Search

In order to render paper hydrophobic for ink and thus adequate for writing, gelatine has been largely used. To this day, it is still employed in conservation workshops as an adhesive or a sizing agent, for instance, during the treatment of iron gall ink manuscripts. Various types and concentrations of gelatine are recommended, depending on the desired effect, but little information is available regarding to the physical distribution of gelatine in the paper. This aspect is however determinant for a better control of conservation treatments. In this work, we investigate the possibilities offered by FTIR microscopy for the measurement of the gelatine distribution in paper. Laboratory papers were preliminary treated with different types of gelatine and then embedded in a resin and cut in thin slices. Mapping techniques enable to compare the penetration of different types of gelatine in a semiquantitative way. The performance of conventional laboratory equipment and synchrotron radiation experimental setup are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Revista Espanola de Antropologia Americana is the property of Universidad Complutense de Madrid and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Copyright of Revista Espanola de Antropologia Americana is the property of Universidad Complutense de Madrid and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

The article offers information on the gospel book of Bishop Bernward. It states that under the direction of Bernward, a gospel book was made in eleventh century which is for the Benedictine monks of St. Michael's Abbey in Hildesheim, Germany. It says that the texts of the gospel book is a standard local variant and with a conclusion with list of pericopes that offer brief indications for Sunday readings and feast of liturgical year. It says that one of the ideas in the paintings of the Bernward Gospel is the sensory perception of the divine in which Robert Deshman identified as a critical component in the pictorial program of the manuscript. It also mentions the other interpretation of Deshman on the confusing representation of the Noli me tangere which illustrates the Book of Mark.

The article presents the author's insights regarding the relationship between the manuscript productions from the monastery of Echternach made at the end of the seventh century and in the eleventh century. The author says that scholarship on the manuscripts from both eras made contributions to the understanding of the art of luxury manuscript production in the Early Middle Ages. He notes that the painted pages of the books have no figural representations or decorated text. He mentions that the ornamented pages of the books communicated ideas regarding the past and present in an age of monastic and ecclesiastical reform. He also asserts that the spectacle of liturgy is one of the factors which contributed to the production of the books.

In this study, the differences in paper materials, layout patterns, calligraphy and character styles, signatures and seals of approved passports within the Qing Dynasty between 1880 and 1911 A.D. were examined and investigated. Results had shown that: 1. Passports used for personal identification in the Qing Dynasty did not have the perforation seal code. 2. The passports framed by dragons were only permitted for diplomatic officials who had completed their foreign services and had returned to homeland. Passports for most of the foreign visitors were framed by straight lines. 3. Passports were the only type of documents that have the "Qi Jun Gai Yue" (Seals aligning the title of the emperor's reign and covering the month in case of falsification). 4. "Qi Jun Gai Yue" had an important role in anti-counterfeiting, which eliminates the chances of altering the year or month. 5. Passports used for objects in the Qing Dynasty had a special approval form- "Ji Feng Gai Zi" (perforation seals) 6. The end of passports were signed by "Hu" (to protect) or "Dao" (road). If new forms or types of Qing passports were discovered, this study will continue on its research or further complements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a document which offers the manuscripts layout for the Japan Research Association journal for the end uses of textile in Japanese.

Abstract: A computerized regulatory document management system has been developed as a module in a comprehensive Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) designed for an NIH-funded clinical trial network in order to more efficiently manage and track regulatory compliance. Within the network, several institutions and investigators are involved in multiple trials, and each trial has regulatory document requirements. Some of these documents are trial specific while others apply across multiple trials. The latter causes a possible redundancy in document collection and management. To address these and other related challenges, a central regulatory document management system was designed. This manuscript shares the design of the system as well as examples of it use in current studies. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The article discusses the 180 millimeter map and geographical text found in an English religious miscellany. It states that the map represents the sublunar world as connoted by the presence four traditional elements and that it is being used for spiritual pilgrimage as shown by the tripartition of the world, legends, toponyms, and illustrations. It also gives emphasis on a text that provides description on both the Noachian tripartition of the world and its cartographic illustration. Moreover, the map is revealed to be the most elaborate in association with the text as manifested by a Sallust based-map-derived geography and color and images of both trees and cities.

