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[image: 800px-North_carolina_algonkin-rituale02-540]<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/04/24/painting-the-new-world/>

 PAINTING THE NEW
WORLD<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/04/24/painting-the-new-world/>

 In 1585 the Englishman John White, governor of one of the very first North
American colonies, made a series of exquisite watercolour sketches of the
native Algonkin people alongside whom the settlers would try to live. Benjamin
Breen explores the significance of the sketches and their link to the
mystery of what became known as the “Lost Colony”.

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 CHOREGRAPHIE (1701)<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/05/01/choregraphie-1701/>
 [image: choreographie2]<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/05/01/choregraphie-1701/>

Choregraphie, ou, L’art de décrire la dance, par caracteres, figures, et
signes démonstratifs avec lesquels on apprend facilement de soy-même toutes
sortes de dances: ouvrage tres-utile aux maîtres à dancer & à toutes les
personnes qui s’appliquent à la dance, by M. Feuillet, maître de dance;
1701; Chez l’auteur et chez Michel Brunet, Paris....

GEOMETRICAL PSYCHOLOGY, OR, THE SCIENCE OF REPRESENTATION
(1887)<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/04/15/geometrical-psychology-or-the-science-of-representation-1887/>
 [image: geometricalpsych00cook_0117]<http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/04/15/geometrical-psychology-or-the-science-of-representation-1887/>

Geometrical Psychology, or, The Science of Representation an Abstract of
the Theories and Diagrams of B. W. Betts, by Louisa S. Cook; 1887; G.
Redway, London. Geometrical psychology, or, The science of representation:
an abstract of the theories and diagrams of B. W. Betts details Benjamin
Bett’s remarkable attempts to mathematically model human consciousness...

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 TEXTS: A BURLESQUE TRANSLATION OF HOMER<http://publicdomainreview.org/?p=4689>
 <http://publicdomainreview.org/?p=4689>

Homer's Iliad set to bawdy verse by Thomas Bridges (c.1710-c.1775),
originally published in 1762 under the pseudonym Caustic Barebones. The
work achieved some popularity, and was reprinted several times, the last in
1797.

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IMAGES: LABORS OF THE MONTHS FROM THE TRÈS RICHES
HEURES<http://publicdomainreview.org/?p=3451>
 <http://publicdomainreview.org/?p=3451>

Section form probably the most important illuminated manuscript of the 15th
century, illustrating the various activities undertaken by the Duke’s court
and his peasants according to the month of the year, each with a celestial
hemisphere of a solar chariot and appropriate zodiac signs.

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  IMAGES: BENJAMIN BETTS’ GEOMETRICAL
PSYCHOLOGY<http://publicdomainreview.org/?p=4639>
 <http://publicdomainreview.org/?p=4639>

Diagrams from *Geometrical psychology, or, The science of representation:
an abstract of the theories and diagrams of B. W. Betts*(1887) by Louisa S.
Cook, which details New Zealander Benjamin Bett’s remarkable attempts to
mathematically model the evolution of human consciousness through geometric
forms.

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  IMAGES: ILLUMINATED PAGES FROM 15TH CENTURY
BREVIARIES<http://publicdomainreview.org/?p=3708>
 <http://publicdomainreview.org/?p=3708>

A selection of beautifully illuminated Breviary pages from various unknown
miniaturists working in and around Paris, Bruges and Gent in the middle of
the 15th century. A breviary (from Latin brevis, ‘short’ or ‘concise’) is a
book of the Latin liturgical rites of the Catholic Church.

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  FILMS: FARMER PLAYS A SONG WITH
‘HAND-FARTS’<http://publicdomainreview.org/?p=4674>

 <http://publicdomainreview.org/?p=4674>

Universal Newsreel from 1933 showing Cecil H. Dill, a farmer from Michigan,
demonstrating his ability to render popular melodies by pressing his hands
together. After the performance Dill modestly tells how he discovered his
unusual talent while staring rather intensely into the camera.

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  AUDIO: RAE BOURBON <http://publicdomainreview.org/?p=4704>
 <http://publicdomainreview.org/?p=4704>

During the Pansy Craze of 1930-1933, mainly in Manhattan, gay clubs and
performers, known as "pansy performers", experienced a huge surge in
underground popularity. Rae Bourbon was one of the most popular drag queens
of the time.

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-- 
Adam Green

Editor, The Public Domain Review
http://publicdomainreview.org/

The Open Knowledge Foundation
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-- 
Adam Green

Editor, The Public Domain Review
http://publicdomainreview.org/

The Open Knowledge Foundation
http://okfn.org/

-- 
Adam Green

Editor, The Public Domain Review
http://publicdomainreview.org/

The Open Knowledge Foundation
http://okfn.org/
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