The All Souls Real-Time Reading Companion

The All Souls Real-Time Reading Companion Page 5

by Deborah Harkness

  DAEMONS

  Daemons are creative, artistic creatures who walk a tightrope between madness and genius. They live life in a chaotic fashion yet show great affection for those around them who share their ideals. Daemons are exceptionally talented and often have a love for music.

  The origins of daemons are complicated, with many being born into human families who are unaware of their offspring’s unusual character.

  HUMANS

  Humans are rational, sensitive beings who thrive in the company of others. They show talent in many different ways, ranging from academic interests to more practical endeavours. The humans in A Discovery of Witches are aware that their interactions with creatures are unusual but they often turn a blind eye to the peculiar activity of the ‘others’ in their midst.

  If you could be a witch, daemon or vampire, which would you choose?

  To discover more behind the go to www.adiscoveryofwitches.co.uk and www.deborahharkness.com, and for regular updates follow Deborah on Twitter @debharkness and Facebook www.facebook.com/AuthorDeborahHarkness

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  Inside Duke Humfrey’s, the Bodleian ‘Library, Oxford’: photo (unmodified) © David Iliff (ht­t­p­s://c­o­mmons­.wik­imedi­a.org/wiki/­File:­Du­ke_H­umfr­ey%27s_Lib­rary_­Inter­ior_2,_­Bodl­eian_­Library­,_Oxfo­rd,_U­K_-_Diliff­.jpg)

  New College Lane: photo (unmodified) © Pierrot Heritier 2015 (http://p­her.ch/­photos/­cities/ox­ford/sl­ides/Oxfor­d,%20N­ew%20­College%­20Lane%­­203.html)

  The Bridge of Sighs: photo (unmodified) (https://co­mmon­s.wikimedi­a.or­g/wiki/­File:1_oxfo­rd_bridge_of_si­ghs_20­12.jpg)

  The Isis towpath and pub: photo (unmodified) © Steve Daniels (https:­//commons­.wikim­edia.org/wi­ki/File:­The_towpath_­next_t­o_the_Isi­s_-_­geograph.o­rg.uk_-­_12536­28.jpg)

  Christ Church Meadow: photo (unmodified) © tejvanphotos (https­://www­.flickr.com/phot­os/tejvan/6­191501297/sizes/l)

  Speke Hall: photo (unmodified) © Daviessimo (http:­//commo­ns.m.wik­imedia.or­g/wiki/F­ile:­Speke_Hal­l,_Live­rpool.j­pg#­mw-jum­p-to-l­icense)

  Chatelherault Country Park: photo (unmodified) © Alistair McMillan (http:­//commo­ns.m.wikime­dia.org­/wiki/Fil­e:AM_H­un­ting­_Lodg­e.jpg#­mw-jump-to­-license)

  New College Cloister, Oxford University: photo (unmodified) © Simon (https://c­ommons.­wikimedia.or­g/wiki/F­ile:New­_Colleg­e_clois­ters.jpg)

  Holywell Street, Oxford: photo (unmodified) © Jim (htt­ps://commons.wikimedia­.org/wik­i/File:New­_College,_H­olywell_Street,­_Oxford.­jpg)

  Courtyard of the Bodleian ‘Library, Oxford’: photos (unmodified) © Deborah Harkness

  All Souls College gates: photo (unmodified) © Tony Hisgett (https://com­mons.wikim­edia.org­/wiki/Fil­e:All_Sou­ls_C­ollege_Ga­te_(5647159­701).jpg)

  Inside Duke Humfrey’s, the Bodleian ‘Library, Oxford’: photo (unmodified) © David Iliff (h­ttps:­//common­s.wik­imedi­a.org/wiki­/File:D­uke_Hu­mfrey­%27s_­Library_­Interior_1,_B­odleian_Lib­rary,­_Oxf­ord,­_UK_-_D­iliff.jpg)

  Chateau Dauphin: photo (unmodified) © Groumfy69 (https:/­/commons­.wikimedia­.org/w­iki/File:Ch­%C3%A2tea­u_Dauphin_-_­Facade.JPG)

  Andalusian Horse: photo (unmodified) © Just chaos (https://commo­ns.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andalu­sian.jpg)

  Andrea del Sarto, Portrait of a Man: PD (http://c­ommon­s.wikimedia­.org/wiki/F­ile:Andrea_del_­Sarto_-­_Portr­ait­_o­f_a_­Man.jpg)

  Image from Splendor Solis: photo (unmodified), PD, The British Library (http://ww­w.bl.uk/catal­ogues/ill­uminate­dma­nuscripts/ILLU­MIN.ASP?Size=m­id&Ill­ID=28027)

  Chateau de Murol: photo (unmodified) © Fabien1306 (https://co­mmons.wi­kimedia.­org/wiki/File:­Chateau_de_murol_­auvergne.jpg)

