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    Into Speyne to selle for Slavys: English, Spanish, and Genoese Merchant Networks and their Involvement with the 'Cost of Gwynea' Trade before 1550
    Dalton, HG ; Green, T (Oxford University Press, 2012)

    In 1541, Roger Barlow, an English merchant who had traded with Spain's Atlantic settlements from Seville in the 1520s, presented Henry VIII with a cosmography containing his personal account of the Rio de la Plata, inserted into an English translation of the 1519 edition of the Suma de Geographia by Martin Fernandez de Enciso. Despite the fact that both men had been involved in the buying and selling of West African slaves, Barlow translated Enciso's short description of the slave markets in Guinea without comment. This chapter explores how the trading network of English, Spanish and Genoese merchants Barlow belonged to had traded in slaves and associated products, such as pearls and sugar, since the 1480s. In doing so, they were instrumental in linking the ‘Guinea of Cape Verde’ to the wider Atlantic world.

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    Facebook and the Other: Administering to and Caring for the Dead Online
    Kohn, T ; Nansen, B ; Arnold, MV ; Gibbs, MR ; Hage, G ; Eckerlsey, R (Melbourne University Press, 2012)
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    The Four Horsemen: Apocalypse, Death and Disaster - Introduction
    Zika, CF ; Spinks, JS ; Leahy, C ; Spinks, J ; Zika, C (Museum Victoria, 2012)
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    Monsters and Heavenly Signs: Looking for the Last Days
    SPINKS, J ; Spinks, J ; Zika, C (National Gallery of Australia, 2012)
    With works by artists including Albrecht Dürer, Jacques de Gheyn II and Stefano della Bella, The Four Horsemen: Apocalypse, Death and Disaster provides a fascinating insight into the art, culture and turbulent times in later medieval, ...
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    Entry: On Human Generation and Conception (1587): Jakob Rueff
    SPINKS, J ; Sappol, M (National Library of Medicine, 2012)
    A celebration of the 175 anniversary of the National Library of Medicine includes 80 objects from the museum, each coupled with an essay, in a showcase that features medical books, rare manuscripts, "magic lantern"; slides, toys, stereograph ...
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    Aegean Prehistoric Cultures: Minoan Culture
    HITCHCOCK, LA (Oxford University Press, 2012)
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    Mycenaean Architecture
    Hitchcock, LA ; Cline, EH (Oxford University Press, 2012-01-12)
    Abstract Mycenaean architecture is characterized by both continuity and innovation, as well as by the adoption and adaptation of neighboring practices. The most obvious feature of mainland architecture is that it is hall centered, dominated by a central rectangular hall or megaron, thereby combining both axiality and simplicity. It forms the core element of the palaces in Mycenae, with additional rooms and courtyards organized around it. Construction techniques varied regionally and chronologically but include a variety of techniques including mud-brick superstructures on a stone socle, drywall masonry, rubble masonry, Cyclopean masonry, and ashlar masonry on a stone socle. Ashlar was typically sand or limestone, although saw-cut, dressed conglomerate blocks were used in special places such as thresholds and the entrances of fortifications and tholos tombs. There was also a sparing use of decorative stone such as gypsum, which might reference Crete, in the palaces and other monumental structures such as tombs.
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    Minoan Architecture
    Hitchcock, LA ; Cline, EH (Oxford University Press, 2012-01-12)
    Abstract Minoan architecture is characterized by both tradition and innovation. Although regionalism was more typical of the tomb architecture of the Early Bronze Age, there are also some regional distinctions among Minoan palatial buildings. These distinctions are frequently overshadowed by the emphasis placed on the organization of the palaces around a central court, resulting in the use of the essentialist term “court-centered building.” Houses were characterized by a radial plan with rooms organized around a squarish hall. A preference for corner doorways and a liberal use of corridors and staircases in the palaces and villas enhanced their complexity. Greater cultural uniformity with mainland Greece at the end of the Bronze Age is indicated by the predominance of rectilinear halls with entry on the short side throughout the Aegean.