Happy Friday,
I’ll keep it short today, and wish you a Merry Christmas and wonderful holiday weekend. I hope you enjoy this weekend’s links; they are especially insightful.
A beautiful, and informative article breaking down the history of Gothic Architecture.
When we thought birds migrated to the moon.
The wonderful Thomas J Bevan shared his thoughtful ruminations on Dicken’s timeless classic, A Christmas Carol, and I just had to pass them along.
The original 17-th century meme, the woodcut.
“I did not know exactly what to call what I was doing. I was not translating Ollivant’s Victorian English into contemporary English, since I was touching it as little as possible; I was not Americanizing it, since I wanted to leave it British. There were passages I did not change at all, so would it be right to call this “a new version”? ” – Notes on Translating a Children’s Book
Lastly, Why Certain Poor Shepherds In Nativity Scenes have Huge Misshapen Throats.
Currently reading: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, of course
Have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful weekend.
