Word: latinizes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
This artistic technique served the additional function of allowing the artist to evade the Islamic prohibition against the artistic representation of humans and animals. Also on display is an early translation of the Qu’ran into Latin...
Located on the second floor of Houghton Library, the small exhibit features a number of curious volumes, which provide a survey of languages, time periods and alphabetic topics. Items on display range from 13th century Latin tomes to 20th century Turkish children’s books...
RUSTED ROOT. Fan favorites Rusted Root will be performing in Hampton, New Hampshire this weekend, bringing their characteristic Latin and African-inspired tunes to the stage. This six-member band hailing from Pittsburgh released their latest album Welcome to My Party in 2002. The band has gained a grassroots following for their unique percussion-driven music. Saturday, April 5, at 8 p.m. The Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, NH. Tickets, $24.50. For more information, call...
ALPHABETICS. This exhibit at the Amy Lowell Room in the Houghton Library features various historical artistic representations of different alphabets throughout the world. Works include a medival illustrated Bible, and early 18th century Russian alphabetic book, and an early Latin translation of the Qu’ran. Through April 30. Amy Lowell Room, Houghton Library. For details, call Hope Mayo...
Born in Boston in 1940, he is the third of six children in a second-generation Irish Catholic family. He attended Roxbury Latin School and then Yale, graduating in 1962. After seven years at the Boston Globe, Lydon moved to New York Times’ Washington bureau, where he covered presidential campaign politics for almost a decade. He then migrated to the Ten o’Clock News on WGBH-TV in Boston, and then...