A monthly miscellany from books, art, history and memories, usually with a theme for the 1st of the month. Ceramics and some English worthies are often featured.
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Saturday, 4 May 2013
The power of Orpheus
"Such Heavenly power in musick rests
It calmes and tames the savage beasts;
While Orpheus playes
Each beast obeyes."
from frontispiece to A Book of Beasts, Thomas Johnson,published anonymously 1630
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