[MR] eyeglasses / Re: Atlantia Digest, Vol 81, Issue 51

[Garth G. Groff]

Lord Janos,

No, but thanks for the tip. As I remember the image, it was a portrait 
of a high churchman in red, a Cardinal or possibly a pope. He was seated 
on the left (viewer's left, that is) of the frame, with a small table to 
the right. There were several objects on the table, including a pair of 
spectacles, which (as I remember then) were bifocals. I believe the date 
of the painting was around 1600. I thought I originally saw it in the 
Smithsonian about three years back, but a search of the bound volumes 
for the last ten years turned up nothing.

Maybe I dreamed this.

Kind regards,


Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot
(mka Garth Groff)



Smith CTR Jeffrey C wrote:
>  Was it this one?  http://blog.aurorahistoryboutique.com/tag/medieval-eyeglasses/
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> Barcsi Janos
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> Subject: [MR] eyeglasses / Re: Atlantia Digest, Vol 81, Issue 51
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>> Now if I could only just relocate the picture I saw of an early pope 
>> or cardinal seated next to a table holding a pair of bi-focals, I 
>> would be very happy. Take that, Ben Franklin.