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  1. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › articleThe man who died searching for the Lost City of Z

    Jun 13, 2024 · One document in particular fascinated Fawcett. Known as Manuscript 512 and written in Portuguese, it is purportedly an account by adventurers and fortune hunters.

  2. tnarch.gov.in › gomlGovernment Oriental Manuscripts Library (GOML)

    4 days ago · He collected a large number of manuscripts, coins, inscriptions, maps ete., bearing on the literature, religion, history, manners and customs of the people not only from different parts of India but also from Ceylon and Java.

  3. www.britannica.com › topic › alphabet-writingAlphabet - Arabic, Script, Letters | Britannica

    Jun 30, 2024 · The Arabic alphabet probably originated at some time in the 4th century ce, but the earliest extant Arabic writing is a trilingual inscription—Greek-Syriac-Arabic—of 512 ce.

  4. www.nlm.nih.gov › hmd › medievalMedieval Manuscripts: Treatises on Medicine

    Jun 13, 2024 · The manuscript consists of more than forty widely varying texts. They cover the spectrum of medical learning as it was defined in the Middle Ages and illustrate a pivotal moment in the history of medicine.

  5. www.britannica.com › science › eclipseEclipse - Medieval Europe, Astronomy, Sun-Moon | Britannica

    Jun 18, 2024 · Arabic manuscript containing records of the eclipses of 993 (solar), 1001 (lunar), 1002 (lunar), and 1004 ce (solar), from the Hakemite Tables compiled by the Cairo astronomer Ibn Yūnus around 1005. (more)

  6. libguides.usc.edu › MedRenMSSandRareMatStudies › artMedieval Studies and Research: Manuscripts: Art & Techniques

    Jun 27, 2024 · Many beautiful illuminated manuscripts survive from the Middle Ages and can be seen in libraries and museums throughout Europe. But who were the skilled craftsmen who made these exquisite books? What precisely is parchment? How were medieval manuscripts designed and executed? What were the inks and pigments, and how were they applied?

  7. libguides.usc.edu › MedRenMSSandRareMatStudiesMedieval Studies and Research: Illuminated Manuscripts ...

    Jun 27, 2024 · Publication Date: Oxford, UK : Shire Publication, 2017. Illuminated Manuscripts describes the origin and history of illumination in the Middle Ages, covering the artists and their techniques, and the patrons who commissioned them.