  ‘Stag-headed’ oak: photo (unmodified) © Kate Jewell (htt­ps://commons.wiki­media.org/w­iki/File­:Stag-head­ed_oa­k,_Crox­ton_Park_-_­geograph.org.uk­_-_608537.jpg)

  Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder: photo (unmodified) © DougW (https://c­ommons.wiki­media.org/­wiki/File:­1961-ferrari­-rc.jpg)

  Ysabeau’s Scribble Ring: photo (unmodified) © Janet Cadsawan (shop.cadsawan.com)

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  17th century English commonplace book: photo (unmodified), PD, Beinecke Library (http://brbl-­dl.library.yal­e.edu/vuf­ind/Record/35­22020)

  Blackwork embroidery - Portrait of Simon George by Hans Holbein the Younger (1536/7): photo (unmodified) © The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (https://commons.wikimedia.­org/wiki/File:Hans_Ho­lbein_d._J._056.jpg)

  Blackwork embroidery - English blackwork cushion cover, late 16th century: photo (unmodified) (htt­ps://en­.wiki­pedia­.org/­wiki­/File:­Englis­h_co­ver,_­AIC­.jpg)

  The Archivo General de Indias, Seville: photo (unmodified) © José L. Filpo (https://commons.wi­kimedia.­org/w­iki/File:A­rchivo_Gen­eral_de_Ind­ias.­_Sevilla.j­pg)

  Sir Walter Raleigh: PD (http­s://common­s.wiki­media.org­/wik­i/File­:Rale­igh-Walte­r-Sir­-LOC­.jpg)

  Chateau de Fougeres: photo (unmodified) © Indian Joe (https://comm­ons.wikimedia­.org/wiki/Fi­le:Ch%C3%A2teau_­de_Foug­%C3%A8re­s.jpg)

  Château de Baugé: photo (unmodified) © Skouame (http:/­/commons.wik­imedia.org/w­iki/File:Ch­%C3%A2teau­_de_Baug%C­3%A9_-_Fa%­C3%A7ade_arri%C3%­A8re_(2­011).jpg)

  Saint-Benoit-du Sault (2&3): photo (unmodified) © Iago17 (http­s://commons.w­ikimedia­.org/wiki/­File:S­aintbenoitd­usault2.JPG) (https://c­ommons.­wikimedi­a.org/wiki/Fil­e:Saintbe­noitdu­sault3.JPG)

  Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum (History of the Franks): photo (unmodified), Bibliotheque nationale de France, Manuscrits Latin 17655 fol.2 (https://commons­.wikime­dia.org/w­iki/­File­:Gr%C­3%A9g­oire_de­_Tours,­_Histoir­e_des_Fran­cs,_l­ivres_­1_%C3%­A0_6,_pa­ge_de_fr­ontispic­e.jpg?u­selang=fr)

  Sant’Appolinare in Classe, Ravenna: photo (unmodified) © Zitumassin (https://c­ommons.wik­imedia.org/w­iki/Fil­e:Sant%2­7Apoll­inare_in_­Class­e,_Rav­enna.jpg)

  Portrait by Lavinia Fontana of an anonymous ‘Lady of the Court’ c.1590: PD (http://www.wiki­art.or­g/en/lavinia­-fontana­/portrait­-of-a­-lady-­of-the-­cour­t-159­0)

  Oronce Fine: PD (http­s://co­mmons.wikim­edia.­org/wiki/­File:Oro­nce_F­ine.JPG)

  Detail from a London panorama, Visscher, 1616: PD (htt­ps://c­ommons.wi­kimedia.­org/wik­i/File:Lon­don_panorama­,_16­16b.jpg)

  Frost Fair of 1683: PD (https://co­mmo­ns.­wikimed­ia.org/wi­ki/File­:Frost­_Fair_of­_1683.­JPG)

  Great Frost, 1608: photo (unmodified), Houghton Library, Harvard University (https­://com­mons.wi­kimedia.­org/wi­ki/File:H­ought­on_STC_1­1403_-_Gr­eat_F­rost,_1­608­.jpg)

  Image from ‘Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book’: PD (http­s://co­mmons.w­ikimed­ia.org/­wiki/F­ile:­Brie­f_His­tory_o­f_Woo­d-eng­raving_­Christ­ian_Pray­ers_Eliza­beth.png)

  Detail from a portrait of Elizabeth I, Nicholas Hilliard c. 1599: PD (https:­//common­s.wikimed­ia.­org/wiki­/File:Eli­zabeth_I_o­f_Engl­and­_Hardw­ick_15­92.jpg)

  Images (5) from the Ripley Scroll (Yale University): photos (unmodified) © Deborah Harkness

  Arbor Dianae: photo (unmodified) © ΛΦΠ (https­://commons.wiki­media­.org/wiki/­File:Arbr­e_de_Diane_(d­%C3%A9ta­il_b­as)_2­3.jpg)