People who the author would like to thank for their assistance and contributions in the creation of manuscripts for the "Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry" are mentioned.

Gaining a rapid overview of an emerging scientific topic, sometimes called research fronts, is an increasingly common task due to the growing amount of interdisciplinary collaboration. Visual overviews that show temporal patterns of paper publication and citation links among papers can help researchers and analysts to see the rate of growth of topics, identify key papers, and understand influences across subdisciplines. This article applies a novel network-visualization tool based on meaningful layouts of nodes to present research fronts and show citation links that indicate influences across research fronts. To demonstrate the value of two-dimensional layouts with multiple regions and user control of link visibility, we conducted a design-oriented, preliminary case study with 6 domain experts over a 4-month period. The main benefits were being able (a) to easily identify key papers and see the increasing number of papers within a research front, and (b) to quickly see the strength and direction of influence across related research fronts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents notes for authors and contributors to the "Journal of Qur'anic Studies," including manuscript format and the presentation of submissions, bibliographical references and endnotes, and advice on style and presentation.

This article focuses on panel arrangements and page layouts of early comics published in Belgium in the five decades before the start of Tintin in 1929. It investigates the degree of standardisation in this pivotal period, in which the old system of graphic narratives with captions evolved to comics with balloons. The years between 1880 and 1929 boasted a variety of publication formats (broadsheets, illustrated magazines for adults and for children, comic strips, artists' books), within which one can see both similar and different conventions at work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act contains numerous implications for school counselors, but the affects of NCLB on school counselor's roles and identities has not been thoroughly explored. Further, ways comprehensive school counseling programs and school counselors can thrive while striving to meet the goals of NCLB have been ignored in previous research. Therefore, in this manuscript, the school counseling related facets of NCLB were presented, school counselor's roles according to the legislation were discussed and empirically supported school counseling interventions available for meeting the goals of NCLB were highlighted. Implications for practicing school counselors concluded the manuscript. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Neidhart's songs were rewritten, varied and imitated for more than two centuries. In modern scholarship the search for the original for a long time blocked interest for and editions of possibly unauthentic texts. Now the new Salzburg edition presents the complete material, in large parts in synoptic layout. The article reviews this edition and discusses its principles. One text is edited in revised form. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on Royal 19 D I, which is a compilation of popular prose romances and travel chronicles. These travel chronicles include the important treatise on crusading intended for Philip VI's, King of France, council in its earliest translation into French, the anonymous "Directoire." Moreover, it also focuses on the artistic emphasis of the manuscript, known as the Crusading Miscellany. In this manuscript, scenes of crusade and foreign adventure occur in locations keyed with great specificity in the text, however, the miniatures rarely include a single topographic element allowing identification of an individual site.

The article discusses the format, layout, and structure of Medieval hagiographical writings in the Southern Low Countries of Europe. It provides a textual analysis of the A and B versions of the manuscript Vita Secunda Gisleni, the use of manuscript A in liturgical services of the Catholic church, and the use of manuscript B in monastic communities. The Medieval process of rewriting ancient manuscripts is discussed, along with the transcribing methodologies of scribes. Other subjects under discussion include the reasons for textual redactions, the foundation of the Saint Ghislain monastery in Lotharingia, and the monk and scribe Rainerus.

The article presents guidelines for manuscript preparation for the Foreign Language Annals journal. It says that every author submitting a manuscript must complete registration information at the Foreign Language Annals submission page at Editorial Manager. It also says that when submitting a manuscript, the author will be prompted to enter the following personal information: title, name, degree, phone, fax, e-mail address, institution related information, personal classifications, and preferred user name. Moreover, the complete guidelines and its details are also presented.

The modification of a standard character according to the features of an individual's handwriting endows the character with handwritten traits, a process called font personalization. In this paper, a novel approach is proposed to transform a full set of standard Chinese vectorized font, according to a writer's handwritten characteristics, into a personalized font possessing the writer's discernible features. Once installed in a computer, the personalized font set obtained can efficiently replace existing standard fonts to exhibit unique handwritten features. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents on the new approaches to the study of history in studying Salem's documentary. It relates on how Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum applied the method of full immersion in the fast-flowing stream of history when they focused on dealing with the infamous 1692 Salem witch trials. Meanwhile, it cites on how the documentation of Salem have became a perfect tool for student's source of information especially history, as well as on the contexts and book construction of the documentary which adds on the interests of readers.

