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Feast of Saint Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, on 19 January, and his entry in an 11th-century cartulary
19 January is the feast day of the patron of all vegetarians and dieters, Saint Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester. An entry on Wulfstan in one of the cartularies of the eleventh-century manuscript of Worcester Priory
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The image of the demon Pazuzu (or simply Zu) from ancient Assyria and Babylon is also in active use in modern culture
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One would rather that, instead of the hackneyed cliché about the tip of the iceberg, people spoke of the figures of Easter Island, most of whose bodies lie hidden beneath the earth
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The Dress in Which Marie Antoinette Was Executed
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Today's Birthday Boy: Valentin Serov
Today's birthday boy is Valentin Serov. Here is his lithograph "The Coronation of Nicholas II" from the "Coronation Album"
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From the testimony of the executioner Sanson we know of the dignity with which Louis XVI met his death
From the testimony of the executioner Sanson we know of the dignity with which Louis XVI met his death. His last words are held to have forgiven his murderers and to have prayed for the fate of France
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This portfolio holds the notes of the Parisian executioner Charles-Henri Sanson on the execution of Louis XVI
This portfolio holds the notes of the Parisian executioner Charles-Henri Sanson on the execution of Louis XVI. Sanson executed the king, the queen, Robespierre and Danton. In all, the executioner's tally stands at some 3,000 lives
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The Tomb of Henry VII and Elizabeth, Who Was the Daughter, Mother, Sister, Niece and Wife of Kings of England and Is the Ancestor of All English and Scottish Monarchs since the Sixteenth Century
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An Entry in the Calendar of Margaret Beaufort, Great-Great-Granddaughter of Edward III, on the Day of the Wedding of Her Son Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
An entry in the calendar of Margaret Beaufort, great-great-granddaughter of Edward III, on the day of the wedding of her son Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. The marriage took place on 18 January 1486 and reconciled the warring dynasties, uniting them
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It is held that on 17 January 1492
It is held that on 17 January 1492 the first textbook of modern grammar was presented to Isabella I. Yet the first such textbook, though Arabic rather than Spanish, had been written as early as the 8th century by the Persian Sibawayh
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I look at this little commode from the Château de Chambord and cannot see how such exhibits square with the myth that at Versailles, for instance, courtiers relieved themselves behind curtains in the corridors
I look at this little commode from the Château de Chambord and cannot see how such exhibits square with the myth that at Versailles, for instance, courtiers relieved themselves behind curtains in the corridors. The eternal story of the lift versus the lavatory