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Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forceps.Smellie.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Forceps.Smellie.jpghttps://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/peter-chamberlen1.jpgpeter chamberlenhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/peter-chamberlen.jpgpeter chamberlen2022-11-30T20:52:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2012/10/07/ex-libris/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/charles-at-the-bodleian.jpgKing Charles I at the Bodleian Library by William Gale2022-11-05T02:47:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2012/10/28/renaissance-peckerhead-of-the-month-october/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edwkelley.jpgEdwKelleyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edward-kelley.jpgEdward KelleyEdward Kelley2022-11-05T02:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2013/01/31/vile-hearted-renaissance-peckerhead-of-the-month-january/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cartoon.jpgcartoonFrom "Toothpaste for Dinner" http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/index.php?date=032911https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ac00002_renaissance-011.jpgac00002_renaissance-01No, this isn't really Ambrose Westrop--there's no picture of him available. I've always just really liked this painting. This is Emperor Rudolf II as Vertumnus by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, c.15902022-11-05T02:46:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2013/02/14/for-valentines-day-the-17th-century-method-for-knowing-when-your-heart-is-broken/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/heart.gifhearthttps://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/veins.jpgveinshttps://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/heart.jpgheartt-shirt available at redbubble.com2022-11-05T02:45:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2013/03/07/the-perils-of-wisdom-vile-hearted-renaissance-peckerhead-of-the-month-march/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/renaissancering2.jpgrenaissancering2A Renaissance posy ring inscribed with "In love abide till Death devide," a sentiment Henry, Lord Neville, might have done well to remember. 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Line engraving by W. Cooke, 1827, after J. H. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org John Haygarth. Line engraving by W. Cooke, 1827, after J. H. Bell. 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Reproduction of a stipple engraving. Wellcome Library, London2022-11-05T02:26:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2015/04/10/laughing-at-history/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/laughing_fool.jpgLaughing_FoolBy Netherlandish (possibly Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons2022-11-05T02:25:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2015/07/24/libraries-matter-no-matter-what-2/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/i-think-i-can-smaller-word-bubble001.jpgI THINK I CAN (SMALLER WORD BUBBLE)001A young JCLI volunteer (my daughter!) protesting the library's closure.https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/worn-bean-bag_0.jpgworn bean bag_0Time for this duct-taped bean bag to be replaced!https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/worn-book_0.jpgworn book_0Just one of the many books that needs replacing.https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/first-chapters.jpgFirst Chapters2022-11-05T02:24:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2015/09/06/trolling-librarians-are-the-best-librarians/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ala7.pngALA7https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ala6.pngALA6https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ala5.pngALA5https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ala3.pngALA3https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ala2.pngala2https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ala11.pngALA12022-11-05T02:24:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2016/02/18/yours-mine-or-ours-the-centuries-old-debate-over-public-lands/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/mount-hood.jpgmount hoodBy Oregon's Mt. Hood Territory. (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/byways/photos/62736.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commonshttps://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/oregon_welcome_sign.jpgOregon_welcome_signhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/oregon-coast.jpgoregon coasthttps://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/crater-lake.jpgcrater lakehttps://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/humboldtrockefellerforest.jpgHumboldtrockefellerforest2022-11-05T02:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2016/04/13/why-do-libraries-bring-out-the-best-in-us/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/trinity-library.jpgtrinity library2022-11-05T02:22:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2016/04/22/the-thymes-they-are-a-changing-a-few-thoughts-on-recipes/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eating.gifeatinghttps://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sexandthecity.gifsexandthecity2022-11-05T02:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2016/06/28/no-man-is-an-island-some-thoughts-on-brexit-and-the-american-tea-party/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/brexit-bus.jpgbrexit bus2022-11-05T02:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2016/07/19/melania-trump-steals-words/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/melania_knauss-trump.jpgMelania_Knauss-Trump2022-11-05T02:19:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2016/08/19/what-depression-is/2022-11-05T02:18:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jenshermanroberts.com/2016/09/30/much-ado-about-doodles/https://jenshermanroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/john_dee_ashmolean.jpgjohn_dee_ashmoleanPortrait of John Dee. Sixteenth Century, artist unknown. 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