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Release of lead from Renaissance lead-glazed ceramics from southern Denmark and northern Germany: implications from acetic acid etching experiments

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2022
Lead-glazed potsherds from archaeological excavations at six Renaissance (1536–1660 CE) sites in southern Denmark and northern Germany have been subjected to etching experiments using 4 wt% acetic acid.
Kaare Lund Rasmussen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ukrainian Cloth Weaving in the Grip of the Imperial Policy of Muscovy (18th century)

open access: yesКиївські історичні студії, 2023
The article examines the formation and development of cloth manufacturing in Ukraine in the 18th century. The effects of the policies of the Muscovy governments on economic processes in the Hetmanate are emphasized.
Oleksandr Gurzhii
doaj   +1 more source

Like My Aunt Dorothy: Effects of Conversational Styles on Perceptions, Acceptance and Metaphorical Descriptions of Voice Assistants during Later Adulthood [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Little research has investigated the design of conversational styles of voice assistants (VA) for adults in their later adulthood with varying personalities. In this Wizard of Oz experiment, 34 middle-aged (50 to 64 years old) and 24 older adults (65 to 80 years old) participated in a user study at a simulated home, interacting with a VA using either ...
arxiv   +1 more source

The Sword with the Sleeve Cross-Guard in the Fresco from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar Island

open access: yesStudia Ceranea, 2021
There is an indisputable fact that in Medieval Armenia, as in most countries of the Middle Ages, the sword was a popular (but expensive) type of weapon. However, what did these “swords” look like?
Raffaele D’Amato, Dmytro Dymydyuk
doaj   +1 more source

Textiles and environment in the showcase containing Saint Canute the Holy († AD 1086): Radiocarbon dating and chemical interactions

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2020
The cathedral in Odense, Denmark, has for nine centuries held the relics of the Danish King St Canute the Holy and his brother Benedikt. They were both murdered in the predecessor church at the site in AD 1086, and Canute was sanctified in already in AD ...
Poul Grinder-Hansen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correction to: Investigations of the relics and altar materials relating to the apostles St James and St Philip at the Basilica dei Santi XII Apostoli in Rome

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2021
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Kaare Lund Rasmussen   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Gameplay Uncertainty, Display Type, and Age on Virtual Reality Exergames [PDF]

open access: yesCHI 2021, 2021
Uncertainty is widely acknowledged as an engaging gameplay element but rarely used in exergames. In this research, we explore the role of uncertainty in exergames and introduce three uncertain elements (false-attacks, misses, and critical hits) to an exergame.
arxiv   +1 more source

Pope Honorius (625–638) – a Pacifist or a Doctrinal Arbiter?

open access: yesStudia Ceranea, 2020
The purpose of this article is to analyze the standpoint of Pope Honorius (625–638) at the early stage of the controversy over operation in Christ. Patriarch Sophronius (633/634–638) expressed his protest against the statement on one operation in Christ ...
Oleksandr Kashchuk
doaj   +1 more source

Earth’s middle age [PDF]

open access: yesGeology, 2014
This research was funded through Natural Environment Research Council (grant NE/J021822/1) and the APC was paid through the RCUK OA block grant.
Peter A. Cawood   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

About the Bosporos Oil of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and the Byzantine “Greek Fire”: Archaeological Evidence

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2019
Introduction. The article discusses information sources of the 10th – 11th centuries about the oil fields in the area of the Bosporus needed to produce the secret offensive weapon of the Byzantine Empire, i.e. the famous “Greek fire”. Methods.
Valeriy E. Naumenko
doaj   +1 more source

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