Word: thirteenth
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This afternoon there will be a Freshman interdormitory cross country run. The first ten men to place will run against Yale, while the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth will receive a gold, silver and bronze medal respectively...
...comprised of some 15 polychrome statuettes of unbaked clay which were discovered in the sand-buried city of Kara Khoto. The city was first correctly identified by Sir Aurel Stein; the Fogg Museum expedition of 1924 dug there and found, in addition to sculptures and fragments of unusual thirteenth-century frescos, a tenth-century bronze mirror. This is one of the very few Chinese mirrors taken from the earth by responsible persons, and is in exceptional condition...
...superstitious, however, would not have a happy lot; they would find little relief from constant anxiety. Imagine the thirteenth day of all thirteen months landing on Friday. Then again, this new calendar may serve as a valuable antidote: if those who now entertain grave apprehensions regarding the number thirteen are still able to enjoy life under the proposed system, the time is at hand when two-dollar bills will no longer be scoffed at, and one match will suffice to light three cigarettes...
...manuscripts of Goldsmith which have been on display in the Widener Library Treasure Room during the past week have given way to medieval French paintings on the nativity, while a collection of letters of Lord Nelson is soon to be removed to make way for more copies of twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth century manuscripts and paintings...
Perhaps the most beautiful feature in the collection is a group of reproductions of bibles written by monks of the thirteenth century, the pages of which are highly illustrated in brilliant colors. Two reproductions from the Bible Moralisee, which is a French work of the thirteenth century, show the pages from Matthew and Luke in which the story of the nativity is written, with the margin beside each verse illustrating the content with colored drawings. Another interesting group contains plates made from old paintings depicting the life of Christ as a monk of the twelfth century...