Monthly Archives: February 2019

Little Mystery Postscript

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

So I’ve done a little sleuthing about the characters mentioned in my last post who appear on the mysterious inscription in my 1750 edition of Cicero. I had looked on the British DNB, thinking these folks lived in England. I … Continue reading →

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Little mysteries in an old edition of Cicero

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

See this update How this book came into my possession, I really can’t say, but it’s probably the oldest one I own, a copy of select orations of Cicero (together with Asconius’ commentary) as well as De Senectute and De … Continue reading →

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“The American Cincinnatus”

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, “The American Cincinnatus” (1919) When I was a kid, I picked up a copy of the 1932 Georgetown yearbook for a dime at a second-hand store my mother and I used to go to. Being a … Continue reading →

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“New Greeks at Old Sewanee” (TIME Nov. 9, 1962)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

Time’s piece on a joint Classics-Phys Ed class from November, 9, 1962 (pp. 55-56)

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