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Book and Sword – pontifex minimus

  • By Sean Manning
  • Based in Canada
  • Roughly four posts per month
  • First post on

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Oct 2023 6
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Jan 2024 5
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May 2024 2

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Most recent posts

Shield Making with Theophilius
In April and May I have been making a domed round shield from start to finish. I decided to post a tidied-up version of my lab notes on my Patreon page. If scheduling goes right, …
On , by Sean, 84 words
Ownership History is Hard and Often Does Not Matter
This terracotta statuette from Babylon is one of very few images of a woman in the ‘Elamite robe’ or Faltengewand from the Achaemenid period. Photo of Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum, object VA Bab …
On , by Sean, 959 words
How To Track Down a Manuscript of a Classical Text
The first page of the manuscript of Herodotus in Florence, courtesy of https://tecabml.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/plutei/id/1358114/rec/4 Over on another site, Anoneuoid asked how to track down the past owners of a manuscript of a classical text such as …
On , by Sean, 1,232 words