Blog Post Author: Anja-Silvia Goeing

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Figure 5: Manuscripts of Timbuktu

Figure: United Nations Photo: MINUSMA Support in the Preservation of Ancient Manuscripts in Mali, photo taken January 5, 2016: https://www.flickr.com/photos/un_photo/30874616233/in/photolist-qKptM-DCbuxe-6okCEy-83QteH-6okCp7-6okCA1-6okCgq-6ogrit-6okC2s-6ogrvH-6okCdb-rYees9-P3htKx

 

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Timbuktu is today the administrative headquarters of the sixth region (of eight) of the Republic Mali in West Africa. In Mali's North, Timbuktu is on the south end of the desert Tanezrouft, one of the most

Blog Post Author: Stephen F. Haller Ph.D.

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Figure 1: Rev. Charles Nisbet (January 21, 1736 - January 18, 1804) moved from Scotland to become the first principal of Dickinson College in July 1785. The young college did not have the financial resources to build a suitable library, so he took it upon himself to build a text for his students.

 

            As Dickinson College began offering classes in fall 1785, one major concern weighed on the mind of the Rev. Charles Nisbet (January 21, 1736 - January 18, 1804), the new

Blog Post Author: Christa Lundberg

University of Cambridge
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August 4, 2018

Detail of CCL from Truschet and Hoyau

Caption: No building from the Collège du Cardinal Lemoine in Paris survives today, but this map from the sixteenth century shows its location on the left bank, next to a Bernardine monastery. Detail from Map of Paris by O. Truschet et G. Hoyau, ca. 1550.

Image source: Truschet, Olivier and Hoyau, Gérmain, Map of Paris, ca. 1550. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_de_Paris_vers_1550_color.jpg#file or this: http://imagebase.ubvu.vu.nl/cdm/ref/collection/krt/id/1763/lang/en_US

 

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