A Full Stop
The "mark of a full stop, or period," presented twice, at different magnifications. Robert Hooke, Micrographia (London, 1665). Photo by Curator.
DIGRESSIONS SUMMARY
The Reception of Claudius
A Roman Aurius, ca. 44–45. Claudius, bare-headed and togate, clasps hands with a Roman soldier, draped in a lion’s skin. AN R.6485 © Trustees of the British Museum.
Addison's Walk (1 of 3)
“Addison’s Walk at Oxford,” in John Cassell’s Illustrated History (London, 1856).
A Roman Tumulus
A Prospect of Ad Pontem, with a tumulus upon the Fosse. William Stukeley, Itinerarium Curiosum (London, 1724). Courtesy University of Michigan Special Collections.
Plot's Digression
A map of one of Robert Plot's many digressions, in which a journey of thousands of miles is compressed into a handful of pages. Itinerary by Curator.
Joseph Addison, by Kneller
Nutshells
Detail from Jan van Kessel, "Study of Various Insects, Fruit and Animals," Gouache on vellum.