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'Stunning' Nepal Buddha art find

Paintings of Buddha dating back at least to the 12th century have been discovered in a cave in a remote area of Nepal's north-central region.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6624117.stm

Ars Moriendi

"Ars Moriendi' ('The Art of Dying') refers to two related texts (long and short versions) which emerged in Europe in the early and mid-15th century respectively."

http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2006/06/ars-moriendi.html

The Antikamnia Chemical Company

"After beginning his working life as a printer's apprentice, Louis Crucius (or Crusius) completed the necessary requirements to graduate as a pharmacist in 1882 and a doctor in 1890 in St Louis, Missouri. While he was studying he worked in a pharmacy and made humorous sketches that were placed in the window of the store. A collection of these drawings was published in 1893 ('Funny Bones'). He lectured in histology and anatomy and eventually came to be a Professor of Anatomy but died in 1898 from kidney tumours."

http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/05/antikamnia-chemical-company.html