The article discusses the manuscript and iconographic inheritance of the Kaunas School of Art teacher Jonas Šileika (1883-1960). This inheritance is kept in the archive of the National Art Museum of M. K. Čiurlionis. This material presents J. Šileika as not only a realist, but also a neo-romanticist, an attentive and professional pedagogue, a passionate lover of the Lithuanian language and upholder of national culture. These features that show him to be both a personality and a creator bring freshness to the prevailing portrait of J. Šileika as a rational, conservative, at times even boring representative of the realistic style. The personality of J. Šileika is closely related with the Kaunas School of Art and later the Institute of Applied Art (from 1940). The artist worked in this school for thirty years (1922-1952), from when he started his pedagogical activity together with its founders: Justinas Vienožinskis, Petras Kalpokas, Adomas Galdikas, Kajetonas Sklerius and Vladas Didžiokas. The albums of photographs that belonged to J. Šileika are an illustration of practically the entire history of this school's activity. The events are precisely collected and recorded: the building of the school, the settlement, the art classes, the pedagogues and the students of different generations. While browsing the rich inheritance of the artist, the interesting, intellectual and inquiring personality of its creator unfolds. The notes themselves are not characteristic of artistic play or unexpected leaps of creative thought and do not include drawings that would add variety to the text. Their content, however, reveals J. Šileika as a person that contemplated philosophicalaesthetic questions and a concern for the protection of the cultural-artistic inheritance of Lithuanians; showing interest in the historical past of Lithuanians and the archaism of its language and a desire to protect it. He is shown as a person who enthusiastically supported the ideas of Lithuanian national rebirth and gathered professional knowledge in the fields of drawing and painting, evaluating the artistic movements of the early 20th century and the investigations of the great artists of modernism. He wrote memoirs about his art teachers, his studies abroad, and remembers his fellow artists from the Kaunas School of Art and his students. Those manuscripts and documents prompt us to take a wider look at the world of an artist who was famous for rationality. The principles of creation and the aesthetical attitudes of J. Šileika were formed in the contexts of the early 20th art of Chicago and Munich. The experience he gained there was especially valuable; it strongly affected the scope of the artist and involved him in both the intellectual and creative life, allowing him to immediately sense the pulse of the newest artistic ideas. The artist, by this point, clearly already understood the dilemma between the challenges of modernism and tradition, opting to choose the position taken by the supporters of realism who integrated innovation in moderation. Therefore, in his oeuvre he raised the importance of clear drawing, form, and feeling as the founding qualities of every work of art.… [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This template represents the basic guidelines and desired layout final manuscript of International Review of PHYSICS. Abstract should not contain any equations, references, or footnotes. This article plays the role of a template as well as the guidelines for prospective authors who will have to prepare the final manuscript accepted for publication by International Review of PHYSICS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Writing for publication has the potential to contribute to the enjoyment of the author as well as to aid the quality of instruction through sharing successful pedagogies. The author outlines a systematic approach to publication success from idea formation to manuscript submission. A few helpful bibliographies are included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Jewish computus manuscripts in the early modern period were illustrated with a rich, original and unique iconographic program. These images have not previously been understood nor systematically interpreted. This article introduces the genre and provides a survey of its illustrations. It argues that the images complemented the messages in the text, particularly those concerning the antiquity and sanctity of the calendar and the valorization of the Jewish calendar above others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents an overview of regulations and procedures for writers who want to submit manuscripts to the periodical "Sociological Forum". A discussion of things writers must do when receiving a revise and submit letter from the periodical is presented. The guidelines for submitting a manuscript via the journal's online web-based submission system, preparing a proper manuscript, preparing an acceptable format for a manuscript, and the correct way to submit tables, figures, and references in a manuscript, is discussed.

