The 2010 Edinburgh International Book Festival will take place at venues across the Scottish capital from Saturday 14 August to Monday 30 August, featuring books and authors spanning all Heritage Key fields of interest.
It is the UK's largest annual literary festival.
Keep an eye on the website for programme information, autors talks and other festival events.
The International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) will hold its 20th meeting in Helsinki, 1–6 August 2010.
Scholars from all over the world are invited to attend the lectures, participate in the discussions, and give papers. Associated events will be held July 29-August 6.
The organizers are giving a 'local colour' to the congress by giving priority to main papers on topics that are crucial for Old Testament Studies in Helsinki, such as Textual History, Septuagint, Qumran, and Deuteronomistic History, as well as Archaeology. Other subjects are addressed in short paper sessions and in sessions of different research groups.
Ms. Jutta Jokiranta, DTh
Research Fellow
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
P.O. Box 4
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
Email: iosot-2010 AT helsinki.fi
Phone: +358-9-191 24348
In these times, who would make an animated movie that was intentionally two-dimensional? Deflated and only minorly shaded, but visually ravishing. Flat, but filled with ancient swirls and Celtic knots. And who would have thought such a film would become a major hit? 'The Secret of Kells', a spirited retelling of the provenance of one of Ireland’s most cherished artefact, the Book of Kells, was a success in Irish, French and Belgian cinemas alike, got an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film and is now well on its way to conquering the United States of America. It is also the most fabulous animation film I've seen in ages*.
The Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament, in a mixed old Latin and Vulgate text, done in Insular majuscule script. In addition, the Book of Kells (An Leabhar Cheanannais in Irish) contains prefatory material such as concordance tables and some 11th century legal documents concerning the Abbey of Kells. Transcribed by Celtic monks at ca 800 AD and a great example of Irish Celtic art, the manuscript is one of the world's pre-eminent examples of illuminated codices. The book consists of 339 vellums, but originally it must have had about thirty more.
Historians are not certain of the exact date and circumstances of the book's creation. It might have been complete by the Columban monks at Iona before - after a Viking raid in 806 - they fled to Kells Abbey. Another possibility is that the manuscript was entirely composed at Kells, or even begun at Iona and then complete at Kells. The book was not created by an individual illuminator, but by several artists/monks.
The Abbey of Kells was founded in the early 9th Century AD, on the site of a former Irish hill fort. The monastery - named Mainistir Cheanannais in Irish - is most famous for keeping the 'Book of Kells' (an illuminated manuscript in Latin) from the medieval period until the 1950s. Kells Abbey was repeatedly raided by the Vikings. In the twelfth century, the monastery was dissolved and the abbey became a parish church.
Submitted by Sean Williams on Thu, 03/18/2010 - 17:41
This Saturday sees Stonehenge's inner circle opened to the public on one of only four occasions a year, at the Spring Equinox. Around four thousand people are expected to turn up, braving the bitter British weather to celebrate at Britain's best-known ancient landmark.
View the wonders discovered in Tutankhamun's burial chamber up close, from the sarcophagi and the golden mask, to masterworks in calcite, jewels, and gold. Learn the details about each find through the interactive library. Zoom in on King Tut's greatest treasures in our online, virtual experience.
Attend an ancient Druid burial ritual and find the secret signs in the stones at Stonehenge 1500BC. Start your virtual travels through time, and discover the history of Stonehenge in our 3D, online experience.
In these times, who would make an animated movie that was intentionally two-dimensional? Deflated and only minorly shaded, but visually ravishing. Flat, but filled with ancient swirls and Celtic knots. And who would have thought such a film would become a major hit? 'The Secret of Kells', a spirited retelling of the provenance of one of Ireland’s most cherished artefact, the Book of Kells, was a success in Irish, French and Belgian cinemas alike, got an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film and is now well on its way to conquering the United States of America. It is also the most fabulous animation film I've seen in ages
