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"The concordancing system described at this date was to be written in Fortran on a Univac 1108. The Univac 1108 computer was modular and extensible but could easily fill a room with its various components, including not only the processor (or…

This folio illustrates a scene from Abolqasem Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh which “recounts the history of Iran before Islam” (Canby 13). This scene is painted in vibrant colours with gold illumination on gold speckled paper. Moreover, it depicts the…

Colorful mural of a honeybee approaching wildflowers with the Toronto skyline in the background. Located at the corner of Howland and Bloor Street West.

Jet gemstone inscribed with a seal translated to "Rely on God" or "Ali trusts in God" (translated by The MET). Seals inscribed in stone or other materials were often placed on rings and used as signatures or talismans for the protection of the owner…

A Silver and Lapis-Lazuli seal ring. Seal rings or signet rings are rings engraved with text in reverse that were used to stamp text into seals like a signature and may have also "functioned as talismans used to protect their owners from harm" (The…

CBC article on the existence of "fatbergs" along Toronto's waterfront and what they can tel researchers about pollution in the area.

A woodcut engraving illustrated by William Harvey showing the scene "The Story of the Fisherman" for the 1912 book titled "The Thousand and One Nights: Commonly called, in England The Arabian Nights' Entertainments" by Edward William Lane. The…

The Last Supper, from a bishop’s benedictional made in Bavaria, Germany, ca. 1030–40.

The Hermann Composite begins with St. Jerome’s prologue on the Hosea. It contains a sizeable illuminated capital depicting abbot Hermann holding a book and crosier, his head partially surrounded by a nimbus and standing in an archway. Hermann is…

illuminations and illustrations on parchment leaves 12.5''h x 9.5''w.
f.159v - The end of the decorated chonology. (Fisher Library) Text in a gothic script with black ink (and red used for initials). Diagrams of family trees with linked circles…