ENG 5933: History of the Book (Fall 2007) c. 2400 BC c. 650 c. 400-300 295 c. 100 1st Cent. AD c. 370 610 c. 700 c. 750-800 868 875 896 c. 1041-48 11th Cent. 1255 1276 1337 1373 c. 1400 1403 1418 1430 1454 1456 1457 c. 1460 1465 1466 1467 1470 1472 1476 1477 c. 1485 Earliest surviving papyrus scrolls. Papyrus scroll introduced into Greece from Egypt. Silk writing materials employed in China. Alexandria Library founded. Vegetable-fiber paper developed in China. MS. book format shifts from scroll
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many modern scholars who study the era tend to avoid the term altogether for its negative connotations‚ finding it misleading and inaccurate for any part of the Middle Ages. The concept of a Dark Age originated with the Italian scholar Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) in the 1330s‚ and was originally intended as a sweeping criticism of the character of Late Latin literature. Petrarch regarded the post-Roman centuries as "dark" compared to the light of classical antiquity. Later historians expanded the
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Humanism is a very interesting topic. The word human is easy to describe as a breathing living multicellular organism. Although the term humanism may not be easy to describe. At least not so quickly in one sentence. Humanism was a way of thinking and interacting within a society. As Anthony B. Pinn described in his book “What is humanism and Why does it Matter?” humanism was a way of life for many. More importantly the time period humanism began to thrive was in the 1400s during the Renaissance.
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When one considers painters they may think nothing more than painters and that inventors are simply inventors. How can one person have an inventing and painting mind in one? The answer is Leonardo Da Vinci. I chose Leonardo Da Vinci because of the interesting life that he lived‚ his exceptional paintings‚ and for his ingenious inventions. Da Vinci lived in an age where no one studied the world around him in order to understand what a scientist proved. They merely took it as truth even though
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Reading List for Technology and Innovation Strategy: 463 - Management and Strategy‚ Kellogg School of Management Professor Shane Greenstein Students will be held accountable for all required readings. These must be read ahead of class discussion. Related readings are relevant background. These are included for the interested student. I highly recommend them for a fuller perspective on the topic. Topic 1: Basic Frameworks and Toolkits Topic 1a. Adoption and Evolution Required reading:
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Giovanni Boccaccio The Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio is best known for the Decameron. For his Latin works and his role in reviving Hellenistic learning in Florence‚ he may be considered one of the early humanists. The culture of Giovanni Boccaccio is rooted in the Middle Ages‚ but his conception of life points forward to the Renaissance. Boccaccio ’s work reflects both his middleclass mercantile background and the chivalric ideals of the Neapolitan court‚ where he spent his youth. He strove
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of diered viewpoints. Fabrizio Bona the Marketing Director of Omnitel proposed the idea of LIBERO‚ which eliminated the monthly fee completely and making payments for only the time duration of the calls made by the customer. At the same time Francesco Caio‚ CEO of Omnitel was of the opinion of oering customers handset subsidaries in exchange for signing a contract with the company. This would be done as a substitute to eliminating the montly fee charged to its users.
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Multi-Product Chile Case Analysis Global Management Team 1: Kimani Adam‚ Guilhem Busset‚ Francesco Calculli‚ Melody Chan‚ Devprasad Mishra‚ Carmen Ramos Masters of International Business Program Hult International Business School: San Francisco Campus Introduction The Multi-Product Chile case showed all the characteristics of a decision case. At the end of the case‚ Mr. Thompson‚ the new manager‚ had to face with a decision whether or not continuing with the changes started
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Giuseppe Verdi and Rigoletto Rigoletto was an opera that consisted of four acts. Giuseppe Verdi was the producer of Rigoletto and Francesco Maria Piave was the librettist. This opera made it’s premiere at a theater called Le Fenice located in Venice in March of 1851. Giuseppe Verdi showed interest in musical arts at an early age. When Verdi discovered the 3rd and 5th of the key of C‚ he was overjoyed (Great Composers). In Rigoletto‚ there are four main characters. One of them being the Hunchback
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Fifteenth century Italy was composed of a mixture of differing regional entities: The States of the Church retained a significant amount of Central Italy while the whole of Southern Italy belonged to the Kingdom of Naples. These communities were ruled by a monarchy composed of many families and individuals‚ many of whom became important patrons of Renaissance Art. Sculpture has been an active part of the Romanesque era with sculptures produced throughout the middle ages in Italy and the rest of Europe
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