What it tells us about the past: The Book of Kells is a large illuminated manuscript ... Trojan War Insular manuscripts are characterized by their elaborate initial letters, and are often ...
THESSALONIKI, Greece — Crime-solving techniques applied to a medieval illuminated ... Greek letter Phi, the English F. “It’s a Phi that stands out, and is similar” in both the manuscript ...
Auctioneer Christian Hesse holds a handwritten letter by Franz Kafka. A century after the death of Franz Kafka, a five-page original manuscript and a letter from the writer were auctioned in ...
Letters (undated) to Henry Russell advising him as to her movements, and expressing her concern at the state of the world during the war, singing opera in Australia etc.
frescoes and illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages. Until the 12th century, pictorial references to Jews were generally neutral and even approving. But from roughly A.D. 1100 to 1500 ...
Guest: Rosalind Rosenberg is Professor of History Emerita at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of several books including Beyond Separate Spheres: Intellectual Roots of Modern ...