Greek Reporter2d
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 MSN2d
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 ...
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 ...
Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition
Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...
Greek Reporter13d
The Byzantine’s Hidden Impact on Education
Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.
The New York Times27d
In African Publishing, ‘There Is a Renaissance Going On’
“There is a renaissance going on,” Ominiabohs said in a phone interview from Lagos. “We are on the cusp of a new era.” But Aidarus also wanted to find and publish new Kenyan talen ...
HUB29d
Stern Center page turners
We put a 1,000-year-old illuminated manuscript in front of a first-year undergraduate ... literature" and building a rare book collection of his own—mostly of Renaissance Greek imprints. As he wound ...