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Brock --- Isaac --- Sir --- 1769-1812

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Isaac --- Sacrifice. --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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This investigation sheds light on Isaac Argyrus and his scholarly work in 14th-century Constantinople on the basis of his book production: it thus fills a major desideratum of cultural-historical, paleographical, and textual critical studies on the Palaeologan Age. After a brief introduction summing up the state of the art, the available textual sources are discussed in order to define the timeframe of Argyrus' life and to gather all information about him and his career. A complete lists of the manuscript collection copied by Argyrus introduces the pivotal aspect of the research: the analysis of Argyrus’ handwriting in relation with the contemporary graphic context. Since Argyrus seems to have mastered two types of handwriting, a formal one and a cursive one, his graphic training must have been based on two differed models: on the one side the hand of his teacher, Nicephorus Gregoras, on the other one a writing style widespread in the XIV century, known as Τῶν῾ Οδηγῶν. The paleographical point of view leads also to the reconstruction of Argyrus' scholarly environment, through a detailed description of hands of the scribes who collaborated with him. The writing procedure followed by Argyrus in the composition of his theological treatises enables a sound definition of his skills as author. Descriptive reports of each analyzed codex conclude the volume. This book shows an example how the use and analysis of material sources, such as manuscripts, can give a innovative and fruitful perspective in investigation about the scholarly writings practices in the Byzantine age.

LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. --- Palaeologan period. --- manuscript tradition. --- palaeography. --- Argyros, Isaac, --- Library.

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"This book uses the story of Isaac Beckley Werner, a homesteader in Stafford County, Kansas, to reveal how the Populist Movement involved and affected Kansas farmers. From 1884 until his death in 1895, Werner kept a diary whose content revolved around the advice of Henry Ward Beecher: recording events around him rather than focusing on himself. Owner of an extensive personal library, an attendee of Populist lectures who contributed columns to the County Capital and spoke at the county seat, and closely tied to his community, Werner's account provides a rare glimpse into rural life in late-nineteenth-century Kansas. In 2010, Fenwick found Werner's 480-page diary in the basement of the Lucile Hall Museum in St. John, Kansas. Rather than a simple transcription of the diary, this manuscript branches out from Werner's words to provide a more readable account of his life, and to elaborate upon the ties that bound his remote community to national trends in farming, politics, and westward migration, sometimes in unexpected ways. In a similar fashion, Isaac's premature death-which Fenwick attributes to his use of Paris Green, a popular powdered pesticide and pigment-resonates with the present-day concerns of Kansas farmers"--

Pioneers --- Populism --- Farmers --- Farm life --- History --- Werner, Isaac Beckley, --- Stafford County (Kan.) --- Kansas --- Politics and government

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"Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the nineteenth-century antique and curiosity markets. Set against the recent 'art market turn' in scholarly literature, this volume examines the role, activities, agency and influence of antique and curiosity dealers as they emerged in the opening decades of the nineteenth century. This study begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when dealers began their wholesale importations of historical objects; it closes during the 1850s, after which the trade became increasingly specialized, reflecting the rise of historical museums such as the South Kensington Museum (V&A). Focusing on the archive of the early-nineteenth-century London dealer John Coleman Isaac (c.1803-1887), as well as drawing on a wide range of other archival and contextual material, Mark Westgarth considers the emergence of the dealer in relation to a broad historical and cultural landscape. The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer was part of the rapid economic, social, political and cultural change of early-nineteenth-century Britain, centered around ideas of antiquarianism, the commercialization of culture, and a distinctive and evolving interest in historical objects. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, histories of collecting, museum and heritage studies, and nineteenth century culture"--

History of civilization --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- business [commercial function] --- antiques [object genre] --- Isaac, John Coleman