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Tag: Michael Latzer

Posted on August 13, 2019August 15, 2019

An Intriguing Epigram, Decoded

“Ann Cook her booke/
god give her grace in/
it to looke and when/
the bell does towle/
the Lourd in heavin/
receive her soule/
being a protistant”

Hand written in the 1634 King James Bible in Whitehall’s collection — decoded by resident scholar Dr Michael Latzer.

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The Bermuda Group (Dean Berkeley and His Entourage) Artist: John Smibert, American, born Scotland, 1688–1751. Yale University Art Gallery

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  • Resident scholar Hannes Ole Matthiessen illustrates one of George Berkeley’s important principles
  • The Redwood Library and Athenaeum in collaboration with the Colonial Dames of Rhode Island: virtual lecture January 26th
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photo by Jim Burgess

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