tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post6789696175516685623..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: An All-Seeing 18th c. Man of MysteryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-38276912801727061662015-10-15T12:57:55.346-04:002015-10-15T12:57:55.346-04:00I'm researching the history of a historical ho...I'm researching the history of a historical home I recently purchased in Massachusetts and came across a textbook that references a similar (if not the same) standard that was believed to be taken from the French during the French and Indian War and maintained in the family of Captain Benjamin Williams.<br /><br />https://books.google.com/books?id=UgoWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA390&lr=&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q=%22benjamin%20williams%22&f=false<br /><br />Hope this helps!!Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05956024695504168824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-70807027035541095082015-05-05T07:23:53.524-04:002015-05-05T07:23:53.524-04:00Head of Argus, slain by Mercury?Head of Argus, slain by Mercury?J.L.Bellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-69172090905239941762015-05-04T16:38:45.108-04:002015-05-04T16:38:45.108-04:00Also from Aspery catalog:
Baker, Sir Richard.
A c...Also from Aspery catalog: <br />Baker, Sir Richard.<br />A cHRONIcLE OF tHE KINGS OF ENGLAND.<br />From the Time of the Romans Government Unto the Raigne of Our Soveraigne Lord King Charles. Containing All Passages of State & Church, with All Other Observations Proper for a Chronicle. Faithfully Collected Out of Authours Ancient and Moderne; & Digested into a New Method. By Sir R. Baker, Knight.<br />London, 1643. First edition. Folio. Engraved title and frontispiece. Binding of late 17th / early 18th century brown calf boards, gilt stamp of crest (a cock standing on a trumpet) and motto on both covers ‘Vigilantibus’ (Acheson or Gosford families), corners bumped, spine rebacked and endpapers replaced. £2,600 http://www.asprey.com/.../Fine_and_Rare_Books_2010.pdfShannon Gallaghernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-5047715775216733152015-05-04T16:21:35.935-04:002015-05-04T16:21:35.935-04:00Found a reference to name on bldg in Edinburgh in ...Found a reference to name on bldg in Edinburgh in 18th c. <br />https://books.google.com/books?id=4KdAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA413&lpg=PA413&dq=vigilantibus%2018th%20century&source=bl&ots=KzPXYJ-fr0&sig=oAy6D56ecY7fKOxcWQlMDp55ccc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u9JHVbPTNcWKsAWH8ICIBg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=vigilantibus%2018th%20century&f=falseShannon Gallaghernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-45271700059435265302015-05-04T14:21:06.854-04:002015-05-04T14:21:06.854-04:00Argos is the many-eyed watchman, servant of Hera i...Argos is the many-eyed watchman, servant of Hera in Greek mythology, set to watch Io. Possible connection?<br />Best regards,<br />Zena HerbertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-75455474150531230572015-05-04T13:43:57.748-04:002015-05-04T13:43:57.748-04:00Harkens back to Greek mythology and Argus, the gia...Harkens back to Greek mythology and Argus, the giant who was covered with 100 eyes...Tilda E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05851202095798049172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-55750237294287098132015-05-04T07:44:10.256-04:002015-05-04T07:44:10.256-04:00Interesting, but also rather unpleasant. It's ...Interesting, but also rather unpleasant. It's the kind of image that could give a child (or even a nervous adult) nightmares.Lillian Marekhttp://lilmarek.indiemade.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-44157701938561851882015-05-04T03:03:57.204-04:002015-05-04T03:03:57.204-04:00'vigilantibus'is an adjective used as a no...'vigilantibus'is an adjective used as a noun (dative or ablative plural)and not a verb.<br /><br />If you google the word, you find several versions of a Latin tag meaning 'the laws serve the vigilant, not those who sleep'.<br /><br />These words would seem to be more suitable to the American rebels. Wasn't their beef that their rights were not respected? <br /><br />http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Vigilantibus+et+non+dormientibus+serviunt+legesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com