Isidore-of-Seville.com

December 19, 2002 9:17 AM

Alexander. Hieroglyphs. The Vinland Map. D-Day. Rob Roy. And much more. At Isidore-of-Seville.com, Timothy Spalding has quietly assembled an unusually rich, assiduously maintained collection of web guides and resources on selected historical subjects.
posted by staggernation (7 comments total)

I especially like the sites for ancient astrology and Sir Richard Burton, both intended to save you from the nightmare of attempting a web search on those terms and getting endless results pertaining to, respectively, horoscopes and Liz Taylor's ex-husband.
posted by staggernation at 9:21 AM on December 19, 2002

Yeah, Tim Spalding's great; this is one of the best such sites on the web. I can't believe it hasn't been posted here before. Well done!
posted by languagehat at 9:58 AM on December 19, 2002

Roman Sites Try this location for a wide variety of links from a Roman/Classical starting point. Nothing on Liz's nth husband though, but you might end up with information on Antony and Cleopartra!
posted by newlydead at 9:58 AM on December 19, 2002

Any friend of Richard F. Burton's is a friend of mine (but no reference to Fawn M. Brodie's The Devil Drives on the Books About Burton page??). Can't wait to dive through the rest of these links.
posted by rushmc at 10:09 AM on December 19, 2002

[this is good] - thanks staggernation!
posted by madamjujujive at 9:49 PM on December 19, 2002

A real treasure. It even has Procopius' "Secret History" in full, translated in English!
Wow! Thank you staggernation...
posted by talos at 3:24 AM on December 20, 2002

Great links staggernation, thank you.
posted by Tarrama at 5:17 AM on December 20, 2002