The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated:Nov 22, 2024•Article History Beowulfbelongs metrically, stylistically, and thematically to a heroic tradition grounded inGermanic religion and mythology. It is also part of the broader tradition ofheroic poetry. Many incidents, such as the tearing...
The Bible As Literature, Part One: Saga and Story in the Old Testament. Treating the Bible as a collection of literary masterpieces, this film, produced in 1974 by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation, skillfully weaves together paintings,
17.The Encyclopedia Britannica is a world-famous encyclopedia.It is the oldest English-language encyclopedia.The first edition was published in 1768,and of course,the first edition had the fewest volumes,but since then there have been 15editions.The 15th edition is made up of 32volumes.Together...
Ironically, they are the true first editions of many books, but in spite of that, they are collected by only a handful of hardy purists. See proof copy. a.e.g. All edges gilt. The top, fore-edge and bottom edges are covered with very thin layer of gold foil. Age. The age of ...
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I testify to the world that neither Oliver Cowdery or Martin Harris ever, at any time, denied their testimony." He made this statement again because it had been reported in the Encyclopedia Britannica, "that he had denied his testimony," which report was evidently written in a hurry by ...
[9]William of Moerbeke's translations and editions of Greek philosophical texts in the middle half of the thirteenth century helped in forming a clearer picture of Greek philosophy, and particularly of Aristotle, than was given by the Arabic versions they had previously relied on, and which had...
Gudbrandur Vigfússon was one of the 19th century’s foremost scholars of Old Norse, who completed the Richard Cleasby Icelandic–English Dictionary (1874; 2nd ed., 1957) and published editions of a number of Icelandic sagas as well as the collection Cor