Ovid, Metamorphosis, 1603 - Book X, p. 119v, 'Orpheus' story'..
Stories for sources in Shakespeare.
When Shakespeare came to London he had great opportunity for contact with books, whether in the city, on the bookstalls around St. Paul's Churchyard, or from the ...
Ovid, Metamorphosis, 1603 - Book X, p. 120r, 'Orpheus and Euridice'..
Stories for sources in Shakespeare.
The story of Orpheus, the poet and singer who tried to save his wife, the nymph Euridice, from death by charming the king of the underworld with his music, was in ...
Ovid, Metamorphosis, 1603 - Book XII, p. 144v, 'Achilles'.
A story source for Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.
The fame of the Greek warrior, Achilles, and his companions was well-known in literature, but Shakespeare may first have discovered the story ...
Ovid, Metamorphosis, 1603 - Book XII, p. 145r, 'Trojan Nestor'..
A source for Shakespeare’s character of Nestor, the elderly nobleman in Troilus and Cressida
This page in Ovid's story of the heroes of Greece and Troy may have provided Shakespeare with ideas ...
Ovid, Metamorphosis, 1603 - title page, p.1'Of shapes transformed...'.
A schoolbook that provided many sources for ideas in plays and poems
One of the first books that Shakespeare experienced at Stratford grammar school was the Metamorphosis of Ovid. Written in Latin ...
Paperweight
This paperwieght is from India. It is made from talc that has been carved to represent a lion's head with a foliage body.
Paperweight
This paperweight is said to be made from a piece of wood used to make Cecil Rhodes' coffin in 1902. Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) was an imperial statesman and prime minister of the Cape Colony in Africa.
Pen
The shaft of this ink pen is made of carved ivory and engraved brass, with a metal nib. The pen was used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son of Bath Street, Leamington Spa. In 1875 William Smith bought the ...
Pen
A novelty metal pen made in Birmingham.
Pen and Ink Box
This is an Arabic pen box and ink pot, made from brass. Pens were stored in the long rectangular tube, with an ink pot attached at one end. The pen box would have been used by scribes in North Africa ...
Pen and Ink Box
This is an Arabic pen box and ink pot, made from brass. Pens were stored in the long rectangular tube, with an ink pot attached at one end. The pen box would have been used by scribes in North Africa ...
Pen and Ink Box
This is an Arabic pen box and ink pot, made from brass. Pens were stored in the long rectangular tube, with an ink pot attached at one end. The pen box would have been used by scribes in North Africa ...
Pen and Ink Box
This is a Syrian scribe's pen box and ink pot. Pens were stored in the long rectangular tube, with an ink pot attached at one end. The pen box and ink pot is made from brass and has decorative Arabic ...
Pen Nib
This is one of eight pen nibs in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum that were used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son. In 1875 William Smith bought the shoe shop at 58 Bath Street, where ...
Pen Nib
This is one of eight pen nibs in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum that were used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son. In 1875 William Smith bought the shoe shop at 58 Bath Street, where ...
Pen Nib
This is one of eight pen nibs in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum that were used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son. In 1875 William Smith bought the shoe shop at 58 Bath Street, where ...
Pen Nib
This is one of eight pen nibs in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum that were used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son. In 1875 William Smith bought the shoe shop at 58 Bath Street, where ...
Pen Nib
This is one of eight pen nibs in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum that were used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son. In 1875 William Smith bought the shoe shop at 58 Bath Street, where ...