https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/01/at-samuel-pepys-library/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 04 Sep 2015 13:56:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/01/at-samuel-pepys-library/#comment-1011130 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 21:28:23 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137737#comment-1011130 Love the way this shows changes in vowel usage: from unions to onions Glad the u and o have not been transposed, however. Otherwise, I would have to describe myself as trade onionist.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/01/at-samuel-pepys-library/#comment-1011028 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 18:42:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137737#comment-1011028 What a great place to visit, good luck with the book, Valerie

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/01/at-samuel-pepys-library/#comment-1010987 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:56:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137737#comment-1010987 what is interesting about the ‘very antient sett’ is that as well as the figures set in gothic-style niches, they are alternate m/f in pairs AND drawn in the conventional attitudes of formal portraiture, where men turn to right and women to left. So whoever drew/cut the blocks had a sophisticated knowledge of art and architure.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/01/at-samuel-pepys-library/#comment-1010977 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:38:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137737#comment-1010977 So jealous. The library was closed on my visit to Cambridge, but we did see the chapel, a tiny gem, and the gardens were a bloom with daffodils. We should be eternally grateful to the code breaker of Pepy’s shorthand as the diaries give us such and interesting view of 17th century London life.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/01/at-samuel-pepys-library/#comment-1010725 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 09:34:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137737#comment-1010725 So glad you had a successful visit to this wonderful library!

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