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POPSThe Legend of the Bell Witch Andrew Jackson even had a run-in. The Bell Witch is the subject of the movie, "An American Haunting", starring: Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek. The Bell Witch is often referred to as the most documented haunting in American history.
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POPSThe Romance of Alexander the Great The gorgeous full and half page illuminated manuscript miniatures seen above - definitely click through to large and very large versions for the full impact - were produced by the workshop of the Flemish illuminator, Jehan de Grise, between 1338 and 1344.
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POPSResearcher uncovers secrets of Kells 'angels' more (at source): The monks could then refine any disparities by minimizing the apparent vertical depth of the images -- ultimately replicating the design element to submillimeter precision. Cisne proposed the idea in the July 17 issue of the journal Perception (Vol. 38, No. 7). The paper suggests that the technique, called free-fusion stereocomparison, which takes advantage of the brain's ability to perceive depth by integrating the slightly different views from each eye, was known nearly a thousand years before it was articulated by stereoscope inventor Sir George Wheatstone in the 19th century. Cisne analyzed the most detailed illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages, created between 670 and 800 A.D., including the Book of Kells (circa 800 A.D.); some have as many as 30 lines per centimeter.
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POPSMore pieces of World's Oldest Bible found Wow! Based on the current rate of discovery, if they keep finding these new pieces every month we should have all the holes filled in about five years. lol. JK. Amazing discovery. Everybody check the bindings of your old books!
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POPSTomb May Hold Answer to How Much Shakespeare Actually Wrote Saunders insists it is worth exploring. “Fulke spent the equivalent of £300,000 today on a marble sarcophagus at St Mary's,” he told the Telegraph. “No man would build something like that and leave it empty. There is definitely something down there and we want to find out what it is.” Were the numerous works, including plays and poems, attributed to William Shakespeare really written by the actor from Stratford-upon-Avon? There have been plenty of scholars convinced otherwise, and candidates other than Greville include Sir Francis Bacon, fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe and others.
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POPS Hidden Gobi Desert relics found more: The current Austrian-Mongolian treasure hunt team found two more boxes. Mr Eisenriegler told the BBC World Service they were filled with "the most amazing Buddhist art objects". "It is of tremendous value for Mongolian culture because Buddhism was almost extinct in the Communist times, especially in the 1930s. "I'm totally exhausted right now but I'm also totally impressed with what I've seen." The latest finds will be put on show at the Danzan Ravjaa Museum in Sainshand, 400km (250 miles) south of the Mongolian capital, Ulan Bator. About 20 boxes remain hidden in the desert.
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POPSThe Dead Sea Scrolls This is just a tiny bit taken out of the middle of the article. I always wondered why God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son.
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POPSLes plaisirs de Versailles M.A. Charpentier High resolution and stereo sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g13nuK... Les plaisirs de Versailles, H 480, little opera in one act Libretto: Anonymous Music: Marc-Antoine Charpentier First performance: 1682, in the Château de Versailles (salon d'Apollon)? In this recording: La Musique: Sophie Daneman, soprano La Conversation: Katalin Károlyi, mezzo-soprano Le Jeu: Steve Dugardin, countertenor Comus: Jean-François Gardeil, baritone Un Plaisir: François Piolino, tenor Patricia Petibon, Monique Zanetti, sopranos Fernand Bernadi, baritone Les Arts Florissants, conducted by William Christie Musicians: Serge Saïta, flute, piccolo Sébastien Marq, bass flute Simon Heyerick, Isabel Serrano, violins Kaori Uemura, bass viol Elizabeth Kenny, theorbo, guitar William Christie, harpsichord, organ Recorded on 20-23 May 1995 "In an annotated list of the manuscripts that Charpentier bequeathed to him, the composer's nephew claimed that Les Plaisirs de
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POPSCatalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts This catalog provides "a simple means to discover medieval manuscripts available on the web." Searchable, or browse by location, shelfmark, title, author, language. The site notes that " s the project develops, a richer body of information for each manuscript, and the texts in these codices, will be provided, where available." From the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of California, Los Angeles. URL: http://manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu/ LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/28150
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POPSSchindler's List Turns Up at Library Dr Pryke and colleague Steve Martin had another clue. The six boxes contained Tom Keneally's research papers, amassed when he wrote the 1982 Booker Prize-winning novel Schindler's Ark, later turned into the Oscar-winning movie Schindler's List.
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