Con Heir: Tiny Cryptic #4
https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/03/tiny-cryptic-4
Published: March 12, 2025 17:39
Fourth instalment in our new series of extremely small and free-form cryptic crossword puzzles, themed on our latest essay.
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A Princely Ploy: Inside the Ruse of a French-Armenian Scammer
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/a-princely-ploy
Published: March 12, 2025 13:42
After proclaiming himself the direct descendant of a 12th-century Crusader king, the Armenian priest and educator Ambroise Calfa hit upon an ignoble scheme: grant knighthood to anyone willing to pay. Jennifer Manoukian recovers the cunning exploits of this…
Ostrich Egg-Shell Cups of Mesopotamia and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times (1926)
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/ostrich-egg-shell-cups-of-mesopotamia
Published: March 12, 2025 13:40
A cultural history of ostrich eggs and the birds that lay them.
Master of Claude de France’s Book of Flower Studies (ca. 1510–1515)
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Published: March 11, 2025 15:57
Illuminations of European plants by an anonymous master.
For He’s a Jolly Bad Fellow: Now and Then #1
https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/03/now-and-then-1
Published: March 4, 2025 19:54
Expulsion threat from the Royal Society, in 2025 and 1775.
José Guadalupe Posada’s Engravings of Unusual Births (ca. 1880–1910)
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/posada-unusual-births
Published: March 4, 2025 14:55
Engravings of unusual births by an artist best known for his joyous skeletons.
Sartorial Codes: Tiny Cryptic #3
https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/02/tiny-cryptic-3
Published: February 26, 2025 19:40
Third instalment in our new series of extremely small and free-form cryptic crossword puzzles, themed on our latest essay.
The Emperor’s New Clothes: Fashion, Politics, and Identity in Mughal South Asia
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-emperors-new-clothes
Published: February 26, 2025 14:44
The Mughal emperors in India faced a sartorial quandary: continue wearing their traditional Central Asian attire, or adopt the lighter cotton clothing of this warmer clime? Simran Agarwal considers the cultural, political, and theological implications of…
The Drift of Things: David Goodman Croly’s Glimpses of the Future (1888)
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Published: February 26, 2025 14:42
A work of futurology intended to be read in 1888 and judged in 2000.
Gustatory Wisdom: Bruegel the Elder’s Twelve Proverbs (1558)
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Published: February 25, 2025 13:28
Proverbial scenes about human folly painted on serving plates.