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Stanford Encylopedia of Philosophy abduction (Igor Douven) Abelard [Abailard], Peter (Peter King) Abhidharma (Noa Ronkin) abilities (John Maier) Abner of Burgos (Shalom Sadik) Abrabanel, Judah (Aaron Hughes) abstract objects (Gideon Rosen) accidental properties — see essential vs. accidental properties action (George Wilson and Samuel Shpall) action-based theories of perception (Robert Briscoe and Rick Grush) action at a distance — see quantum mechanics: action at a distance in actualism (Christopher Menzel) adaptationism (Steven Hecht Orzack and Patrick Forber) Addams, Jane (Maurice Hamington) Adorno, Theodor W. (Lambert Zuidervaart) advance directives (Agnieszka Jaworska) Aegidius Romanus — see Giles of Rome Aenesidemus — see skepticism: ancient aesthetic, concept of the (James Shelley) aesthetics aesthetics of the everyday (Yuriko Saito) affirmative action (Robert Fullinwider) Africana Philosophy (Lucius T. Outlaw Jr.) B [jump to top] C [jump to top] D [jump to top] Damian, Peter (Toivo J.

Portada - Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México - FLM - CONACULTA Helena Beristain: DRyP la enciclopedia libre Britannica.com Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Digitized Medieval Manuscripts Maps (DMMmaps) Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and the 0.32% The Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana is one of the world’s largest libraries in the world and is home to around 80’000 manuscripts. Of these, only 261 are digitized today (that is: 0.32%), although there is an ongoing effort to digitize more. The link we have inserted in our DMMmaps takes the visitor directly to the list of all the available manuscripts. The Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana on the DMMmaps Concerning lack of information, there is also no description of the content the user is visualizing. Image quality One of Pal. lat. 1764’s particular layouts from the 1300’s. The quality of the images of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana is good. If a remark is possible, the colors of the digitized folios seem to be a bit dull and slightly under-exposed. One of the cases where a description of a miniature would be useful. A Surprise: The Copyright A full-page miniature in Pal. lat. 1632. Final Words Thumbnails on the digitized manuscripts homepage.

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