Thursday, March 8, 2012

Word for the day -- Redowa

A redowa is a Czech dance, kind of like an energetic waltz, that was popular in Victorian ballrooms.

That was very short, so here's a little extra that I learned at the same time.  In London, before 1924, printed works that were deemed worthy of legal protection were not marked as "copyrighted."  Instead, they bear the label "Ent. Sta. Hall," which stands for "Entered at Stationer's Hall."  The Stationer's Hall, as best as I can tell, is the official headquarters of what is now the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, originally founded in 1403 as the Stationer's Company, one of the original Livery Companies of the City of London.  Protection of copyrights appears to be one of their main duties in the contemporary era.

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