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Being Lovesick Was a Real Disease in the Middle Ages
... c.1420. In MS 49 Wellcome Apocalypse, f.43r. Wellcome Library Such ideas were based on the ancient medical texts of ... Aldobrandino of Siena’s ‘Régime du Corps’. British Library, MS Sloane 2435, f.11v. France, late ... early 15th century. MS Bodl. 294, f.9r. Bodleian Library, Oxford University The entirety of John Gower’s ...
ancient-origins - 14/02/2017 - 13:48
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Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana: A Treasure Trove of Ancient Manuscripts
... saint is the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (the National Library of St. Mark’s). The Biblioteca Marciana is ... Bessarion, Petrarch also intended to donate his personal library to the Republic of Venice, though its contents never ... printers to donate a copy of every book published to the library. It is said that this was the first law of its kind ...
dhwty - 27/05/2015 - 00:09
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Aspidochelone: A Giant Sea Monster of the Ancient World and an Allegorical Beast
... Aspidochelone, from a 1633 manuscript in the Danish Royal Library. ( Public Domain ) According to the legend which ... Carolingian manuscript (8th century), Brussels, Royal Library of Belgium. ( Public Domain ) There are two more ...
Natalia Klimczak - 21/01/2016 - 03:47
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The Lost Knowledge of the Ancients: Were Humans the First? Part 1
... (6th century BC) in Athens was ravaged, the papyri of the library of the Temple of Ptah in Memphis were totally destroyed. The same fate befell the library of Pergamon in Asia Minor containing 200,000 volumes. ... in the seventeen-day fire in 146 BC, was said to possess a library with half-a-million volumes. But the worst blow to ...
Sam Bostrom - 05/06/2017 - 02:08
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Medieval Windmill Site Complete With Moat Uncovered In England
... medieval illustrated manuscript, (Courtesy of the British Library, Royal 10 E. IV, f.89/ MOLA ) Who’s who at the ... tired miller leaving their mill. (courtesy of the British Library, Yates Thompson 13, f.176v/ MOLA ) The Medieval ...
ancient-origins - 10/05/2024 - 14:31
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Egyptian Child’s Greek Homework from 1,800 Years Ago Goes on Display
... However, it is now set to take center stage at the British Library as part of the captivating interactive exhibition " ... Roly Keating, the esteemed chief executive of the British Library, marveled at this discovery. He remarked that "the ... However, in its archaeological context, an entry in the Library of the University of Michigan informs that “wax ...
ashley cowie - 07/01/2019 - 13:40
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Medieval Colonialism: The Danish Duchy Of Estonia
... Illuminated manuscript, Liber Vitae (1031) The British Library. ( Public Domain ) The Danish Rise To Power During ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 25/07/2022 - 20:57
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Publisher Wins Rights to Publish Mysterious Ancient Manuscript that Has Never Been Deciphered
... parchment will be reproduced. Yale University’s Beinecke Library, where the precious manuscript is currently being ... In fact, more than 90% of all the access to their digital library is for the Voynich manuscript. “We thought that the ... said Raymond Clemens, curator at the Beinecke library [via The Guardian]. “It also enables libraries ...
aprilholloway - 22/08/2016 - 21:45
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Doodles in Henry VIII’s Prayer Book Reveal Anxiety and Depression
... to Marry Anne of Cleves The find was made at the Wormsley Library near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire , within a copy ... another book entitled Dominicus Mirabellius. (© British Library Board C.45.g.9 / Rennaisance Quarterly ) Within Henry ...
Sahir - 28/06/2023 - 22:59
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Ten Odd and Mysterious Historical Finds of 2015
... times. Medieval Sword contains Cryptic Code. British Library appealed for help to crack it In 1825, a mysterious ... have been unable to crack it. This year, the British Library appealed to the public for help in solving this 800 ... The sword, which is currently on display at the British Library as part of the Magna Carta exhibition, has a steel ...
ancient-origins - 23/12/2015 - 14:47
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Ten Extraordinary Ancient Texts That Exploded Our Ancient Knowledge
... Paul Pelliot examining the Dunhuang manuscripts in the Library Cave at the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China, in 1908. ... taken to Beijing and can now be visited at the National Library of China. Although the Dunhuang Manuscripts contain ... is very different from the other documents in the Qumran library. In fact, it is so anomalous among the Dead Sea ...
