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Articles with keyword "fourteenth century"

Dante Alighieri

Curio

Of Circles, Terraces, and Spheres

By Steve Moyer

A little rusty on the Dante you read as an undergraduate? Like to brush up a bit on some points in the Inferno, like that “mal” something?

Bruce Cole

Conversation

Renaissance Scholar at Work

Humanities discusses art and the achievements of the Endowment with outgoing Chairman, Bruce Cole.

Image of Astrolabe, M-26, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL

Curio

History of Science at the Adler Planetarium

By Steve Moyer

The Adler Planetarium’s history of science collection is one of the world’s most important, and includes the astrolabe pictured here.