Tag Archives: Lorenzo de’ Medici

if you don’t like it, burn it: papyrus flagratinus

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Dave

The survival of records. In spite the best and worst of human intentions; our hatreds, prejudices and sheer stupidity…. Obviously, there were mechanical hazards to the survival of literature such as the ordeal of transference of script from one type … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word | Tagged Antipater, Augustus, Cassius Severus, Cassius Severus exiled, Catullus Greek poet, Demosthenes death, Diocletian burning Scriptures, Ebers Papyrus, Edwin Smith papyrus, George Ebers, Horace, Horace songs in latin, Karl Sudhoff, Labienus history of the civil war, Laurentian Library Florence, Lorenzo de' Medici, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Medici Book Collection, Medici Chapel by Michelangelo, Niketas Byzantine physician, Pagan Persecutions A.D. 303, Papyrus Ebers, Pindar Greek poet, Pindar Victory Odes, Pope Clement VII, Porphyry Neo-platonic philosopher | Leave a comment

Madame Pickwick Art Blog

Madame Pickwick Francais

Studio Backstage

Madame Pickwick English