The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online

IDP is a ground-breaking international collaboration to make information and images of all manuscripts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from Dunhuang and archaeological sites of the Eastern Silk Road freely available on the Internet and to encourage their use through educational and research programmes.

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"I was ready to sink into the earth with shame"

Getting hideously drunk at a dinner party and embarrassing [oneself] is certainly nothing new. As far back as the ninth century, the beautifully named 'Dunhuang Bureau of Etiquette' insisted that local officials use the [above] letter template (dated 856) when sending apologies to offended dinner hosts.

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A staggering tower of 15,000 Abraham Lincoln books

On display at the newly-constructed Ford’s Theatre Center for Education and Leadership in Washington, DC, this 34-foot pillar of literature includes over 15,000 unique titles about the United State’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. More »

April 2012

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. An Early Christian Reader, Steve Mason & Tom Robinson. ISBN 0-921627-56-4. 2012.04.21
2. The Story Of Christian Spirituality, Ed. Gordon Mursell. ISBN 0-8006-3289-3. 2012.04.21

BOOKS READ

1. Journeys To The Twilight Zone, Ed. Carol Serling. ISBN 0-88677-525-6. 2012.04.19
2. Way of Life: Awareness, Reflections, Interdependence, Compassion, Gratitude, Toronto Buddhist Church. ISBN N/A. 2012.04.21
3. Explorer: The Mystery Boxes, Ed. Kazu Kibuishi. ISBN 978-1-4197-0009-5. 2012.04.24
4. The Secret World of Arrietty, Vol. 1 (Film Comic), Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi. ISBN 978-1-4215-4116-7. 2012.04.27