30 November 2010

I Wish I Could Have Enjoyed it With You

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Bettina Schinas née von Savigny Brigitte Eckert has contributed a section from her translation of Bettina Schinas' letters from Greece...
24 November 2010

The Winter Voyage: Going Over

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A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, T...
18 November 2010

The Necessitous Inhabitants of Greece: Part One

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House on Aigina where Miller was based "The ancient houses in this island are now all cleared from the dirt and rubbish which fill...
13 November 2010

The Mocenigo War: Part One

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In 1470, after Nicolò da Canale helped lose Negroponte to Mehmed II, Venice replaced him as Captain General of the Fleet with Pietro Moce...
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08 November 2010

Toufa, Toupha: Part Three

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  Detail, second king, from Adoration of the Magi, Gentile da Fabriano , 1422-23,  Florence An earlier Western conception of the toup...
02 November 2010

The Capi

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   Manessis icon, 1546 S. Giorgio dei Greci , Venice, (probably) Comin Manessis, d. 1565    There are very few pictures of ...
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27 October 2010

The Man Who Shot Jesse James Tried to Marry my Great-Grandmother

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Esther Kirby Whitehurst My grandmother, Ann Whitehurst Jordan, told me this story about her mother.  She, my grandmother, loved history -- ...
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23 October 2010

Ikaros at Yerákova

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    Kevin Andrews at AcroCorinth, 1950 LIFE Magazine Three years ago Pierre MacKay reviewed the new edition of Kevin Andrew's ...
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17 October 2010

Nauplion: Spolia: Part Two

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  A reader from Nauplion recently responded to my request for more spolia several months ago and sent me six "new" finds. This f...
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