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Reading Dürer in Late Sixteenth‐Century Padua: Matteo Macigni (ca. 1510–1582), His Library and the Annotated Institutionum geometricarum (Paris, 1535)

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to the history of material culture and intellectual biography by definitively identifying the Paduan scholar Matteo Macigni (ca. 1510–1582) as the author of the annotations found in a 1535 copy of Albrecht Dürer’s Institutionum geometricarum currently preserved in Vicenza.
Laura Moretti
wiley   +1 more source

Humanism at the Council of Constance. Diego de Anaya, Classical Manuscripts and Education in Salamanca

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 469-488, June 2026.
Abstract Due to their prolonged and multicultural nature, councils functioned historically as hubs for the exchange of ideas, discourse, diplomacy and rhetoric, reflecting broader cultural trends. In the Middle Ages, no international forums were comparable to ecumenical councils, where diverse and influential groups from various regions convened to ...
Federico Tavelli
wiley   +1 more source

The Acts of Eadburg: drypoint additions to Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Selden Supra 30

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 195-230, May 2026.
In 1913, two drypoint additions were identified in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Selden Supra 30 (SS30), an eighth‐century Southumbrian copy of the Acts of the Apostles. It was suggested that these additions, cut into the membrane of p. 47, were abbreviations of the Old English female name, Eadburg. Just over a century later, many more drypoint markings
Jessica Hendy‐Hodgkinson
wiley   +1 more source

Turning Up the Volume on Reading in Middle Childhood: A Systematic Review of Shared Reading Practices With Children Aged 7–11

open access: yesReading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 2, April/May/June 2026.
This systematic review synthesizes what is currently known about shared reading with children aged 7–11 years old. The findings demonstrate a clear tendency towards instructional strategies, which produce only moderate outcomes. Simultaneously, by exploring how parents are conceptualized within shared reading interactions, the review finds that parents
Faith Berry   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

On language, (inter)disciplinarity, and collaboration with local scholars in Papua New Guinea environmental anthropology

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 190-205, April 2026.
Abstract How can anthropologists ensure the accuracy of the statements they make in their publications, especially in an era of ever increasing budgetary and bureaucratic pressures that limit the duration of fieldwork? What should the role of language abilities be in this context and to what degree is it necessary to learn the language of the place ...
Mark Collins, Tukul Walla Kaiku
wiley   +1 more source

An actionable framework for AI‐ready data

open access: yesAI Magazine, Volume 47, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
Abstract Data is the foundation of AI. Poor‐quality data drive up costs and can lead to hidden problems for AI models, especially in complex fields such as healthcare and manufacturing. Meanwhile, biased data negatively affect the performance of AI models, and untested evaluation datasets can result in false positives or overestimates of model accuracy.
Neil Majithia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Was Einhard a widower?

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 21-37, March 2026.
Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
wiley   +1 more source

Genetics of infertility and “assisted fertilization” in the Bible: The case of Abraham and his family

open access: yesAndrology, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 641-650, March 2026.
Abstract Couple infertility is a very ancient medical condition. One of the first descriptions of familial infertility/subfertility is contained in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, written in the 10th century BC and reporting tales from the oral tradition even occurred about 800 years earlier.
Manuela Simoni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Evolution of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Literature: A 50‐Year North American Bibliometric Review and Future Trends

open access: yesJournal of Cardiac Surgery, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Objective This study provides the first bibliometric analysis of minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) in North America, mapping its evolution, collaboration networks, and research trends while forecasting future scientific trajectories through 2050.
Samir Cubas W.   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘In the Manner of the Ancient Jewish Historians’: Parody and Satire, Panegyric and Censure in Eighteenth‐Century Mock Chronicles

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 233-257, September 2025.
Abstract In mid‐eighteenth‐century Europe, anonymous authors produced parodic satires masquerading as earnest exemplars of the chronicle form. Couched in an antiquated, quasi‐biblical register, these mock chronicles drew flimsily fictional portraits of modern life.
Zachary Garber
wiley   +1 more source

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