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Early modern eyebrow interpretation, or what it means to have a unibrow
- ttctciyf 12y agoLeading criminologists were inferring criminal tendencies from eyebrow type well into the late 19th century in Europe. Specifically, Cesare Lombroso's[1] theory of Anthropological Criminology listed, amongst a number of other characteristics such as large ears and (if I remember my criminology class) supernumerary nipples: "bushy eyebrows, tending to meet across nose"[2] as a physiognomic feature useful in identifying "criminal man." [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Lombroso [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropological_criminology#The_theory
- evincarofautumn 12y agoEven as someone with a good deal of experience reading Middle and Early Modern English, the spelling still sometimes gets me. “Desceuynges” = “deceivings”.