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Made by Byzantine painters for Catholic patrons, the fresco cycle of St. Catherine Alexandria in Darlos stands apart from other late-medieval cycles. In terms patronage, style, and iconography, this pictorial raises questions cultural exchange between Byzantium West, illustrating how female holiness was differently articulated these areas. While Catherine?s Western cycles emphasize her wisdom e...

The Channel Islands are an unusual archipelago. While they dependencies of the British Crown, not part United Kingdom and main islands – Jersey Guernsey enjoy a considerable amount autonomy, as do Guernsey’s subsidiary territories, Sark Alderney. Jersey’s internal organisation, through patchwork administrative territories known parishes, is for its longevity does accord with modern expectations...

Two key obstacles have prevented the publication of a comprehensive collection or archive based on the textual iconography of the Quixote: 1) the rarity of and difficult access to the materials, and 2) the technical and financial difficulties in compiling and disseminating such an archive in print format. The advent of hypertext, digital libraries, and the Internet, among other technological fa...