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31Mannyng, Robert, of Brunne — (Bourne) (ca. 1283–ca. 1340) All we know about Robert Mannyng is the little he tells us in his two major poems Handlyng Synne (1303–17), the first confessional manual in English, and The Story of England, a verse chronicle extending through… …
32Giotto di Bondone — Giotto redirects here. For other uses, see Giotto (disambiguation). Giotto Statue representing Giotto, outside the Uffizi Birth name Giotto di Bondone …
33Platform Sutra — The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Chinese:六祖壇經, fully 南宗頓教最上大乘摩訶般若波羅蜜經六祖惠能大師於韶州大梵寺施法壇經), is a Buddhist scripture that was composed in China. It is one of the seminal texts in the Chan/Zen schools. It is centered on discourses given at… …
34Buddhism and Christianity — The French artist Paul Ranson s Christ et Buddha (1880) juxtaposes the two figures There is speculation concerning a possible connection between both the Buddha BC 623 BC 543 and the Christ, and between Buddhism and Christianity. Buddhism… …
35Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research — The Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research is a consortium of Jewish and Christian scholars that study the Synoptic Gospels in light of the historic, linguistic and cultural milieu of Jesus.[1] The beginnings of the collegial relationships that… …
36plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… …
37Albert Auguste de Lapparent — Albert Auguste de Lapparent † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Albert Auguste de Lapparent French geologist, b. at Bourges, 30 Dec., 1839; d. at Paris, 12 May, 1908. He made a brilliant course of studies at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris,… …
38Heinrich von Melk — (late 12th century) This religious author who wrote in Middle High German composed two verse narratives, Von des todes gehugde (On the remembrance of death) and Priesterleben (On the life of priests).He identifies himself in the epilogue to… …
39Leonhard Euler — Infobox Scientist name = Leonhard Euler|box width = 300px |200px image width = 200px caption = Portrait by Johann Georg Brucker birth date = birth date|df=yes|1707|4|15 birth place = Basel, Switzerland death date = 18 September (O.S 7 September)… …
40George Gamow — Born March 4, 1904(1904 03 04) …
