Tag: free resource
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Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)
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in GeneralSelections from a beautifully illustrated 15th century version of the “Tractatus de Herbis”, a book produced to help apothecaries and physicians from different linguistic backgrounds identify plants they used in their daily medical practice. No narrative text is present in this version, simply pictures and the names of each plant written in various languages –…
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Johannes Hartlieb’s Book of Herbs (1462)
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in GeneralThis 1462 Kräuterbuch (“Book of Herbs”) by Johannes Hartlieb enfolds, verbatim, much of Konrad von Megenberg’s Buch der Natur, published a century earlier and considered by scholars to be the first natural history written in German. (The Buch der Natur itself reworked herbals by Thomas of Cantimpré and Albert Magnus, who, in turn, borrowed heavily from Arabic botanical handbooks.) Unlike…
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Public Domain Image Archive
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in GeneralThe Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA) — brought to you by The Public Domain Review (PDR) — is a curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore and reuse. Our aim is to offer a platform that will serve both as a practical resource and a place to simply wander —…
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Open Access at The Met
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in GeneralData about The Met collection, including over 492,000 images of public-domain artworks, available for free and unrestricted use. Browse more than 492,000 Open Access works in The Online Collection by selecting the Open Access filter in search. All Open Access images also have an “OA” icon, , at the lower left of the image.
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The Voynich Manuscript
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in GeneralThere are countless objects that defy understanding, but the Voynich manuscript is perhaps one of the most confounding. Named after the rare books collector Wilfrid Voynich, who acquired it in 1912, the manuscript continues to baffle skilled cryptologists to this day. In fact, it’s never even been deciphered.
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Byrne’s Euclid
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in GeneralThe First Six Books ofThe Elements of EuclidWith Coloured Diagrams and Symbols A reproduction of Oliver Byrne’s celebrated work from 1847 plus interactive diagrams, cross references, and posters designed by Nicholas Rougeux
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Lilies & Roses Restored illustrations of Pierre-Joseph Redouté
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in GeneralFrom Open Culture:Behold a Digital Restoration of 655 Plates of Roses & Lilies by Pierre-Joseph Redouté: The Greatest Botanical Illustrator of All Time Pierre-Joseph Redouté made his name by painting flowers, an achievement impossible without a meticulousness that exceeds all bounds of normality. He published his three-volume collection Les Roses and his eight-volume collection Les Liliacées between 1802 and 1824, and…
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Metropolitan Museum of Art – Open Access
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in GeneralNew York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is making all public domain works in its collection available online for both scholarly and commercial purposes, it announced today. The new Open Access policy also introduces partnerships between the museum and Creative Commons, Wikimedia, Artstor, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Art Resource, and Pinterest. https://www.metmuseum.org/policies/image-resourcesTo identify these images, look for the…
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3,000 Best Free Movies on YouTube
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in GeneralA Playlist of the 3,300 Best Films & Documentaries on Youtube, Including Works by Hitchcock, Kubrick, Errol Morris & Other Auteurs. Not all these movies belong in the cheap-thrills bin. You’ll also find the work of celebrated auteurs like Alfred Hitchcock (The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps), Stanley Kubrick (Fear and Desire, Barry Lyndon), Akira…
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Download 131,000 Historic Maps from the Huge David Rumsey Map Collection
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in GeneralDavid Rumsey Map Collection, whose more than 131,000 historical maps and related images are available to browse (or download) free online.