Greek Reporter1d
How Homer’s Epics Survived After the Fall of the Ancient Greek World
Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.
Greek Reporter1d
Why Renaissance Thinkers Saw Italy as the “New Ancient Greece”
Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?
Knewz on MSN1d
Lost Works of Mathematician Apollonius Hidden in Ancient Arabic Manuscript, Proof of Intellectual Exchange
Lost Works of Mathematician Apollonius Hidden in Ancient Arabic Manuscript, Proof of Intellectual Exchange Apollonius, the ...
No exaggeration: Scientists rediscover lost works of Apollonius in a 17th-century manuscript
The manuscript had been forgotten in the library, part of a collection acquired by Dutch Orientalist and mathematician Jacob ...
Saint Louis University1y
Facsimiles of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
The Vatican Film Library holds more than 200 full or partial facsimiles of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. A manuscript facsimile is a published, printed photographic reproduction that captures ...
Smithsonian Magazine1mon
How Archaeologists Discovered Europe’s Oldest-Known Book, Revealing Never-Before-Seen Insights Into Ancient Religion and Philosophy
Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ...
Saint Louis University11mon
Knights of Columbus Vatican Film Library
Languages and cultural traditions represented include Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic ... The library possesses a collection of original medieval and Renaissance manuscript leaves and codices, as well as ...