Verona.

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, . . . (Prologue 2)

• A Romeo and Juliet Itineraries

  Includes photos of "Juliet's House," "Romeo's House," and "Juliet's Tomb." Site visited 15 November 2005.

Buckler.

Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, of the house of Capulet, armed with swords and bucklers . . . (1.1.1, s.d.)

• The Sword & Buckler Tradition - Part 1

  A historical article, with plenty of pictures, on the site of ARMA (The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts). Site visited 15 November 2005.

Stockfish ("poor John").

Gregory: 'Tis well thou art not fish; if thou hadst, thou hadst been poor-John. Draw thy tool! here comes two of the house of the Montagues. (1.1.30-32)

• Lofoten Stockfish Museum

  Who would have guessed that there would be a museum devoted to dried fish? The site shows two handsome specimens hanging from their tails. Site visited 15 November 2005.

Bills and Partisans.

Citizens: Clubs, bills, and partisans! strike! beat them down!(1.1.73)

• Bills -- English polearms

  On the Therion Arms site. A polearm is a weapon consisting of a metal head mounted on a long wooden pole, like a spear. The bill heads pictured here look really nasty. Site visited 15 November 2005.

• Conservation Research Laboratory Reports:  Composite Wood/Iron Artifacts:  Pole Arms/Partisans:  La Salle Shipwreck Project, Texas Historical Commission

  Scroll down to see many partisan heads. There is also a very informative text. Site visited 15 November 2005.

"grove of sycamore"

Benvolio:  A troubled mind drave me to walk abroad;
Where, underneath the grove of sycamore
That westward rooteth from the city's side,
So early walking did I see your son     (1.1.120-123)

• Sycamore Grove

"the bud bit with an envious worm"

"Is to himself--I will not say how true--
But to himself so secret and so close,
So far from sounding and discovery,
As is the bud bit with an envious worm,
Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air

• Rose Bud with Worm Holes

Plantain Leaf.

Romeo: Your plantain-leaf is excellent for that (1.2.51)

• Plantain Plant

  The plantain leaf is still considered a good thing to use on little owies.

Cupid.

Benvolio: We'll have no Cupid hoodwink'd with a scarf (1.4.5)

• Venus Blindfolding Cupid

  Cupid is being "hoodwink'd with a scarf"; he has his head in the lap of Venus, so we can only see his back and his tiny wings. Site visited 9 November 2002.

Dovecote ("dove-house").

Nurse: For I had then laid wormwood to my dug,
Sitting in the sun under the dove-house wall;
My lord and you were then at Mantua . . . .(1.3.24-26)

• Seventeenth Century -- The Dovecote

  Photo of a stone dovecote from the early 17th century. Shakespeare may have been living when this was built. Site visited 15 July 2002.

• Clifton Village Green

  Scroll down the page (and listen to some folk-dance music) to find exterior and interior photos of a dovecote. Site visited 15 July 2002.

Marzipan ("marchpane").

Good thou, save me a piece of marchpane . . . (1.5.7-8)

• Marzipan

  This almond-paste confection is still making appearances at special occasions.

Holy Shrine.

If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. (1.5.93-96)

• Pilgrim Praying at a Shrine

Juliet on the Balcony.

Romeo: See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand! (2.2.23)

• Philip H. Calderon. Juliet, exhibited in 1888.

  At Harry Rusche's Shakespeare Illustrated site. To me, it's not a very convincing picture. I see a girl in a drab green dress posing for a picture. Site visited 21 July 2002.

Glorious.

Romeo: O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o'er my head
As is a winged messenger of heaven . . . . (2.2.26-29)

• Madonna in Glory with the Child and Saints.

  At the Web Gallery of Art. Notice the glorious halo; it looks like a church window decorated with flowers whose centers are cherubs. Site visited 10 September 2002.

• Christ in Glory, 1931.

  This 20th-century mural provides a good sense of the meaning of Romeo's phrase "glorious to the night." Site visited 10 September 2002.

Peter, the Nurse, and Juliet.

Nurse: I am a-weary, give me leave awhile:
Fie, how my bones ache! what a jaunce have I had! (2.5.25-26)

• Henry P. Briggs. Juliet and the Nurse, 1827.

  At Harry Rusche's Shakespeare Illustrated site. Site visited 21 July 2002.

Friar Laurence, Nurse, and Romeo.

Nurse: O holy friar, O, tell me, holy friar,
Where is my lady's lord, where's Romeo?
Friar Laurence:  There on the ground, with his own tears made drunk. (3.3.81-83)

• William Hatherell. "Where's Romeo?" c. 1912.

  At Harry Rusche's Shakespeare Illustrated site. Supposedly, Romeo is weeping, but it looks more like he's praying. Site visited 21 July 2002.

Juliet, Romeo, and Friar Laurence.

Come, come with me, and we will make short work;
For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone
Till holy church incorporate two in one. (2.6.35-37)

• Henry William Bunbury. Romeo and Juliet with Friar Laurence, 1792-96.

  At Harry Rusche's Shakespeare Illustrated site. Oddly, Juliet looks as though she's reluctant to marry Romeo. Site visited 21 July 2002.

Romeo Departs at Dawn.

Romeo: Farewell, farewell! one kiss, and I'll descend. (3.5.42)

• Ford Madox Brown. Romeo and Juliet, 1867.

  At Harry Rusche's Shakespeare Illustrated site. Dynamic painting, illustrating the conflict between the desire to stay and the need to depart. Site visited 21 July 2002.

• Frank Dicksee. Romeo and Juliet, 1884.

  At Harry Rusche's Shakespeare Illustrated site. Very romantic painting. Site visited 21 July 2002.

Juliet's Apparent Death.

Paris: Have I thought long to see this morning's face,
And doth it give me such a sight as this? (4.5.41-42)

• Frederic Leighton. Count Paris . . . c.1856-58.

  At Harry Rusche's Shakespeare Illustrated site. Paris, at the center of the picture, looks quite old and a bit like a vampire. Site visited 21 July 2002.

Mattock and Crowbar.

Romeo: Give me that mattock and the wrenching iron. (5.3.22)

• Yahooligans! Reference: American Heritage Dictionary -- Mattock

  This is a digging tool that you raise over your head and then swing downward. The very thing for tunneling into a grave quickly. Site visited 22 July 2002.

• Yahooligans! Reference: American Heritage Dictionary -- Crowbar

  The "crow of iron" or "wrenching iron" hasn't changed in 400 years. Site visited 22 July 2002.

Lantern.

Romeo: A grave? O no! a lantern, slaughter'd youth,
For here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes
This vault a feasting presence full of light (5.3.84-86)

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  Part of the Cupola site, which "offers galleries of cupolas, historic architecture, art, & picturesque landscapes." Shows the "interior of dome & lantern/cupola" of a 17th-century church in Rome. Site visited 12 September 2002.

• Victorian Station: Windsor Castle: A Photographic Tour

  Scroll down to the photo entitled "Lantern Lobby." The construction was finished in 1994, but the look of the room is medieval. Site visited 12 September 2002.

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