From Four Easter Letters

From Four Easter Letters

Historical letters about spring, translated from different languages and times

1. from Athens, circa 357 BC ; 2 from Norway, circa 145 BC, written by a woman; 3. from Jerusalem, 8th year of governance of Pontius Pilate; 4. Edinburgh, Easter 1887--all about the coming of spring

Text by Unknown

Initial by Helen Hay

Tailpiece by Unknown

Patrick Geddes & Colleagues

Spring 1895

Public Domain

Source: 1) Ryerson University Library Archives and Special Collections; 2) Private Collection (Dennis Denisoff)

Yellow Nineties 2.0, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities

English

Image, Text

Letters

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3 Nov. 2015, KF; 27 Oct 2017, ljk

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