A true relation of a most desperate murder, committed upon the body of Sir John Tindall Knight, one of the maisters of the Chancery; who with a pistoll charged with 3. bullets, was slaine going into his chamber within Lincolnes-Inne, the 12. day of November, by one John Barterham Gent: Which Barterham afterwards hanged himselfe in the Kinges-Bench in Southwarke, on Sunday being the 17. day following. London, 1617. Shelfmark STC 24435.
Thomas Fella. A booke of diverse devices: A labouring man sleepeth sweetly, whether it be little or much he eateth, but the abundance of the riche will not suffer him to sleepe, meate maketh men to laughe, and wyne maketh the heart merie, but unto money are all things obedient. Manuscript, ca. 1585-1622. Shelfmark V.a. 311.
The above are illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC
The Folger instructs the user in how to take advantage of the digital collection: The Folger's Digital Image Collection offers online access to over 35,000 images from the Folger Shakespeare Library collection, including books, theater memorabilia, manuscripts, art, and more. Images are available in high resolution and users can show multiple images side-by-side, zoom in and out to see fine detail, view cataloging information when available, export thumbnails, and construct permanent URLs linking back to their favorite items or searches.Through the Digital Image Collection, you can:
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Compare 19th-century productions of Shakespeare with today's through historic photographs and promptbooks
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Look at letters written by Queen Elizabeth I
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Examine rare paintings in "up close and personal" detail
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Read diary entries from over 200 years ago
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and much more
Getting Started:
Our Digital Image Collection is made available with Luna Insight®, a software toolset for accessing web-based digital image collections. The Insight software and Digital Image Collection hosted on servers at the Folger Shakespeare Library are now available for use by the general public.
There are two ways to explore our Digital Image Collection. Use Your Web Browser: You may use your web browser (be sure to turn off popup blockers), which provides access to the collection through an interface called Browser Insight® that is convenient, but limited in features. Copy and paste this Browser Insight URL into your favorite web browser, or just click on the link: http://titania.folger.edu/browse
Install Luna Insight on Your PC or Mac: You can install a free program called Luna Insight® which provides features like access to our digitized Shakespeare Quartos collection, the ability to export thumbnails as html pages so that you can share images offline or on other websites, and more.
Click Features for details about the program, and a link to instructions on how to download and install. And don't forget to shop at the Folger, too. For instance, a Queen Elizabeth pot belly, the book, The Tainted Muse (Concentrating on six recurring prejudices in Shakespeare’s plays — such as misogyny, elitism, distrust of effeminacy, and racism), Shakespearean Tea Hearts with flavors Anthony and Cleopatra Black or Romeo and Juliet Green. (Boiling water poured over the tea hearts causes them to undo, infusing with rich, bold liquor.)
