Surprised by Time
. . . a little wine for remembrance . . . a little water for the dust
26 September 2011
Crow
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Crow died when he landed on the wrong part of an electric power line just after noon on Wednesday. It took two and a half hours fo...
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20 September 2011
The Bride stopped for lunch at Corfú
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A Serbian Helena of Byzantium, possibly the one involved here. Helena Palaiologina, daughter of Despot Thomas of the Morea, was sen...
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15 September 2011
Manuel's Grandchildren
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The single coin issued in the Morea by Manuel II Palaiologos. Manuel Palaiologos and his wife Helena had ten children recor...
10 September 2011
The Knight and Death -- Ο Ιπποτης κι ο Θανατος
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The Knight and Death, Durer etching, 1513. The night before 9/11, I was working on a translation of Gatsos' great poem, "The...
07 September 2011
On Vacation: Islamic Ceramics
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A selection of photographs, mostly of ceramics, from the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art in the Keramikos neighborhood of Athens. The treasu...
02 September 2011
Athens, 1835
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Bettina and Konstantinos Schinas went to Athens in December 1834 to find a place to live, before they moved in March 1835. After they ret...
27 August 2011
The Negroponte Hoard, Part One
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Malatesta coat-of-arm, Negroponte Hoard, BM There is a remarkable and nearly unknown collection of jewelry in the British Museum, ...
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