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With half a million items borrowed last year, it’s clear Prince Edward Island residents appreciate their public library system.

Medieval sex was subject to a number of rules and restrictions from the Catholic Church on when, why, how, and with whom one could have sex. Thank God no one listened!

NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Consulate General of France, Villa Albertine, and the Alliance française of New Orleans invite you to discover the world of

Raymond Clemens is the Curator of Early Books & Manuscripts at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library This image from a medieval Book of Hours (date uncertain) focuses on Jesus’s suffering and death. View full image Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library This image from a medieval Book of Hours (date uncertain) focuses on Jesus’s suffering and death. View full image Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library This image is from a French Boo...

Rare books auction includes important source for the study of da Vincis works Luca Pacioli, Divina proportione, Venice, 1509. Estimate: € 80,000. HAMBURG .- This masterwork would not exist if it hadn‘t been for Leonardo da Vinci. The friend and student of the acclaimed mathematician Luca Pacioli did not only give impetus to “Divina porportione“, but also made many drawings for this milestone of Renaissance geometry. On May 31 this important source for the study of da Vinci‘s works will be ...