A Commonplace Book

Item, the xxij day of Julij, to Johne Kilgour, chapellane, for paynting of the Kingis pailʒoun, and the armys thairto . . . . . . . iij li. ...

Item, viij pailʒoune treis to the King xxxv s. Item, for five dosane three elne and a half of cammas (canvas) to lyne the Kingis pailʒoune i...

Item, the xxiiij day of September, for ix 1/2 dosane (dozen) fyne canves to be ane pailʒeoune to the Kingis grace, price of the dosane xviij...

I went through this collection of images, counting each illumination as a single data point unless more than one style was shown in the ima...

Outer Space from Sander van den Berg on Vimeo . A breathtaking video created using image sequences from the Voyager and Cassini missions. ...

There was a relic in Chartres Cathedral, supposed to have been a chemise worn by the Virgin Mary. By the 13th century, "it was the cust...

Tax fairness: an interactive infographic is a useful interactive tool for understanding potential changes to the tax code.

A new study suggests that the Viking missions did find evidence of life on Mars in 1976.

I love his elegantly economical deadpan grace. Also, It's fascinating to see his depiction of that distant, foreign country in which m...

Repledge seems to have a clever idea for diverting political giving to charity while honoring the political goals of the donors.