Biological Warfare in the 17th Century [PDF]
To the Editor: In an article that reviews evidence of a plot to use plague to break the siege of Candia during the Venetian–Ottoman War of the 17th century, Dr. Thalassinou and her colleagues (1) identify an incident previously unknown to historians of biological warfare.
W. Seth Carus
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Rickets in the 17th Century [PDF]
Abstract Rickets was first documented as a cause of death in the Bills of Mortality for The City of London in 1634, but detailed descriptions were only published between 1645 and 1668. It was thought at the time that this was a new disease in England, but there was no indication as to the cause of the condition.
J. L. H. O’Riordan
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The Program of Monumental Painting in St. Savva’s Chapel of the Nativity Cathedral at the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery [PDF]
The article is devoted to the general analysis of the monumental painting program of 1649–1650 in St. Savva’s Chapel of the Nativity Cathedral at the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery near Zvenigorod.
Gribkova Anna I.
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Book Review of: Contrafacta. Modes of music re-textualization in the late sixteenth and seventeenth century, eds.
Nicolò Ferrari
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Między lękiem a koniecznością: motyw wojny w utopiach XVII i XVIII wieku
The war seems an inappropriate element in the commentary on utopian texts. Yet it is one of the recurring motifs in fictions about Elsewhere in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Stanisław Świtlik
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Pieśni nabożne o piekle... i Wieczność straszliwa [...] na uchronę potępienia (1692) – uwagi o nieznanym polskim druku Stefana Wielowieyskiego [PDF]
This article contains observations on the content of a hitherto unexplored Old Polish work of the late 17th century on religious and eschatological themes.
Teresa Banaś-Korniak
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DIMMING OF THE 17TH CENTURY SUN [PDF]
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Roald Schnerr+3 more
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“I’ll write the short chronicle for my own purpose...” Archbishop Pahomiy’s Chronograph and Russian amateur historians of 17th century [PDF]
In attention center of this work is a Chronograph compiled by Astrakhan’ archbishop Pahomiy in the middle of 17th century. This is one of the so-called ‘chronographs with special composition’ based on later variants of Russian Chronograph.
Savinov Mikhail
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Loomad Rootsi-aegse Tartu ülikooli meditsiinitöödes [PDF]
At the Swedish-period University of Tartu there were four medical works which described or mentioned animals in some connection. Animals were often used as metaphors in these works in order to draw parallels with humans.
Kaarina Rein
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Apprentices and Organization of Apprenticeship in the Armory Chamber of the 17th Century
. The article is devoted to the study of the organization of the training of craft personnel in the court gunsmith of the Russian tsars in the 17th century.
Sergey P. Orlenko
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