Joanna Gillan - 26/04/2024 - 14:50
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4,000-Year-Old Relief Carvings and Decorated Stone Blocks Discovered in Temple of Serapis in Egypt
... roots of the Ptolemaic City The destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria Rosetta-style engraving lauding ... of Sarapis at Alexandria. It once included the temple, a library, lecture rooms, and smaller shrines but after many ...
lizleafloor - 23/07/2015 - 01:14
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Curious Cures: Cambridge to Publish Astonishing Medieval Medical Manuscripts
The Cambridge University Library has just launched an ambitious new initiative that ... manuscripts from medieval times. The Cambridge University Library has just launched an ambitious new initiative that ... project participants describe in a Cambridge University Library press release as “curious or questionable ...
Nathan Falde - 20/08/2022 - 15:01
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The Truth About Father Crespi and His Missing Artifacts Finally Revealed
... a subterranean cave system containing a metallic library, depictions of strange figures connecting America to ... in the Tayos Caves of Ecuador that contained a "Metal Library" and numerous golden artifacts and that it was these ... According to Moricz and Däniken, the so-called Metallic Library consisted of thousands of books made with metallic ...
Joanna Gillan - 09/03/2016 - 14:51
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When to Bathe and Bloodlet: The Oldest Text Printed in Norway is a Fortune-Telling Book
... writings. Postcard ‘At the Fortune Teller.’ ( National Library of Norway ) Movements of the Sun and the Moon It was ... book still exists – owned and stored by the National Library of Norway. Tyge Nielssøn’s stay in Christiania was ... the 1644 edition of the fortune-telling book. ( National Library of Norway ) Top Image: Pages in the 1644 Almanac. ( ...
ancient-origins - 25/03/2018 - 12:11
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The Secret Tunnels and Missing Manuscripts of Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey
... Books In August 2000, books began to go missing from the library at Mont Sainte-Odile. Suspicion abounded among the ... to vanish. “There was no sign of a break-in, yet our library was gradually being emptied," said the librarian ... sealed off room. Finally knowing how the thief entered the library, all that remained was to find out who it was and to ...
Kerry Sullivan - 25/09/2016 - 14:50
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Trajan's Column: An Unyielding Pillar of Imperial Strength
... surrounded by the ruins of Trajan's Market, the Ulpia Library and various other crumbling structures, Trajan's ... was once flanked by the Biblioteca Ulpia, —or the Ulpian Library—a library housing Greek and Latin literature in separate ...
Riley Winters - 03/09/2019 - 17:37
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AI Unlocks Secrets from Charred Herculaneum Scroll
... for deciphering hundreds of texts from the only preserved library of Greco-Roman antiquity. The Vesuvius Challenge ... into trade, fashion, or the elite's lifestyles? The Only Library Ever Recovered from Antiquity: The 1800 Scrolls of ... charred scroll that was examined was originally found in a library in a villa thought to be the home of a Roman ...
Joanna Gillan - 14/10/2023 - 14:57
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The Kangyur Written with 9 Precious Stones
... over 10 different Kangyurs are being kept by the National Library of Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar. One of these copies is ... the Kangyur written with 9 precious stones, the National Library of Mongolia . Photo source: UNESCO.org By Ḏḥwty ... [Accessed 8 April 2014]. The Tibetan and Himalayan Library, 2014. Introduction to the Kangyur and Tengyur ...
dhwty - 15/04/2014 - 03:26
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Famous Swiss Mummy is Given a Face Thanks to Forensic Technology
... an Egyptian mummy housed since 1820 at the São Galo Abbey Library, in St. Gallen, Switzerland, has had a facial ... an Egyptian mummy housed since 1820 at the São Galo Abbey Library, in St. Gallen, Switzerland, has had a facial ... Research Center in Sicily were commissioned by the Abbey Library to reconstruct her face digitally. After spending ...
Sahir - 20/01/2022 - 17:53