“Taking Liberties: the struggle for Britain’s freedom and rights” uncovers the roots of British democracy over a period of more than 900 years. The exhibit will be at the British Library through March 1.

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Power and Glory: Court Arts of China’s Ming Dynasty is at the Indianapolis Museum of Art through January 11.

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The College of Holy Cross announced the completion of the digitization of the Archimedes Palimpsest:
After months of poring over digital photography and initial transcriptions, students gathered in the St. Isidore of Seville Computer Lab at Holy Cross, where they conducted their work, to watch and celebrate as the electronic edition of a 10th century manuscript […]

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The newest linkspage at larsdatter.com is on hair cuts. (For hair styling, see the combs linkspage.)

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Caterina and Maria de’ Medici: Women In Power, featuring “15 spectacular tapestries, all close to five meters in height and devoted to the legendary Queen Artemisia, bear witness to the way in which two Medici queens of France used powerful images to legitimize their claims to rule over warring families and factions,” will be at […]

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