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Fantastic Beasts in Medieval Christianity

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David Danced: Christianity and Music in the Medieval World

This video discusses the relationship between Christianity and music in the medieval world. This is both in terms of depictions of music in scripture and related texts as well as the usage of music…

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The Renaissance of the 12th Century: An Introduction

This video briefly introduces the causes, developments, prominent figures, and historiography of the 12th-century renaissance. In particular, the video highlights the contributions of Adelard of…

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A Document of Sale from Medieval Egypt

We discussed item 27 in Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett Additional Box no. 20. This document of sale was written in 980 CE on behalf of the Coptic Christian Yuhānnis ibn Suqayna and his wife…

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Introduction to Zoroastrian Manuscripts

This short introduction to Zoroastrian manuscripts will briefly touch on the origins of the Zoroastrian religion, as well as key texts and languages associated with it.

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University of Pennsylvania Library's Ms Codex 1881 - Astronomical treatises and tables

An astronomical compendium that contains texts, diagrams, and tables related to the computation of the relative positions of the celestial bodies. Written in Germany in 1481, it is a paper codex with…

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Penn Library's LJS 445 - Prenosticatio (Video Orientation)

Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 445 - Prenosticatio, by Johannes Lichtenberger. Written in Nuremberg, Germany, after 1488, in Middle High German. German…

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Coffee With a Codex: Astrology, Astronomy, Religion (LJS 361)

Coffee With A Codex is an informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak Curator Dot Porter and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll…

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Penn Library's LJS 388 - [Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah]. = [ملخص في الهيئه]. (Video Orientation)

Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 388, an astronomical textbook arranged in two chapters with an introduction and containing five diagrams. Copy completed on…

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Where are the Romans? What Attila's War Reveals about Barbarian Integration in the Late Roman Empire

This video touches on issues regarding the assimilation of non-Romans into the late Roman military. Attila's invasion, climaxing with the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (Chalons) is used as a…

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Penn Library's LJS 57 - Astronomical anthology (Video Orientation)

Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 57 - Astronomical anthology. A collection of astronomical texts, including a copy of a treatise on the calendar originally…

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Anti-Pollution Measures and the Common Good in Medieval Paris

Sarah McDougall interviews Emily Hutchinson about the creation of story maps for understanding anti-pollution measures in medieval Paris, France.

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Shepherd of Hermas (Discussion of an Ancient Christian Text)

An educational interview with Chance Bonar (PhD cand., Harvard) on the ancient Christian text Shepherd of Hermas. In this video, we cover introductory issues, the language of enslavement present in…

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Hip Hop and the Grail

Richard Sévère juxtaposes content from hip-hop and medieval texts in this latest Medieval Meets Modern contribution. Produced for Princeton University's Middle Ages for…

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Ariella Elema, "Anatomy of a Duel: Jean de Carrouges versus Jacques Le Gris"

What really happened at the so-called Last Duel (the subject of the movie by the same name)? Ariella Elema has contributed a mini lecture for Middle Ages for Educators to explain such duels in…

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FPUL Small Talk: ‘The Eccentricities of a Scholar’s Library’ with John V. Fleming (A Virtual Event)

Professor John Fleming discusses his extensive personal library, which includes 16th century Italian editions of the works of Petrarch as well as 10 folio volumes of The Cornelius à…

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