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USA: ARCHIMEDES MANUSCRIPT AUCTIONED AT CHRISTIE'S
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A one-thousand year-old parchment copy of notes written by the Greek mathematical genius Archimedes has sold for two million U-S dollars in New York.
But the sale at Christies auction house wasn't without controversy.
Greek...
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Aga Khan museum of Islamic art opens in Toronto
The first North American museum solely devoted to Islamic artifacts has opened in Toronto.
With over 1,000 objects spanning more than ten centuries, the Aga Khan Museum aims to win hearts and minds over to a moderate view of Islam.
The...
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Duchess of Cornwall visit to Oxford University
CLEAN: Interior shots of Camilla Duchess of Cornwall visiting the Bodleian Library at Oxford University on 26th January 2022 in Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Sotheby's auctions poems, doodles and manuscripts created by John Lennon
Whimsical drawings, poems and short stories from two humorous books John Lennon produced in the 1960s fetched skyrocketing prices at auction Wednesday (4 JUNE 2014), including $209,000 (USD) for a nine-page parody of Sherlock Holmes.
The...
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Race to restore valuable historical books and digitise them for online
At the start of the 20th century, an urgent call went out across the Middle East from Arab leaders in Jerusalem: send us your books so that we may protect them for generations to come.
Now, 90 years later, the al-Aqsa mosque library is...
Bridgeman Arts
The Wonders of the Creation and the Curiosities of Existence by Zakariya 'Ibn Al-Qazwini - Part 1
The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence was compiled in 1270 by Zakariya Qazwini, a judge living in Wasit in Iraq. It remained popular reading for centuries. It is an illustrated compendium, which describes the many marvels...
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The Wonders of the Creation and the Curiosities of Existence by Zakariya 'Ibn Al-Qazwini - Part 2
The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence was compiled in 1270 by Zakariya Qazwini, a judge living in Wasit in Iraq. It remained popular reading for centuries. It is an illustrated compendium, which describes the many marvels...
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What may be the world's oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence.
CLEAN: Interior interview with Susan Worrall the Head of Special Collections at University of Birmingham. on July 22, 2015 in Birmingham, England.
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The Wonders of the Creation and the Curiosities of Existence by Zakariya 'Ibn Al-Qazwini - Part 3
The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence was compiled in 1270 by Zakariya Qazwini, a judge living in Wasit in Iraq. It remained popular reading for centuries. It is an illustrated compendium, which describes the many marvels...
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British library digitises oldest Bible
London, UK - 4 August 2005
1. The Codex Sinaiticus in its case at the British Library
2. Tilt up of Greek writing
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Scot McKendrick, head of the Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts Department, British Library:
4. Man...
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CLEAN : Timbuktu manuscripts face an uncertain future
CLEAN : Timbuktu manuscripts face an uncertain future
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Milo Yiannopoulos Sues Simon & Schuster
Polarizing right-wing writer Milo Yiannopoulos has filed a $10 million lawsuit over a canceled book deal. Yiannopoulos resigned from the conservative website Breitbart News earlier this year after comments he made about sexual...
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Milo Yiannopoulos Sues Simon & Schuster
Polarizing right-wing writer Milo Yiannopoulos has filed a $10 million lawsuit over a canceled book deal. Yiannopoulos resigned from the conservative website Breitbart News earlier this year after comments he made about sexual...
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Possibly the World's Oldest Quran Manuscript
CLEAN: Interior shots of an ancient Quran manuscript radiocarbon dated as at least 1370 years old and written in the ancient arabic script of Hijazi. The manuscripts consists of two parchment leaves and contains parts of suras 18 to 20....
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DOJ Seeking Emergency Order To Block Publication Of John Bolton's Book
"In the Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir" is expected to be released Tuesday.
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Safavid Splendour
Named after Sheikh Safi-ad-din Is'haq Ardabili (1252 - 1334), a leader of a sufi Order from Ardabil, the Iranian region reached a new cultural period of splendor under the rule of the Safavid dynasty. In Tabriz, in Herat and in Isfahan,...
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Auction of the largest private collection of poems, doodles and comic drawings by John Lennon
Whimsical drawings, poems and short stories from two humorous books John Lennon produced in the 1960s fetched skyrocketing prices at an auction in New York on Wednesday, including 209-thousand US dollars for a nine-page parody of...
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Battle to preserve centuries-old manuscripts rescued from militancy
Researchers in Mali are battling to preserve thousands of historic manuscripts.
The documents were smuggled from the north of the country, when it fell under the control of Islamic militants.
But the climate in Bamako is damaging the...
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VOICED : Un librero uruguayo atesora joyas literarias
En un rincon de la Plaza Independencia de Montevideo un librero custodia con pasion manuscritos y primeras ediciones de Garcia Lorca Onetti Borges Neruda Saint Exupery y Bunuel
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CLEAN : Rome displays manuscripts and books that have shaped Europe
An exhibition of 186 manuscripts opens in Rome including the first printed edition of the Divine Comedy by Dante
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CLEAN : Prousts rare personal archives headed to auction in Paris
CLEAN : Prousts rare personal archives headed to auction in Paris
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CLEAN : Literary treasures abound in a Montevideo bookshop
Tucked into a corner of Montevideos Plaza Independencia first editions and manuscripts by the likes of Antoine de Saint Exupery Pablo Neruda and Alfonso Reyes are housed in an unassuming bookshop
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CLEAN : Fleeing Islamists target
In Timbuktu retreating Islamists burnt priceless ancient manuscripts and destroyed famous mausoleums a last defiant act of vandalism by the radicals in this fabled city before fleeing a French led offensive. CLEAN : Fleeing Islamists...
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CLEAN : Mexico: exhibition of manuscripts to reveal pre-Hispanic past
CLEAN : Mexico: exhibition of manuscripts to reveal pre-Hispanic past