Comments for Omniana, or Horæ Otiosiores http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana Pieces of information concerning everything, from Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:30:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=208 Comment on 99 Meditation, and Contemplation by Omniana http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/99-meditation-and-contemplation/#comment-81 Omniana Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:30:51 +0000 http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/?p=472#comment-81 Taken from “The Pilgrim of Loretto performing his Vow made to the Glorious Virgin Mary, Mother of God” By L. Richeome, Paris, 1630. See also Omniana 56 Poem attributed to Sir Walter Ralegh.

]]> Comment on 98. Météorolithes by Omniana http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/98-meteorolithes/#comment-67 Omniana Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:40:49 +0000 http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/?p=469#comment-67 The 37 tonne meteorite discovered in 1576 near Chaco is the largest fragment of the “Campo del Cielo.” It was the largest meteorite known at the time of Coleridge’s writing; only one larger has been found since.

]]> Comment on 97 Picturesque Words by Omniana http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/97-picturesque-words/#comment-61 Omniana Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:16:14 +0000 http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/?p=465#comment-61 “it’s literal translation” sic

]]> Comment on 95 Frith the Martyr by 96 Tostatus | Omniana, or Horæ Otiosiores http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/95-frith-the-martyr/#comment-57 96 Tostatus | Omniana, or Horæ Otiosiores Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:58:29 +0000 http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/?p=458#comment-57 [...] ← 95 Frith the Martyr [...]

]]> Comment on 95 Frith the Martyr by Omniana http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/95-frith-the-martyr/#comment-56 Omniana Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:54:25 +0000 http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/?p=458#comment-56 The story is from page 14 of Admirable Curiosities

The Book found is known as the Vox Piscis, or Book Fish, see references cited in Wikipedia

]]> Comment on 93 Tractors by Omniana http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/93-tractors/#comment-51 Omniana Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:07:13 +0000 http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/?p=444#comment-51 More on Perkin’s Patent Tractors from University of Virginia’s Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, and images of them from phisick.com

]]> Comment on 92 Public Instruction by Omniana http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/92-public-instruction/#comment-50 Omniana Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:33:55 +0000 http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/?p=442#comment-50 Seems like a suitable point to re-emphasise that even though it is interesting to republish Omniana on this blog I do not endorse or agree with sentiments such as that at the end of this post. Occasionally when tagging by topic I think that “arrant bigotry” would be a useful classification.

]]> Comment on 91 Criticism by Omniana http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/91-criticism/#comment-49 Omniana Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:54:12 +0000 http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/?p=439#comment-49 [criticims, sic]

]]> Comment on 90 Jeremy Taylor by Omniana http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/90-jeremy-taylor/#comment-48 Omniana Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/?p=437#comment-48 The quote is from Chapter 22 of The Octavius of Minucius Felix translated here as
“These fables and errors we both learn from ignorant parents, and, what is more serious still, we elaborate them in our very studies and instructions”

]]> Comment on 83 Cold-bathing in Fevers by Omniana http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/83-cold-bathing-in-fevers/#comment-42 Omniana Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:33:30 +0000 http://blogs.pjjk.net/omniana/?p=410#comment-42 My latin isn’t up to much, but Google translate fills in some gaps

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