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Relics, writing, and devotion in early medieval Chelles

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 623-661, November 2026.
The discovery in 1983 of a collection of relics with their medieval identificatory tags in the parish church of Chelles opened new avenues for research on devotional and writing practices in this Frankish royal foundation. This is the first systematic study of the corpus of relic labels that accompanied these sacred objects, particularly of the subset ...
Ana de Oliveira Dias
wiley   +1 more source

[Lincoln Portraits]

Two portraits of Abraham Lincoln taken three years apart.The upper picture is the famous "tousled hair" pose. It was taken in Chicago while Lincoln was attending a lawsuit and campaigning for the new Republican party.
Hesler, Alexander
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150th anniversary of The Physiological Society. Building on the breakthroughs of Dr Florence Buchanan: Advancing the frontiers of muscle physiology

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Damian M. Bailey, Colleen S. Deane, Jakob Škarabot, Grith Højfeldt, Guido Ferretti   +4 more
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Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 601-622, November 2026.
Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared this perspective faced a choice when renouncing all worldly possessions in pursuit of spiritual perfection, one not merely about luxury, but also about status
E.T. Dailey, Justin Pigott
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Teaching about the birth of synchrotron light: the role of Frascati and a missed opportunity. [PDF]

J Synchrotron Radiat
Margaritondo G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Decorated bodies for eternal life: A multidisciplinary study of late Roman Period stucco-shrouded portrait mummies from Saqqara (Egypt). [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
Zesch S, Gander M, Loth M, Panzer S, Sutherland ML, Allam AH, Badr I, Thomas GS, Wetzig S, Zink A, Rosendahl W.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 838-852, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
wiley   +1 more source

Freak to queer bodies: affirming the grotesque in contemporary art. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Mello J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Roman Bridge

general view, Roman bridge crossing a modern bridge, (which represents one of the dominant characters of Lebanon, a marriage of the past and present ...
unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Letter from the editor. [PDF]

Hum Vaccin Immunother, 2021
europepmc   +1 more source