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Thousands of Objects Tell of Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence Across the Centuries

by Allison Meier November 10, 2017November 10, 2017

Altered States: Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence in the Ludlow-Santo Domingo Library at Harvard’s Houghton Library explores the human desire to escape the ordinary.

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Beyond Gorgeous: Illuminated Manuscripts from Boston Collections

by Natasha Seaman November 12, 2016November 11, 2016

For viewers accustomed to looking at paintings on canvas and panel, manuscripts are a different beast.

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The Intricate Designs of an 18th-Century Love Token

by Claire Voon August 12, 2015August 13, 2015

Today, as the art of handwritten notes gradually fades, one common way to court someone is to slide into his or her DMs.

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Broadsides for Broadband: Digitizing the People’s Literature of the 17th Century

by Allison Meier May 14, 2015May 13, 2015

Considered the “people’s literature” in the 17th century, broadside ballads were sold for a penny or halfpenny, their pairing of a comic or satiric song alongside a woodblock illustration making them popular bawdy amusement across classes.

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Our View from the Cosmic Shore: Early Modern Interpretations of Celestial Events

by Allison Meier March 19, 2015March 20, 2015

When Milton was writing Paradise Lost in the 17th century, a comet grazed through the sky, inspiring the English poet to describe how Satan “stood Unterrified, and like a comet burn’d.”

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The 19th-Century Story of the Wonderful Tattooed Man

by Allison Meier September 23, 2013September 23, 2013

The story of how a boy from Providence, Rhode Island, became “the most wonderful tattooed man ever known in the civilized world” involves menacing sailors and voyages across the sea, and was recently digitized so that we can all read this tale of the 19th century.

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