describes current tension between the heroic narrative and the curators' who "often seek to chall... more describes current tension between the heroic narrative and the curators' who "often seek to challenge the recurring and simplistic interpretations of the past that emphasize heroic individuals, discoveries, and inventions." 2 "There are jobs for which, if I had to do them, I would like to serve under Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton and Wilson-each to his part. For a joint scientific and geographical piece of organisation, give me Scott; for a Winter Journey, Wilson; for a dash to the Pole and nothing else, Amundsen: and if I am in the devil of a hole and want to get out of it, give me Shackleton every time." Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1922) The Worst Journey in the World, Antarctic, 1910-1913. London: Constable and Company Ltd. p. vii. 3 This was the first time the term had been applied to a polar collection. When objects had previously featured in exhibitions, they had been referred to variously as 'curiosities', 'objects', 'articles' and 'specimens'.
The deaths in the Antarctic of Captains Robert Falcon Scott and Lawrence "Titus" Oates are the mo... more The deaths in the Antarctic of Captains Robert Falcon Scott and Lawrence "Titus" Oates are the most examined in almost all exploration. However, one object, until today unknown, gives a clue to the real story of the last three days of the Terra Nova expedition leaders. This is the sextant that Captain Scott had with him throughout his career until his death, passed from Kathleen Scott to Peter Scott and thence to its current owner. The sextant, its history and the meaning of the relic are set out before the public for the first time.
Longer version of paper for the Polar Record, SPRI Cambridge, 2024
The deaths in the Antarctic of Captains Robert Falcon Scott and Lawrence 'Titus' Oates are the mo... more The deaths in the Antarctic of Captains Robert Falcon Scott and Lawrence 'Titus' Oates are the most examined in almost all exploration. But one object, until today unknown, gives a clue to the real story of the last 3 days of the Terra Nova expedition leaders. This is the sextant that Captain Scott had with him throughout his career until his death, passed from Kathleen Scott to Peter Scott and thence to its current owner. The sextant, its history and the meaning of the relic are set out before the public for the first time.
Bulletin of the Medelhavsmuseet Stockholm, 29, 1994
Fragmentary, but fortunately with sufficient iconography surviving to allow an analysis of prothe... more Fragmentary, but fortunately with sufficient iconography surviving to allow an analysis of prothesis scenes on Attic white-ground lekythoi. A catalogue of the known White-ground lekythoi with Prothesis scenes is appended.
An Attic White-ground lekythos with quite stock figures nevertheless illustrates several notewort... more An Attic White-ground lekythos with quite stock figures nevertheless illustrates several noteworthy features. A number of attributions to White-ground lekythos painters is also amended or proposed for the first time.
This work lies in the field of codicology, and its purpose is to group related Gospel lectionary ... more This work lies in the field of codicology, and its purpose is to group related Gospel lectionary MSS together. It was carried out so that linguistic comparisons could be made in the future between related MSS, and, in particular, so that individual or related groups of Slavonic lectionaries could be compared, linguistically with suitably chosen Greek lectionaries. This is of importance in studying the Slavonic version, since the first New Testament translation from Greek into Slavonic is believed to have been a lectionary. Before it is possible to explain the mutual relationships between the extant Slavonic lectionaries, and to understand their development, it is necessary to discover to what extent they developed separately and to what extent they were dependent on Greek lectionaries. In order to do this, the Greek lectionaries had to be classified according to their lection systems, since lectionaries with the same lection system are more likely to be connected than are those with different systems. A hypothesis had then to be found which would best explain the development of one system from another, where this seemed to have occurred. The available Slavonic lectionaries could then be studied against the background of the Greek. This thesis distinguishes three types of Greek weekday lectionaries, the so-called αβ type, the S type and the κ type, as well as some of their sub-groups, and. discusses their mutual relationships. In order to explain their development, it was found necessary to refer to the earlier development of the lection system in Greek. The earliest weekday system (the αβ type) has been studied. in greater detail than the others. The comparatively few Slavonic lectionaries available have been discussed at the end. of each chapter dealing with their Greek counterparts
describes current tension between the heroic narrative and the curators' who "often seek to chall... more describes current tension between the heroic narrative and the curators' who "often seek to challenge the recurring and simplistic interpretations of the past that emphasize heroic individuals, discoveries, and inventions." 2 "There are jobs for which, if I had to do them, I would like to serve under Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton and Wilson-each to his part. For a joint scientific and geographical piece of organisation, give me Scott; for a Winter Journey, Wilson; for a dash to the Pole and nothing else, Amundsen: and if I am in the devil of a hole and want to get out of it, give me Shackleton every time." Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1922) The Worst Journey in the World, Antarctic, 1910-1913. London: Constable and Company Ltd. p. vii. 3 This was the first time the term had been applied to a polar collection. When objects had previously featured in exhibitions, they had been referred to variously as 'curiosities', 'objects', 'articles' and 'specimens'.
