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Nicholas C. Rossis

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Nicholas C. Rossis

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A Fantasy Tip from History: Book Shrines

December 29, 2016

In a recent post, I described the many ways Medieval scribes and readers would transport their treasured books. There was one …

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A Fantasy Tip from History: Travelling Books

December 27, 2016

My Kindle has a couple of thousand books in it. Yes, thousand. Its size? smaller than most of my books …

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A Fantasy Tip from History: A Pox On You!

December 10, 2016

Two days ago, thieves broke into a chapel in my local parish. They left with a chalice, two candlesticks, and …

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Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds

November 18, 2016

If you are in London until November 27th, you have a great opportunity to visit “Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds” …

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A Fantasy Tip from History: Medieval Fonts and Posters

November 8, 2016

It was a slow day in 1450 and Herman Strepel, a scribe in Münster, Germany, was bored. With the last …

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Cylon of Athens: The Real-life Teo Altman

August 22, 2016

One of my favorite Pearseus characters is Teo Altman; the power-hungry despot who lies and kills his way to the …

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A Fantasy Tip from History: Medieval Graffiti

August 10, 2016

In Kingston, a small village in rural Cambridgeshire, a stolid tenant farmer is wiping moist eyes. His three children had …

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A Fantasy Tip from Russian History

August 1, 2016

Six-year-old Onfim stifled a yawn. His teacher was droning on and on about Old Russian alphabet, but Onfim had had …

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