On November 27th, 43 BC the so-called "Lex Titia" legalized the Second Triumvirate of Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus; with this, the Triumvirate was officially given the power to make or annul laws without the…
"Almost that passage had made morning there And evening here, and there was wholly white That hemisphere, and black the other part, When Beatrice towards the left-hand side I saw turned round, and gazing at…
"Peacock and hedgehog", illumination from the manuscript "Spiegel der Weisheit", ms. Egerton 1121, f. 74r, ca. 1430, British Museum, London. The vanity of a peacock is reproved by a modest hedgehog, who rolls into…
"Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere", illumination from the manuscript "Lancelot du Lac", ms. Royal 20 D IV, f. 1r, ca. 1360-1380, British Library, London. This illumination portrays King Arthur engaged in conversation with his barons,…
World Prematurity Day has been observed worldwide on 17 November since 2011. Its aim is to raise awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of preterm babies and their families. The idea behind WPD was born in…
Facsimile of the opening historiated page from Alfonso V of Aragon's copy of the "Divina Commedia", ms. Yates Thompson 36, f. 1r, between 1444 and c. 1450, British Library, London. The historiated initial, a capital…