Ancient books

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fol. 170r of the Book of Ballymote (AD 1390), part of the Auraicept na n-Éces, explaining the Ogham script. the page shows varianst of Ogham, nrs. 43 to 77 of 92 in total, including shield ogham (nr...

"I'm just going to write because I cannot help it." Charlotte Bronte

Woodcut frontispiece, zodiac man (p. 8), and tailpiece

The four gospels are preceded by a full-page portrait miniature of the appropriate evangelist. Per tradition, they are represented as contemporary scribes surrounded by all the tools of their

The sands of the Sahara have all but swallowed Chinguetti, a near ghost town found at the end of a harsh desert road in Mauritania, West Africa. Its majority of abandoned houses are open to the elements, lost to the dunes of a desert aggressively expanding southward at a rate of 30 miles per year. W

Many know that the ancient Egyptians had some interesting beliefs and rituals. One particular belief is that the Sahara Desert was the Land of the Dead.

20 janvier 2014 News from the new year Quinze jours sans vous donner de nouvelles, mais qu'étais-je donc en train de faire pendant tout ce temps? Je rangeais, car mes premiers visiteurs sont arrivés début décembre et les derniers ne sont repartis que...