Vanities of the Eye investigates the cultural history of the senses in early modern Europe, a
time in which the nature and reliability of human vision was the focus of much debate. In …

This essay is a critical historiographical overview of the recent literature on the writing of
sacred history (history of the biblical Jews and early Christians) and history of religion in …

Jesuit Science and the End of Nature's Secrets explores how several prominent Jesuit
naturalists-including Niccolò Cabeo, Athanasius Kircher, and Gaspar Schott-tackled the …

This paper explores the cryptographic aspects of bitcoin. Over two short primers (of
advancing specificity) the cryptography in bitcoin is described and contextualized. I offer a …

Museums should be invisible. I like art works and institutions that escape any physical
presence. Things you can carry in your mind or in your pockets. It's not a matter of laziness …

Some people and places important in the history of analytical chemistry in Italy |
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While the first healers were musicians who relied on rhythm and song to help cure the sick,
over time Western thinkers and doctors lost touch with these traditions. In the West, for …

This is the first collection of essays in any language on Aulus Gellius; its contributors, both
established and younger scholars, include Gellian experts looking out with specialists in …

The concept of stylus phantasticus (orfantastic style) as it was expressed in free keyboard
music of the north German Baroque forms the focus of this book. Exploring both the …

The teaching of Arabic in Rome was primarily guided by Catholic missionary activity. The
rise of the study of the languages, and especially eastern languages, was promoted by the …