Tag Archives: Abraham Cresques Catalan Atlas

disturbed but preserved

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Dave

After two millennia, the words still strike with amazement, the visions still transport us, there are still secrets only half discovered.Most of the ancient books have been destroyed either intentionally or accidentally, hatred and forgetfulness have obliterated vast treasures of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Aaron ben Moses ben Asher, Abraham Cresques Catalan Atlas, Akkadian words, Aristophanes, Babylonian King Hammurabi, Bram Stoker, Catalan Atlas, Hammurabi Law Code, Hungarian Angevin Legendary Hungary, Karl Marx, Livy historian, Livy History of Rome, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maimonides, Neil MacGregor British Museum, Pompeii frescoes, Stele of Hammurabi, The Aleppo Codex, Vatican Library | Leave a comment

rambam: mono( theism) in surround sound

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Dave

Accusations of prophecy both true and false, fly fast and furious. The jabbing and sparring, the parrying of the opponent in preparation for the great revelation from some ultimate message, messianic of sorts, which will reveal for once and for … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Abraham Cresques Catalan Atlas, Christopher Hitchens, Eldon Rutter, Georges Vajda, Girolamo da Treviso, Laurie Goodstein, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maimonides, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Norman Stillman, Peter Howson, Richard Burton, Tariq Ramadan, The Dead Sea Scrolls, The Great Isaiah Scroll | Leave a comment

nok culture: nok, nok, who’s there? yoruba! yoruba who?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Dave

A common stock of philosophical and metaphysical speculation and belief. An internal coherence , secret wisdom and apprehension of realities equal to what the white man conceives themselves to have attained… If we look at the courtly arts of Ife … Continue reading →