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1 month agoDaily briefing: Galileo's notes discovered in the margins of an ancient book
Tectonic plates moved 3.3 billion years ago with higher oxygen levels; Galileo's annotations discovered in 400-year-old Ptolemy text; rotator cuff degeneration common in older adults regardless of symptoms.
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1 month agoNew Medieval Books: The Medieval Moon - Medievalists.net
In this book of moons, I am writing for people for whom the medieval world and its literatures and arts may be unfamiliar. I hope that in telling the stories of medieval moons, I also introduce these readers to the wonderful, mesmerising realm of medieval texts and images. But I also hope that this book may be useful to those with greater familiarity with medieval languages, literatures, and arts.
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1 month ago25 of the Best Things to Do in Florence
Pallabazzer recommends seeing the historic center of Florence at different times of the day. In the early morning, you'll get to experience it "without noise and the pressing pace of crowds." Midday brings droves of visitors, but the destination is "bathed in sunshine." In the evening, "the lights of the street lamps stretch out over the Lungarni [the streets along the Arno River], creating a truly magical effect."
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2 months agoNew Medieval Books: Twenty-Five Women Who Shaped the Italian Renaissance - Medievalists.net
Italian women between 1450 and 1650 played influential roles across politics, literature, art, music, science, and religion, leaving lasting cultural and intellectual legacies.
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2 months agoNew Medieval Books: Interconnected Traditions - Medievalists.net
This open-access book brings together more than thirty essays on languages and the ways they develop, interact, and influence one another. Its main focus is the Middle East, where Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic long existed side by side and often overlapped in everyday use, scholarship, and culture. In line with Geoffrey (Khan)'s commitment to the maximally accessible dissemination of research, this Festschrift has been published in both open-access digital editions and affordable printed formats.
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