The deaths in the Antarctic of Captains Robert Falcon Scott and Lawrence "Titus" Oates are the mo... more The deaths in the Antarctic of Captains Robert Falcon Scott and Lawrence "Titus" Oates are the most examined in almost all exploration. However, one object, until today unknown, gives a clue to the real story of the last three days of the Terra Nova expedition leaders. This is the sextant that Captain Scott had with him throughout his career until his death, passed from Kathleen Scott to Peter Scott and thence to its current owner. The sextant, its history and the meaning of the relic are set out before the public for the first time.
Longer version of paper for the Polar Record, SPRI Cambridge, 2024
The deaths in the Antarctic of Captains Robert Falcon Scott and Lawrence 'Titus' Oates are the mo... more The deaths in the Antarctic of Captains Robert Falcon Scott and Lawrence 'Titus' Oates are the most examined in almost all exploration. But one object, until today unknown, gives a clue to the real story of the last 3 days of the Terra Nova expedition leaders. This is the sextant that Captain Scott had with him throughout his career until his death, passed from Kathleen Scott to Peter Scott and thence to its current owner. The sextant, its history and the meaning of the relic are set out before the public for the first time.
Bulletin of the Medelhavsmuseet Stockholm, 29, 1994
Fragmentary, but fortunately with sufficient iconography surviving to allow an analysis of prothe... more Fragmentary, but fortunately with sufficient iconography surviving to allow an analysis of prothesis scenes on Attic white-ground lekythoi. A catalogue of the known White-ground lekythoi with Prothesis scenes is appended.
An Attic White-ground lekythos with quite stock figures nevertheless illustrates several notewort... more An Attic White-ground lekythos with quite stock figures nevertheless illustrates several noteworthy features. A number of attributions to White-ground lekythos painters is also amended or proposed for the first time.
This work lies in the field of codicology, and its purpose is to group related Gospel lectionary ... more This work lies in the field of codicology, and its purpose is to group related Gospel lectionary MSS together. It was carried out so that linguistic comparisons could be made in the future between related MSS, and, in particular, so that individual or related groups of Slavonic lectionaries could be compared, linguistically with suitably chosen Greek lectionaries. This is of importance in studying the Slavonic version, since the first New Testament translation from Greek into Slavonic is believed to have been a lectionary. Before it is possible to explain the mutual relationships between the extant Slavonic lectionaries, and to understand their development, it is necessary to discover to what extent they developed separately and to what extent they were dependent on Greek lectionaries. In order to do this, the Greek lectionaries had to be classified according to their lection systems, since lectionaries with the same lection system are more likely to be connected than are those with different systems. A hypothesis had then to be found which would best explain the development of one system from another, where this seemed to have occurred. The available Slavonic lectionaries could then be studied against the background of the Greek. This thesis distinguishes three types of Greek weekday lectionaries, the so-called αβ type, the S type and the κ type, as well as some of their sub-groups, and. discusses their mutual relationships. In order to explain their development, it was found necessary to refer to the earlier development of the lection system in Greek. The earliest weekday system (the αβ type) has been studied. in greater detail than the others. The comparatively few Slavonic lectionaries available have been discussed at the end. of each chapter dealing with their Greek counterparts
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A catalogue of the known White-ground lekythoi with Prothesis scenes is appended.
A number of attributions to White-ground lekythos painters is also amended or proposed for the first time.
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A catalogue of the known White-ground lekythoi with Prothesis scenes is appended.
A number of attributions to White-ground lekythos painters is also amended or proposed for the first time.