —————— Horatio worked as a sign painter before he (and brother Jeremiah) cut wood type for Edwin Allen in Windham, Connecticut. The brothers formed their own wood type company, H & J Bill, in 1850 based in Lebanon. They moved the company six miles north to Willimantic in 1851. The company was known as Bill, Stark & Co 1853–1854. In late 1854 the company was shuttered and subsequently sold to William H. Page in 1856. Horatio was listed as Type Maker on his 1863 draft registration and listed variously as a sign painter, house painter, and fine arts painter in the 1870s and 1880s. ——— Image is of Tuscan Open as shown in the 1853 _Specimens of Machinery Cut Wood Type, Manufactured by Bill, Stark & Company, Willimantic, Connecticut._ (held in the ATF Library Collection at Columbia University, Rare Books & Manuscripts. —— — <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/WoodType?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodType</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TypeSpecimen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypeSpecimen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TypeDesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypeDesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/letterforms?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#letterforms</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/typography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/letterpress?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#letterpress</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/type?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#type</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/design?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/GraphicDesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GraphicDesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NineteenthCentury?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/OnThisDay?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birthday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birthday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bibliography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bibliography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/archives?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archives</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/libraries?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/collections?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#collections</a>

David ShieldsHappy Birthday William Hamilton Page—born in Tilton, New Hampshire, March 14, 1829. Page lived nearly 40 years of his adult life in Norwich, Conn as a wood type manufacturer. Images shown here from 1878 specimen catalog, slightly repurposed from specimen catalog from 1867. Engraving likely created by Charles Tubbs. More text & images about Page’s life and work at www.woodtyperesearch.com/william-hamilton-page/ ————————————— Image of the engraved title page from _Specimens of Wood Type, Manufactured by Wm. H. Page Wood Type Co., Norwich, Conn._ (1878); held in the ATF Library Collection at Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, Columbia University. Image of the engraved title page from _Specimens of Wood Type, Borders, Rules, &c., Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co., Greenville, Conn._ (1867); held in the Kemble Collection, California Historical Society (currently being transferred to Stanford Special Collections) —————————————— <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/WoodType?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodType</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TypeSpecimen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypeSpecimen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TypeDesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypeDesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/letterforms?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#letterforms</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/typography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/letterpress?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#letterpress</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/type?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#type</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/design?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/GraphicDesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GraphicDesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NineteenthCentury?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/OnThisDay?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birthday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birthday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bibliography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bibliography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/archives?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archives</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/libraries?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/collections?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#collections</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/excelsior?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#excelsior</a>

ArtGeekFWIW, this was the original image.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EastCoastKin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EastCoastKin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lowkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lowkey</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneseeCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeneseeCountry</a> Village <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#19thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LivingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LivingHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#museum</a>

ArtGeekHere's another low key experiment from Genesee Country Village, also where my photo of the spinner was taken. Always liked this shot and enjoyed taking some time to tweak it.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EastCoastKin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EastCoastKin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lowkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lowkey</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneseeCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeneseeCountry</a> Village <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#19thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LivingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LivingHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#museum</a>

ArtGeek<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EastCoastKin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EastCoastKin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monochrome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lowkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lowkey</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneseeCountryVillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeneseeCountryVillage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/19thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#19thcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nineteenthcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nineteenthcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpinningWheel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpinningWheel</a>Another a low key image, this time in color. The key seems to be a really steep curve in the highs to soften bright areas and darkening the shadows to taste.

ArtGeek<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EastCoastKin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EastCoastKin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monochrome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lowkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lowkey</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneseeCountryVillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeneseeCountryVillage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/19thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#19thcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nineteenthcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nineteenthcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicRoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MusicRoom</a>Another a low key image, shot dark. I boosted the shadows slightly on the tabletop to bring out the violin.

ArtGeek<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EastCoastKin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EastCoastKin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monochrome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lowkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lowkey</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneseeCountryVillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeneseeCountryVillage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/19thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#19thcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nineteenthcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nineteenthcentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parlor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parlor</a>Trying a low key image, which works especially well in B&W. I'd shot this dark to preserve the details in the lace curtains, and it needed only small adjustments to the tone.

Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CallForPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CallForPapers</a>: 2025 Conference of The Incredible <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a>: <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScienceFiction</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a>, and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fairytale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fairytale</a>This <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OnlineConference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineConference</a> is free to attend. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CFP</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SFF</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpeculativeFiction</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OnlineEvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineEvent</a><a href="https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/01/23/2025-conference-of-the-incredible-nineteenth-century-science-fiction-fantasy-and" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/01/23/2025-conference-of-the-incredible-nineteenth-century-science-fiction-fantasy-and</a>

Richard JonesAlmshouses, Winchcombe, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gloucestershire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gloucestershire</a>. Today gorgeous blue skies and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#sun</a> on the glorious honey-coloured <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cotswolds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Cotswolds</a> limestone. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Charity</a>. The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DoubleExposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DoubleExposure</a> is a fine ball finial on the bridge over the Beesmoor Brook on the Sudeley Castle estate just outside town.

David ShieldsAmazing crowdsourcing project by Richard Ardagh <a href="https://typo.social/@richardardagh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@richardardagh</a> documenting the phenominal Type Archive in London. Stunning, handsome, pretty, luxe, erudite…pick your adjectives! Typographers, historians, siblings-in-ink check it out, and definitely consider supporting the project so it can make it’s way into the world.<a href="https://vol.co/collections/type-archived" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vol.co/collections/type-archived</a> ______<a href="https://typo.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/letterpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#letterpress</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/letterforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#letterforms</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archives</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/collections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#collections</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/bibliography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bibliography</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/NineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#19thCentury</a>

Georgiana BrummellI'm in awe right now, but I need some advice. For several years, I've been seeking the book that Beau Brummell used to learn Latin. I know it was Introduction to the Latin Tongue for the use of Youth. There were many different editions, including The famous, but later, Eton Latin Grammar. He attended Eton from 1786 to 1794. I have a digital copy of one published in 1795, wich fits the timeframe perfectly, but it's a mess when trying to read the "full text" with NVDA (my screen reader) or to convert the pdf to text. Likewise, I have one from about 1824-5 that is a reprint of 1795, and though it's a bit clearer, it's still full of errors. The hard copy reprints I've found are all pictures of the originals, not cleanly retyped. Just now, I found an original 1824 edition, and it's in clean condition! I'm quite afraid, because I am totally blind, and in order to read it, I must hold it and turn the pages so that my software can scan it! I can either use my ArX Vision, which I wear on my head, or my Pearl Document Scanning Camera with Openbook. Either way, I would be touching a book that's 200 years old! However, no one seems to have a modern copy that is retyped. All are just pictures of old editions, and when I try to convert the pdfs to txt, or to read the pre-made html versions (all at the Internet Archive), they are full of errors! This would be fine in English, but I'm using the book to learn Latin!<a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=21230966384" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetai…</a>As a side note, here is my post in which I explain my search for a Latin tutor. I have not yet found one. If you think you can help me, please read said post before simply writing that you are a tutor. I am not using modern methods or pronunciation.<a href="https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/76881.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/768…</a>Finally, this is the syllabus for the pre-1868 Eton College curriculum that I created after a lot of research. It includes links to the books I plan to use, as well as extras.<a href="https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/99443.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/994…</a><a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=BeauBrummell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BeauBrummell</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=Brummell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Brummell</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=classicaleducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classicaleducation</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=Eton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eton</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=EtonCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EtonCollege</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Latin</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Learning</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=nineteenthcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nineteenthcentury</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=syllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#syllabus</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=TraditionalEnglishPronunciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TraditionalEnglishPronunciation</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=teacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teacher</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=tutor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tutor</a>

Vivienne DunstanCrikey. Just spotted that the Edinburgh General Session church records include an Edinburgh weather report for 1815-1820. Very detailed! National Records of Scotland volume CH2/131/2. Free to view online at ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#19thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archives</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HistoricalResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HistoricalResearch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weather</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishWeather</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BritishWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishWeather</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Meteorology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meteorology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchRecords</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kirk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NRS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NationalRecordsOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalRecordsOfScotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishHistory</a>

Vivienne DunstanNot any old rubbish: Edinburgh’s Mound was built to order from rubble, pipes and oyster shells <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/13/edinburgh-mound-excavation-recycling-centre-scotland" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/13/edinburgh-mound-excavation-recycling-centre-scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OldTown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldTown</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NewTown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewTown</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TownPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TownPlanning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UrbanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UrbanHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HistoricalGeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HistoricalGeography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/18thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#18thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#19thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EighteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EighteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a>

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