Notes on Greek Inscriptions

Notes on the Development of the Greek Frieze

T HIS paper does not purport to be an exhaustive study of the continuous Greek frieze and of its many problems; it aims rather at recording some observations and suggesting some theories, in the hope of stimulating further discussion and comments.7 Certain difficult questions will be touched upon only in so far as they relate to my arguments, with full understanding of the fact that much is sti...

Inscriptions on Intranets as Information Infastructures - Exposing the Cultivation Chasm

This study explores intranets as information infrastructure and considers critically the stakeholders, who are responsible for updating the intranet, and the associated organisational impact of their activity, in three interpretive case studies. Previous research indicates that web-based information resources are in fact an information infrastructure, which do not occur ‘denouvo’. They ‘wrestle...

Galen on the affected parts. Translation from the Greek text with explanatory notes

Traces et inscriptions de connaissances

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Hidden Inscriptions in the Laurentian Library

Following the discovery of a series of geometric designs on the floor of the Biblioteca Laurenziana in Florence we analyse the “Medici panel”, which consists of a circular rosette containing a set of inscribed elliptical disks, with a view to regenerating the pattern. The geometry is shown to be surprisingly complex. We were able to determine a numerical solution for synthesising the pattern. A...