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Tag Archives: Religion
1806: Blessed Among the Blessed
In the third canto of the Paradiso, Dante has arrived in the lowest sphere of Heaven with his guide Beatrice, who has just given him a long lecture about the origin of spots on the moon. There, he sees just … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Century, 1800's, 19th Century, Books, Christianity, Dante, Gian Giacomo Macchiavelli, Heaven, Italy, Poetry, Printmaking, Religion, The Moon
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1470: The Ox
Martin Schongauer: Ox (possibly with book) ~ symbol of St. Luke (1470-1490) In Christian iconography, the winged ox is the symbol of the evangelist Luke—traditionally seen as the animal of sacrifice and therefore linked to the sacrifice of Jesus himself.
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Tagged 15th Century, Animals, Christianity, Germany, Martin Schongauer, Oxen, Printmaking, Religion
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1878: The Great Physician
It is to the Nilometer [a submerged building built to measure and predict the Nile’s clarity and water level] that the island of Rods [Rhoda/Rawdah] owes its fame, and there is little else that the visitor will find worth seeing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Africa, Books, Egypt, Georg Ebers, Germany, Printmaking, Religion, Trees
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12th Century: Release from All Sorrows
Detail of the Manjushri Mandala at the Temple of the Great Translator, Nako, late eleventh to early twelfth century. The monumental paintings that have survived in the Guge caves and temple-monasteries guide the meditating monk, also the casual visitor, through … Continue reading
312 BC: A Musicians’ Strike in Ancient Rome
It is…a mistaken idea to suppose that strikes are modern inventions. They are indeed of ancient origin. Livy speaks of an organized strike in the year 312 b.c., the description of which, although sufficiently humorous to make a background to … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th Century BC, Ancient History, Labor, Livy, Music, Religion, Rome, Strikes, Unions
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1750: Falsos silogismos de colores
The Mexican feminist, philosopher, and poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651 – 1695) wrote in Latin, Spanish, and Nahuatl. While a nun, she wrote prose, poetry, and drama on love, the status of women, and religion. When her … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 18th Century, Feminism, Mexico, Miguel Cabrera, Painting, Poetry, Religion, Samuel Beckett, Sor Juana, Women
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5th Century AD: Wings of Parchment
Two pages from the Cologne Mani Codex, “a lump of parchment fragments the size of a matchbox,” that tells the story of the early life of Mani, the Persian prophet and the founder of Manichaeism. The work—made in 5th century … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th Century, Africa, Books, Dualism, Egypt, Manichaeism, Religion
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16th Century: The Throne Verse of the Qur’an as a Horse
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Tagged 16th Century, Animals, Art, Horses, India, Islam, Religion
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