Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Friday, December 15th, 2006
Right now the Painted Page exhibition at the new Folio Society Gallery @ the British Library is showing Images of medieval life in the Luttrell Psalter. You can view the original 13th Century illuminated mansuscript in the John Ritblat Gallery also at the BL.
The exhibition uses a mix of facsimile ...
Posted in British Library, Folio Society, Galleries and Exhibitions, History, Illuminated Manuscripts, John Ritblat Gallery, London, Manuscripts, Medieval, Medieval Art, Middle Ages, Social History, Technology | No Comments »
Monday, August 7th, 2006
The original Da Vinci Code?
With the international success of the bestselling novel The DaVinci Code, esoteric subjects have been enthusiastically ...
Posted in Books and Literary Things, Da Vinci Code, Esoterica, Grail Myths and Legends, Hermetica, History, Mythology and Folklore, Priory of Sion, conspiracy theory, original da vinci code | 10 Comments »
Saturday, January 21st, 2006
omniglot: a guide to written language. An interesting site. I found it while I was browsing for information on the occitan language { Provençal is a dialect of Occitan}
Posted in Books and Literary Things, Encyclopaedia, Etymology, History, Linguistics, News & info, Thoughts, Websites | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
There is a huge area to cover to really get our teeth into the problem with the current economic system, and understanding of economics full stop. there's the whole minefield of understanding 'Economics', understanding how it is interpreted by policy practitioners, and the epistemological bases of what currently passes as ...
Posted in History, Monetary Theory and Reform, News & info, critique of economics | 1 Comment »
Monday, October 24th, 2005
the history of halloween is interesting. not least as its ancient roots - derived from ancient celtic traditions - are lost in the mist somewhere.
the pre-christian europeans had four major pagan festivals: candlemas, beltane, lammas and samhain. Samhain which was celebrated on the 31st of october ( or around at ...
Posted in History, Old things | 7 Comments »