Harvard University

A Humorous Skeleton

At the end of the fifteenth century, simplified versions of medical charts featuring an image of the “Zodiac Man” began to appear in Books of Hours. The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division contains many examples of these printed editions, one of which uses a skeleton in place of the Zodiac Man.

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#Paranormal

In a new Joe Rogan podcast, the British physicist Brian Cox argued that we hold a great responsibility for prolonging our civilization because it might be the only source of meaning in the cosmos. However, in the big scheme of the cosmos, the future existence of humans might not matter, for the same reason that the extinction of dinosaurs did not attract cosmic attention. Humans arrived at the cosmic scene only over the last percent of a percent of cosmic history and nobody at cosmological distances might care about it. Other cosmic players may have no interest in making their…

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American Classics

During the 17th and 18th centuries, classical languages were an important component of education in the North American colonies. Viewed through the lens of material and printing history, the books highlighted in this blog post provide a very human picture of classical studies in early America.

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