Abstract: In this article we introduce a text search algorithm designed for ancient manuscripts. Word-spotting is the best alternative to word recognition on this type of document. Our method is based on differential features that are compared using a cohesive elastic matching method, based on zones of interest in order to match only the informative parts of the words. Thus we improved both the accuracy and the runtime of the word-spotting process. The proposed method is tested on medieval manuscripts of Latin and Semitic alphabets as well as on more recent manuscripts. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The article discusses the theoretical principles for manuscript tables in reporting a randomized controlled trials. The Consolidated Standards for Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statements suggests trialists to report the absolute risk of outcomes for each group. It also states that the table must display the occurrence of adverse events that invites local comparisons for single events. In addition, shading is suggested for cluster rows that tells a cohesive and coherent clinical story.

The article focuses on various encounters in theatrical translation. It is stated that all translations starts with an encounter of discovery which leads to further encounters. Sometimes, the first encounter between future translator and author takes place through direct contact with a new play, seen in the theater or read in a manuscript or book. Moreover, these encounters which can come about by choice, by chance or by fatality, are as diverse as the different methods of translating. It is further noted that these encounters lead to the establishment of a connection that may be short or one that endures in a long-term commitment or even a lifetime partnership.

2006 has been a year of consolidation for the Journal, as the first full year under editorial management at Newcastle using Manuscript Central by ©ScholarOne, and of the availability of our on-line archive through Blackwell Synergy. We have made very substantial progress in reducing our turnround time during 2006, while our performance according to the citation impact factor for 2005 has also improved since the previous year. Submissions remain strong, though there may be signs that our rejection rate is increasing slightly. Plans are proceeding for the digitisation of our full archive since 1926 for inclusion in the on-line archive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers overviews about various manuscripts published in the "Education and Treatment of Children" periodical. The materials that are accepted to be published in the periodical include experimental research, data-based case studies, research reviews, procedure or program descriptions, issue-oriented papers, and brief communications and inquiries. It is emphasized that non-experimental papers should stress the manner in which the described procedure, program, or issues related to the practical concerns of professionals in field, while the experimental studies should express usefulness of the described procedure, adequacy of the data, and evidence that proves the reliability of the data offered. Guidelines on how to develop the accepted manuscripts are explained.

The article provides guidelines on how to make an accessible report for people with learning disabilities. First, it would be necessary to make a draft on the basic ideas of the research. The main points of the summarized report will be critiqued including the statements that might confront readers especially those with learning disabilities. In naming participants, the specific audience for whom the report should be used. A layout is then made after critics have reviewed the report.

Copyright of Art / Umění is the property of Institute of Art History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Copyright of Art / Umění is the property of Institute of Art History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

We present a diplomatic edition of a seventeenth-century English manuscript containing previously unpublished lexical material in Bizkaian Basque. We offer a linguistic analysis of this, and explain the significance of the manuscript and its content in the history of linguistics and Basque scholarship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information about MS Cod. Lat. 109, a manuscript which was held in the archives of the University Library of Budapest. The manuscript, which is believed to belong to the oeuvre of the Master ES, has a text of a prayer book written on sheets ruled and framed in black lines. The dimension of the pages is 142x102 millimeter which consists of 387 pages today, and the worn nature of its pages indicates continuous use. Its clear and regular fonts of gothica cursiva textualis are the work of a single hand, likewise its script is continuous with no empty pages. According to the author, the codex including the two engravings in the manuscript is probably made around 1460.

This article offers guidelines for aspiring writers who wish to have their work published. Especially geared for practitioners, it includes suggestions for getting started, staying focused, structuring an article, understanding the writing process, overcoming frustration, coping with reviewers' critiques and enduring through to completion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the significance of cloth-of-gold textile borders which challenges the Burgundian and post-Burgundian manuscript illumination in the Benelux countries. It is stated that the illusionistic borders function to establish order and hierarchy within the manuscript such that used to augment the traditional rinceaux borders typical of Burgundian illumination of the middle-century. It is indicated that the illusionistic borders acts as a means of organizing most divisions and choice of motif of the manuscripts. It is also indicated that the textile borders provides crucial narrative functions which denotes status and ethnicity.

