Morteza DJAMALI, Nicolas FAUCHERRE, “Sasanian architecture as viewed by the 19th century French architect Pascal-Xavier Coste”, Dabir 7, 2020, p. 91-100. Ce court article ressort de l’histoire des idees sur l’architecture. P. Coste, compagnon voyage E. Flandin, peintre, auteurs du Voyage en Perse en1840-41, replace l’architecture sassanide, particulier voutes et arcs, dans une evolution qu’il v...

The fame of Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) rests on his anatomy text, De humani corporis fabrica, regarded as a seminal book in modern medicine. It was compiled while he taught anatomy at Padua, 1537-1543. Some of his findings challenged Galen's writings of the 2c AD, and caused De fabrica to be rejected immediately by classically trained anatomists. At age 29, Vesalius abandoned his studies and ...

Comment un discours scientifique aussi normé que l’inventaire de collection peut-il devenir le journal intime déguisé menteurs professionnels ? Au XIXe siècle, roman collection, récit du martyre esthétique collectionneurs marginaux ou galerie portraits tout ce Drouot compte d’experts véreux, faussaires sans scrupules philistins dupés, met en scène des collections parfois truffées faux, la forme...

The objective of Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492 was to find a new route to the legendary spice islands of the East. Europe wanted cheaper spices and a larger share of this lucrative market. So the colonization and exploitation of the vast American territories was in part driven by a search for plants that would be useful for either culinary or medicinal purposes. Columbus's letter to Lui...