In the mid-18th century, workers at Herculaneum discovered ... Tischendorf promised Alexander he would turn over the valuable manuscripts to the Russian Orthodox Church after he translated them.

PanARMENIAN.Net - A printed scroll-shaped amulet from 1717 has been added to Matenadaran's rare manuscript collection. The ...

Over time, artists began to depict them in paintings, such as The Medical Alchemist (see image), an archetypal 18th-century piece by Austrian artist ... a mortar and pestle and a manuscript with ...

But by the 18th century the Republic of Venice was in decline ... which gave women a certain social prestige. A manuscript by Cristina Roccati from an astronomy lesson she held in Rovigo between ...

HSP is one of the largest family history libraries in the nation, has preeminent printed collections on Pennsylvania and regional history, and offers superb manuscript collections renowned for their ...