  Dragons (2): 2D scan (unmodified) PD (http://vint­agepri­ntable.com/vi­ntage-printab­le-mediev­al-mythology-fanta­sy-monster­s-and-­various-b­eings/anim­al-mon­ster-­italian-­dragon/) (http://vintag­eprintable.co­m/vintage-p­rintable­-medieval-my­thology-fan­tasy-monsters­-and-va­rious-be­ings/­monste­r-medie­val-dragon/)

  Detail from the Ripley Scroll, Yale University: photo (unmodified) © Deborah Harkness

  Portrait of John Dee: PD (https://c­ommons.wiki­media.org/wiki­/File:John_Dee­_As­hmolean­.jpg)

  Portrait of William Cecil: PD (ht­tps://c­ommon­s.wikim­edia.or­g/wiki/Fi­le:Will­iam_Cec­il_­Lor­
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  Portrait of Elizabeth Brydges c. 1589: PD (https://­commons.wik­imedia.­org/wi­ki/File­:Elizabeth_Br­ydges_1589­.jpg)

  Model of Richmond Palace: photo (unmodified) © Daniel Newman (http://en.wi­kipedia.or­g/wiki/File:­Model_of_Richmon­d_Palace.j­pg)

  Richmond Palace, Wyngaerde 1562: (https­://­commons.wi­kimedia.org/w­iki/File:Wyn­gaerde_Richmond_­1562.jpg)

  Portrait of Elizabeth I: PD (http­s://common­s.wikimedi­a.org/wiki­/File:Elizab­eth_I_in_Parl­iament_Ro­bes.jpg)

  Vaksala Runestone: photo (unmodified) (https://­commons.­wikimedia.or­g/wiki/File:Vaksa­laste­nen.jpg)

  House in Prague, Mala Strana district: photo (unmodified) © Deborah Harkness

  The Trees Have Ears and the Field Has Eyes by Hieronymous Bosch: PD (https:/­/common­s.wikimedia.­org/wiki­/File:Th­e_T­rees­_Have_Ea­rs_and_th­e_Field_­Has_Eyes_b­y_Hiero­nymus_Bo­sch.jpg)

  Mira calligraphiae monumenta, Joris Hoefnagel: PD (htt­ps://common­s.wikime­dia.org/­­wiki/File:Hu­ngarian_-_­Mira­_calligraph­iae_monu­menta_-_Googl­e_Art_­Project.jpg)

  Portrait of Joris Hoefnagel: PD (https://commo­ns.wikimedia.­org/wiki/File:­Portr­ait_of_Jor­is_Hoe­fnagel.jpg)

  Diana and Actaeon, Joris Hoefnagel: PD (http:­//commons.­wikimedia.org/wiki/­File:Jor­is_Hoefnagel_-_Dia­na_and_Actaeon­_-_WGA11­452.jpg)

  Young Komondor: photo (unmodified) © Kari ja Leena (https://commo­ns.wikimedia.org­/wiki/F­ile:Warlo­ck2.jpg)

  Old New Synagogue, Prague, metal sign near Herr Maisel’s house, grave of Rabbi Lowe and the Jewish Cemetery: photos (unmodified) © Deborah Harkness

  Bird of prey, Merlin: photo (unmodified) © Just a Prairie Boy (https:/­/commons.wikim­edia.org/wik­i/File:M­erlin_prey­_fen­cepost_Cochr­ane_cro­pped.jpg)

  The Great Hall, Prague Castle: photos (unmodified) © Deborah Harkness

  Portrait of Rudolf II, c. 1594: PD (https­://commons.­wiki­media.­org/wiki/F­ile:Joseph_Heint­z_d._%C3%8­4._002.jpg)

  Emblem of the Order of the Defeated Dragon: photo (unmodified) © CristianChirita (https://en.wi­kipedia­.org/wiki/Fil­e:Dragon­_order_insi­gnia.jpg)

  Historic marker, Greenwich Palace: photo (unmodified) © Richard Croft (https://comm­ons.­wikimedia.o­rg/wiki/F­ile:Placen­tia_-_geog­raph.org.uk_-_115­4521.jpg)

  Image of Bankes and Marocco: PD (https­://commons.­wikimedia­.org/wiki­/File:Mar­occus_e­xtati­cus.png)

  Portrait of Thomas Harriot: PD (https://c­ommons.wiki­media.org/wiki/Fi­le:ThomasHarri­­ot.jpg)

  Herengracht by Jan van der Heyden: PD (http://ww­w.the-athen­aeum.or­g/art/de­tail.ph­p?ID=66437)

  Spyker C8 Spyder: photo (unmodified) © Thecodemaster (http­s://commons.­wikimedia.org­/wiki/File­:Brough­tonsspyker.jpg)

  Title page of Love’s Labour’s Lost: PD (https://commo­ns.wikim­edia.org/wi­ki/File:L­oves_labou­rs_­tp.jpg)

 

 

 

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