Swiss Geography – Geneva

Blank Map Tourist Map L’Escalade Genève délivrée, a 1662 play by Samuel Chappuzeau The anthem of Geneva – Cé qu’è lainô (Musical Notation) L’escalade: Son origine et ses consequences Catholic Geneva Saint Francis de Sales (page available from 29 January 2022; Saint Francis de Sales was the bishop of Geneva, but resided in Annecy) LaContinue reading “Swiss Geography – Geneva”

US Geography – Delaware

If you have access to Hoopla through your public library, you may watch this hour-long public television documentary on Delaware from Discoveries … America. Enjoy this vintage illustrated map of Delaware (1946) by Jacques Liozu. Once Upon a Time in Delaware by Katherine Pyle. Delaware by Bayard Taylor (1825–1878) To Delaware by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) AContinue reading “US Geography – Delaware”

Knights of Art by Amy Steedman – 1. Giotto: Cautions

The three works of art selected for highlighting and illustration are, sadly, not actually by Giotto (d. 1337). The first, The Shepherd Sitting Under His Tent, is today in in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, while a copy adorns the exterior of the Campanile. More precisely titled, Jabal: L’invenzione della pastorizia (Jabel: The Invention of SheepContinue reading “Knights of Art by Amy Steedman – 1. Giotto: Cautions”