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Thomas Grisell letter to Thomas Rotch, 2nd mo 19th 1823
No full textThomas Grisell's letter reached the Rotch household several months before the unexpected death of Thomas Rotch in August, 1823. This is the last letter of the series and presumably the author learned of his friend's death before another letter was penned. 7.95" x 10" (20.2 by 25.5 cm
Failed Censures: Ecclesiastical Regulation of Women’s Clothing in Late Medieval Italy
No full textChurchmen in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries tried to regulate the costume of Italian women. These efforts failed, and regulation was largely left thereafter to civic authorities.The published version was published as Chapter 3 in Medieval Clothing and Textiles 5Izbicki, Thomas M. (2009), "Failed Censures: Ecclesiastical Regulation of Women’s Clothing in Late Medieval Italy" in Netherton, Robin and Owen-Crocker, Gale R., eds., Medieval Clothing and Textiles 5 (Boydell Press), 37-53ISBN: 9781843834519 (published book)Peer reviewe
Western medieval legal manuscripts in the collections of the University of Pennsylvania
No full textWestern legal manuscripts of the Middle Ages in North American collections are among the least known to scholars. The University of Pennsylvania has a rich collection of these texts, several of which were in the collection of the historian Henry Charles Lea. Included are works of civil law and canon law, as well as collections of papal letters and guides to pastoral care. The descriptions of most of these manuscripts in the catalog of Norman P. Zacour and Rudolf Hirsch are perfunctory, sometimes erring or omitting valuable information. Other manuscripts were added in recent years in the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection. Much of this material is being added to the Franklin online catalog of the University’s libraries, but researchers frequently do not search these digital resources. This article provides more complete guidance to the University’s medieval legal manuscripts than any of the existing catalogs offers, whether in print or online. It also provides updated bibliographic information in print or online. Every manuscript has been examined by the author in situ. Among the important works represented in the collection is the Panormia (a work of canon law often attributed to Ivo of Chartres). Authors present include the curialist Thomas of Capua, canonists Petrus de Braco, William of Pagula, Bernardus Raimundi, Adam of Aldersbach, Raymond of Peñafort, and civil lawyers Baldus de Ubaldis, and Bartolus de Saxoferrato. Three of these manuscripts were owned in the past by Sir Thomas Phillipps
Forbidden Colors in the Regulation of Clerical Dress from the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to the Time of Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464)
No full textMedieval canon law attempted to distinguish clergy from the laity by restricting their dress choices. The article focuses on prohibition of wearing red or green on the street. Both colors were identified with the nobility.The published version was published as Chapter 7 in Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1Izbicki, Thomas M. (2005), "Forbidden Colors in the Regulation of Clerical Dress from the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to the Time of Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464)" in Netherton, Robin and Owen-Crocker, Gale R., eds., Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1 (Boydell Press),105-114ISBN: 9781843831235 (published book
Serious games and cyber behavior
No full textSince the introduction of Pong and Space Invaders as arcade games in the 1970s, computer games have had a significant impact on how we spend our leisure time. Prensky (2001) stated that: "Computer and videogames are potentially the most engaging pastime in the history of mankind." The strong appeal of games continues with the market for Video gaming predicted to exceed 90 billion US dollars in 2020 (WePC, 2020). The leading scholars in the area of serious game include Clark C. Abt of Abt Associates (Abt, 1970); Mark Prensky (Award winning internationally acclaimed keynote speaker and author) (Prensky, 2001); Kurt Squire at the University of California-Irvine (Squire, 2004); Constance Steinkuehler at the University of California-Irvine (Steinkuehler, 2004); Sara de Freitas at Wey Education PLC (De Freitas & Oliver, 2006); James Paul Gee formerly of Arizona State University (Gee, 2007); Simon Egenfeldt-Nielson at Serious Games Interactive (Egenfeldt-Nielsen, 2007); Ben Sawyer of Digitalmill Inc. (Sawyer & Smith, 2008); Clark Aldrich of SimuLearn (Aldrich, 2009); Jacob Habgood at Sheffield Hallam University (Habgood & Ainsworth, 2011); Jane McGonigal at SuperBetter Labs (McGonigal, 2015); Alessandro De Gloria and Francesco Bellotti at the University of Genoa (De Gloria, Bellotti & Berta, 2014); Elizabeth Boyle and Thomas Hainey at the University of the West of Scotland (Boyle et al., 2016); Patrick Felicia at the Waterford Institute of Technology (Abdul Jabbar & Felicia, 2015); Matthew Barr at Glasgow University (Barr, 2019); Nicola Whitton at Durham Centre for Academic Development (Whitton & Langan, 2019) and Sylvester Arnab of the Disruptive Media Learning Lab/Centre for Post-digital Cultures at Coventry University (Arnab, 2020)
Thomas Crutchfield account book, 1848-1861
No full textA book containing business accounts, including details about travel expenses and the purchase and sale of lumber as well as other goods and services. The author also catalogs personal spending, the dates and pricing of properties offered for rent, and the purchase and leasing of enslaved people. Many entries are consistent with the business activities of Thomas Crutchfield Sr., who died in 1850. Someone continued to make entries in the book for activities dated up to 1861
Thomas Crutchfield account book, 1848-1861
No full textA book containing business accounts, including details about travel expenses and the purchase and sale of lumber as well as other goods and services. The author also catalogs personal spending, the dates and pricing of properties offered for rent, and the purchase and leasing of enslaved people. Many entries are consistent with the business activities of Thomas Crutchfield Sr., who died in 1850. Someone continued to make entries in the book for activities dated up to 1861
Thomas Hazard Jr letter to Thomas Rotch, New York 6 mo 10, 1821
No full textThe author acknowledges receipt of letters after the Rotch return to Kendal, Ohio in the late spring of 1821. Thomas Hazard mentions that his whaling ship, Dawn, has sailed to the Pacific Ocean with 23 hands on board and provisions for three years. He hopes to visit Kendal in the Fall, he also mentions that William Rotch Jr was recovering from a fever.
7.9" x 10" (20 by 25.5 cm
Thomas of Marga's Monastic History and Other Texts
No full textBedjan here offers in his customary manner (i.e. in fully vocalized east Syriac script) several texts: Thomas of Marga’s Monastic History of Bet ‘Abe (also known as the Book of Governors), ‘Ishodnah’s Book of Monastery Founders, Homilies on Joseph by Narsai, and a collection of texts from Leo the Great (the Tome), Nestorius, Sahdona (Martyrius), and the Testament of St. Ephrem (in a different redaction than those previously published). The volume is prefaced with an introduction in French. This range of materials will be of interest to every reader concerned with the theology and history of Syriac Christianity.Includes introduction in French
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