Posted on 10/18/2011 4:54:46 PM PDT by decimon
BALTIMORE The Archimedes Palimpsest could well be the title of a Robert Ludlum thriller, though its plots esoteric arcana might also be useful for Dan Brown in his next variation on The Da Vinci Code. It features a third-century B.C. Greek mathematician (Archimedes) known for his playful brilliance; his lost writings, discovered more than a hundred years ago in an Istanbul convent; and various episodes involving plunder, pilferage and puzzling forgeries. The saga includes a monastery in the Judaean desert, a Jewish book dealer trying to flee Paris as the Nazis closed in, a French freedom fighter and an anonymous billionaire collector.
At the center is an ancient volume, its parchment recycled into a 13th-century prayer book. And at the climax we see those old folios, charred at the edges and scarred by dripping wax from the candles of devout monks, being meticulously studied for 12 years by an international team using the most advanced imaging technologies of the 21st century. And what is found is more revelatory than had ever been expected.
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Arch revival ping.
Finding Pinch In The Closet.
I read the book that covers this “The Archimedes Codex” about a year ago. Very interesting story.
Caption: Good News!! We’ll give you 2 months salary and all you have to do is go away.
Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes, a restored book on display at the Walters Art Museum in BaltimoreWhile seeing this in Baltimore, you may as well head to D.C., to the Folger Shakespeare Library (there's never a bad time to go there, IMHO, and check out not only the place itself, but their special exhibit:
Folger Shakespeare Library (many of not most of the surviving copies of the First Folio are actually in its collection).
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This makes me downright giddy.
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This is wonderful. I plan to catch this exhibit in December.
Eureka! I’m pumped.
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