London in 1927.
Early colour film, and I watch this as if I’ve been given a window back into time. The women wear hats. Everyone wears hats. The police. The buses. The skyline…
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Posts tagged "history"
Reasons why Charlie Chaplin is a comic-timing genius: this scene.
There is one camera shot. This was the first and only take.
“Fifteen cents, please.”
“I am very cold”
“The parchment is very hairy.”
“Oh, my hand.”
—Notes from medieval monks and scribes in the margins of their work
Our latest issue “Means of Communication” is now online. Take a break from the scriptorium to check it out!
This is awesome.
There is little doubt in my mind that had I been born 500 years sooner, my lot in life would have been that of a scribe—and a near-sighted, left-handed one at that. The note, “Oh, my hand,” particularly resonates with me.
I love these- I remember seeing the demand for alcohol during my Illuminated Manuscript class, there’s a cute little illustration of the illuminator/scribe to go along with it.
My personal favorite is “Thank God, it will soon be dark.”
I want to hug all these scribes.
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i enjoyed this post
this is so cool
I am going to be showing my true stripes here. John is the History buff…I actually learned things from this facebook feed. GOOD LORD!
Germany is in a complicated relationship with Japan [FAVORITE!]
File under; stuff I really shouldn’t find funny but do.
A collective of miscellany and mirth. Also sometimes I draw stuff.