Provides instructions for authors who wish to send their contributions to the journal "Plant Ecology." Scope of the topics and issues published by the journal; Method of submission and correspondence; Instructions during preparation of manuscripts; Formats for citations.

From fresh examination of the manuscript, this paper presents a codicological description of Longleat House MS 257, a fifteenth-century codex in vellum that contains Lydgate's Siege of Thebes, Chaucer's Knight's and Clerk's Tale, and Ipomedon C, among other texts. First, the article discusses the date and place of production of this textual artifact, and after listing the contents of the volume, it examines the manuscript's material circumstances, provides the collation and compilation, describes the morphology of the hands, and analyzes the decoration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Master of the Hours of Marguerite d 'Orléans (Paris, BnF, MS lat. 1156 B, after 1426) is thought by some scholars to have played a pivotal role in the development of the "school" of manuscript illuminators working in early-fifteenth-century Rennes in the duchy of Brittany. This article examines the manuscript's codicological and stylistic features of its two artists—the Orléans Master and the Calendar Painter—as well as its proposed stylistic association with two manuscripts considered influential to the "school," notably the Chantemerle Missal (Paris, BnF, MS lat. 1098) and an unpublished book of hours (Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, MS 616). Visual comparisons suggest, however, that a third illuminator, whom I shall call the Chantemerle Painter, after the missal, was primarily responsible for illumination in the latter two manuscripts. This article also considers the extent of commercial manuscript production in Rennes based on documentation gathered from archival and manuscript sources. While historically plausible, a "school of Rennes" is undocumented and remains a hypothesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Provides instructions for authors contributing to the journal "Plant and Soil." Aim and scope; Online manuscript submission; Manuscript presentation; Additional information.

Presents guidelines for authors who wish to contribute in the journal "Higher Education." Format of the manuscript; Instructions for the submission of the manuscript; Information about the manuscript presentation.

This article outlines an approach to developing and submitting manuscripts for professional publications. Authors are encouraged to individualize and use those steps appropriate to their needs in the pursuit of manuscript development and information sharing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the first folio or manuscript of Ben Jonson in 1616. The author claims that the folio has socio-historical origins not initially intended for reading. It also says that Jonson's contemporaries including Inigo Jones and essayist Sir Francis Bacon, have considered the folio as pieces belonged to the realm of the ephemeral and spectacular.

Presents instructions for authors who intend to submit articles for publication to the journal. Format for reviewing procedure; Manuscript presentation; Availability of proofs.

Explores the connections between a group of six interrelated manuscripts produced in or around London, England during the fifteenth century. Characterization of the devotional miscellanies of the "John Rylands University Library MS English 85"; Factor that distinguishes the Rylands manuscript from other collections; Similarities in the manuscripts' texts of "The Twelve Lettyngis of Prayer"; Differences in the manuscripts' presentation and physical appearance.

The article offers information on the interpretative possibilities of border decoration in Ghent-Burges manuscripts. According to the author, the flowers lend themselves chiefly to a symbolic explanation, while the painted pilgrim badges and the scattering of coins and flowers can be seen as a reflection of a devotional or social practice. He added that the most problematic part of marginal decoration has been constituted by the drolleries. Moreover, Christ, Mary and religious mysteries are the majority of the motifs being referred in the Ghent-Bruges marginal decoration.

An artistic rendering method of free-form surfaces with the aid of half-toned text that is laid-out on the given surface is presented. The layout of the text is computed using symbolic composition of the free-form parametric surface S( u, v ) with cubic or linear Bézier curve segments C( t ) = { c[sub u] ( t ), c[sub v] ( t )}, comprising the outline of the text symbols. Once the layout is constructed on the surface, a shading process is applied to the text, affecting the width of the symbols as well as their color, according to some shader function. The shader function depends on the surface orientation and the view direction as well as the color and the direction or position of the light source. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Provides instructions to author regarding manuscript submission for the "Re/Views in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology" journal. Manuscript presentation; References; Figures and tables.

Analyzes the design of 'Book of Hours,' a religious instruction manual created in the 13th century. Information on the design criteria put forth by Kostelnick and Roberts; Relevance of the design principles used in 'Books of Hours' to the principles of modern document design; Background on medieval religious manuscripts.