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Frontispiece: Jester and Monk

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Frontispiece: Jester and MonkThe Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

A woman in a red jester’s outfit, including a jester’s hat with bells, and a black-robed monk wearing sandals, and with a black hood, hold hands as if preparing to dance.

Keywords: people, jesters, monks, sketches, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-25

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Imprint Page

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Imprint PageThe Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

The imprint page shows the printing and copyright information; it also has a coloured design that I have made into a separate image, Fox and Goose.

Keywords: page images, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-01-27

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Fox and Goose Decoateive Element

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Fox and Goose Decoateive ElementThe Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

A decorative motif, or page element, from the imprint page, shpwing a fox and a goose (or a duck maybe) reading a book.

Keywords: ornaments, animals, birds, books, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-01-27

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

1.—January Week 1

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1.—January Week 1The Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

Tell the truth and shame the—family. I have also made higher-resolution versions of the cartouche surrounding the word January [cartouche] and the border decoration on the left [goth border] as separa [...]

Keywords: page images, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-25

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Page detail: Art Neuveau border

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Page detail: Art Neuveau borderThe Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

A detail from the January Week 1 page showing the decorative border, which repeats on every fourth page throughout most of the book. A cat stands on a skull.

Keywords: borders, cats, skulls, sketches, spooky, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-25

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Page detail: Art Neuveau Cartouche

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Page detail: Art Neuveau CartoucheThe Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

The encyclopedia of the book says that a cartouche is the enclosed space on a map within which an elaborate drawing of human figures, plant life, animals or heraldic devices and the name or title are [...]

Keywords: cartouches, candles, borders, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-25

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

The Well of Knowledge

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The Well of KnowledgeThe Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

The jester leads the donkey (or mule) to the well of knowedge (written, quaintly, “Knowledge. HerWelle”) but, stubbronly, the mule refuses to drink. The mule is wearing the board and gown of a univers [...]

Keywords: colour, humour, jesters, wells, sketches, cartoons

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-07

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Trouble

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TroubleThe Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

They were driving to the poor-house when he car broke down. Granny is filling te engine, perhaps with fuel or with water, while someone in the foreground wields a hammer; behind them, a jester laughs.

Keywords: people, cars, jesters, cartoons, sketches, humour, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-07

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Snake and Owl Border.

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Snake and Owl Border.The Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

This border in red, featuring a snake and an owl with an outstretched wing, was around the word “Memorandum” but it could equally well do for an owl-deliverd Slytherin message in a Harry Potter film!

Keywords: snakes, owls, borders, birds, colour, cartici

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-01-12

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

The First Monday

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The First MondayThe Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

“The First Monday”

Between two palm trees we see a clothes-line with, pegged to it, two fig-leaves.

Illustration before the week beginning on the 10th of June.

Keywords: humour, religion, cartoons, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2013-01-06

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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