Translation of “Mathematiques et formalisme” by Jean Cavailles and
Georges Canguilhem; with introductions by two. Including a 1950 review
by Alonzo Church

A book review of _Symbol and Icon: Dionysius the Areopagite and the Iconoclastic Crisis_ (Wipf & Stock, 2010), which extensively catalogs the severe lack of proper attribution of other scholars’ work in the book.

This text aims to study the marine fauna (fish, crustaceans, corals, among other animals) in Portugal from the Middle Age to the Early Modern Age (13th-16th centuries). To achieve our purpose, we will use legal documentation (municipal and regia) and literature (travel and knowledge books). We aim, on the one hand to make know the marine fauna…[Read more]

The author contrasts Japan’s unsurpassed cultural preservation with the destruction of irreplaceable treasures of humanity in Afghanistan and Central Asia, showing the limitations of UNESCO and what factors lead to designation or not of World Heritage Sites. This short podcast concludes by theorizing how discrimination against women originated,…[Read more]

An overview of the local history collection in the University of Leicester Library, one of the largest in the U.K. Includes a focus on poll books as a source.

There are now several open access book publishers using consortia funding models. But library staff on the ground are not always enthusiastic about re-purposing budgets to fund open access books. This post explores the sources of this scepticism.

Desarrollar la historia de la metrología en Portugal:
aportaciones para el estudio de las medidas de capacidad
Desenvolver a história da metrologia em Portugal:
aportações para o estudo das medidas de capacidade
To develop Metrologic history in Portugal: approaches for the study of capacity measure

The aim of this study is to provide an analysis about the conflicts and “economic crime”, as well the social and penal laws mechanisms employed in the Portugueses town councils (Alfaiates, Castelo Bom, Castelo Melhor, Castelo Rodrigo, Guarda, Santarém, Torres Novas, Évora e Beja), to regulate the economic sectors, defending their populations and g…[Read more]

Much scholarship on The Picture of Dorian Gray has focused on its possible textual sources and its place in literary traditions. This article demonstrates that by contextualizing the novel in the history of art and the tradition of British portraiture, we are able to answer significant yet overlooked questions such as why Wilde chose “picture” rat…[Read more]

Review of “L’itinéraire de Marco Polo dans sa traversée de la Chine”, by Philippe Ménard (MEDIOEVO ROMANZO, vol. 26 [3rd Series, vol. 7], fasc. 3 [2002]: 321–360).