Tag: History
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The Meteorite of 1642
An earth-shattering event – well, not exactly earth-shattering in the true sense of the word – occurred on 4th August 1642. The town of Aldeburgh in Suffolk, England, or Alborow as it was spelled back then, played host to this astronomical escapade. A 4lb meteorite fell from the sky at 5 O’clock – five of…
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Literae Antiquitas
A bit of a random post this evening… even more so than usual! To the left is an image of a part of an ancient document discovered sometime around 1930. It is written in Latin, but it is very easy to translate into English what is actually being said. The ancient text that it is…
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Resonating with past times
I’ve had a nice little surprise today. Nothing spectacular in the grand scheme of things, and nothing that really goes anywhere near to helping me to solve my self-imposed quest to find what is pulling me back to the year 1642 (actually, the first part of the Seventeenth Century). But more on this in a…
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Pirate’s Garden
I sit upon the cliff top and look far out to sea, The Moon’s quite bright on this cloudy night, but that’s OK for me. Hidden behind the foliage in shade and speckled light I see the ships come sailing in; it’s still a marvellous sight. One behind another, they head toward the shore No…
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Britannia’s Links to 1642
The information that you just happen to stumble upon when looking for other things is really quite remarkable. Or, could that be coincidental? Whatever it is, and why it happens I don’t know, I am just pleased that it does! This morning for instance, I found myself looking for the history of Britannia, the icon…
The Mansionic Perspective 