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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"papyrus"”.
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What can the Derveni Papyrus tell us about the religious milieu of the author?
… in 1962 of the remains of a fourth-century BC papyrus, consisting largely of a philosophical commentary on a religious text, has provided a unique opportunity to investigate the religious milieu in which the author worked. This study concentrates neither on the author’s philosophical views nor …
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The Anonymus Londiniensis Papyrus with an Italian Translation, a Commentary, and Some Critical Chapters
… transcription of the contents in the medical papyrus known as Anonymus Londiniensis (P.Brit. Lond. inv. 137 = MP3 2339 or LDAB 3964) with a complete Italian translation of the writing. Papyrological description and explanation of the contents from a philological and historical point of view. …
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The development and operation of plant microbial fuel cells using municipal sludge
… South African plant species, namely, C. papyrus nanus, W. thyrsiflora and P. australis were tested based on their power output potential and organic removal potential. The highest PPD (1036 ± 59 mW/m3 ) was obtained from the system using thickened WAS as substrate and planted with W. …
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P. Herc. 1570 Pieces 4, 5, 6a, 6b: [Philodemi] [De divitiis]
<p>P. Herc. 1570 is an unedited papyrus extant in seven pieces that together measure ca. 1.6 m. long; these are contained in five frames in the Officina dei Papiri Ercolanesi “Marcello Gigante” at the Biblioteca Nazionale “Vittorio Emanuele III&rduo; in Naples, Italy. Like many of the Herculaneum …
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Plato's Orpheus: The Philosophical Appropriation of Orphic Formulae
… poinē in Homer, Pindar, Plato, the Derveni Papyrus and the Gur\xf4b Papyrus in order to demonstrate that poinē points to the cohesiveness and integrity of the Orphic doctrine.
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Historic development of prime numbers
… section has topics on the `Ishango Bone', `Rhine Papyrus' with an investigation of Egyptian fractions, and Euclid's Elements where the proof of the existence of an infinite number of primes was first given. The `Dark Ages' section has topics on non-European mathematicians who worked with prime …
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Early Coptic Singular Readings in the Gospel of John: A Collection, Cataloging and Commentary on the Singular Readings of P. Mich. Inv. 3521, PPalau Rib. Inv.-Nr. 183 and Thompson's Qau El Kebir Manuscript
… has proved unhelpful when dealing with this papyrus; and finally some preliminary analysis about the scribe of P. Mich. Inv. 351 is given.</p> <p>1 Elinor Husselman, <em>The Gospel of John in Fayumic Coptic</em> (P. Mich. Inv. 3521), The University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology …
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STUDI SULLA TRADIZIONE ESEGETICA ED ERUDITA INTORNO AGLI IDILLI DI TEOCRITO.
… the creation of comprehensive entries for each papyrus, including critical editions, physical descriptions, and line-by-line analysis. These entries shed light on the relationship between the papyri and the scholia vetera. Furthermore, future studies on the scholia recentiora could offer new …
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Actions of thyroid hormone on myocardial contractility in the intact animal
… the 17th Century B.C. as described in the Ebers Papyrus:- "The begining of the physician, secret : knowledge of the heart's movements and knowledge of the heart. There are vessels from it to every limb. As to this, when any physician, any surgeon, or any exorcist applies the hands or his fingers …
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The Mercati Fragments: A New Edition of Rahlfs 1098
… the palaeographical task—“a first edition of a papyrus [or manuscript] is seldom flawless.” Moreover, the situation is also exacerbated by the fact that the hexaplaric material in Rahlfs 1098 is the scriptura inferior or lower layer of the palimpsest.
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Private initiation and the afterlife in classical Greece
… the funerary gold leaves and the Derveni Papyrus to find a common underlying pattern, featuring the survival of the soul after death, a division between those with a better and a worse fate after death, enforced by hostile divine powers, and an initiation ritual to neutralise these and …
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The actions of rubellin and prorubellin, (in comparison with transvaalin)
… and also in Malta. It is mentioned in the Ebers papyrus (about 1500 B.C.), and in the works of the great physicians of the ancient world such as Dioscorides, Celsus, Theophrastus, and Galen. Hippocrates used it. Preparations of the bulb of the sea onion (Squill, Scilla maritime L., Urginea …
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A Theory for Wheezing in Lungs
… used for diagnosis since the time of the Ebers Papyrus (ca. 1500 BC), but the underlying physical mechanism responsible for the sounds is still poorly understood. The main purpose of this thesis is to change this, developing a theory for the onset of wheezing using both experimental and …
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Puzzling
… connected society. Through stone tablets to papyrus scrolls, printed books to digital publishing, type finds new ways to reach our eyes. From the moment we wake up to the numbers and letters on our alarm clocks until the credits roll on the last show we watch before turning off the television …
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Hesiod Unveiled: The 'Other Poet' among the Exegetes
This dissertation traces the exegetical traditions to the corpus of epic poetry attributed to Hesiod across eight hundred years. Beginning at the Library of Alexandria, it examines how philological techniques, allegoresis, and education intertwine to interpret the Other Poet, the second pillar of …
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