Items taken from The Cynic’s Calendar (1905) (results page 1)

Frontispiece: Jester and Monk The 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

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Added: 2007-05-25

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Imprint Page The 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

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Added: 2009-01-27

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Fox and Goose Decoateive Element The 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

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Added: 2009-01-27

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

Tell the truth andshame 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 separate [...]

Keywords: page images, colour

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Added: 2007-05-25

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

A detail from theJanuary Week 1 pageshowing 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

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Added: 2007-05-25

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

The encyclopedia of the book says that a cartouche isthe 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 p [...]

Keywords: cartouches, candles, borders, colour

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Added: 2007-05-25

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The Well of Knowledge The 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

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Added: 2010-05-07

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Trouble The 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

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Added: 2010-05-07

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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

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Added: 2013-01-12

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The First Monday The 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

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Added: 2013-01-06

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