Did you know that the ancestor of smartphone apps can be traced back to the Middle Ages? The volvelle, a paper-based interactive device, had a multifaceted role during its historical use. It ...

This week, we read the final of the special Torah readings leading up to Passover. In their own ways, each of these readings helps us prepare for the festival: In one of them, we learn about the ...

A North Tyneside collector has discovered a set of original Led Zeppelin album sketches. Music memorabilia collector, Joseph Robert O’Donnell, uncovered the sketches hidden among mixed artworks which ...

A remarkable collection of beautifully illustrated documents that helped medieval people determine dates and fortunes has gone on display in London’s Lambeth Palace Library. These concertina-fold ...

In the Middle Ages, scientists calculated the position of the stars and planets using tools like volvelles (wheel charts) and mechanical astrolabes. Learn more about these fascinating instruments and ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This is a complex brass instrument, consisting of a nocturnal, a sundial, a lunar aspectarium, and a geometrical ...

An interactive proof of concept rotating one of twenty-one volvelles (a rotating part of the physical book used to deterimine planentary positions) that make up the Astronomicum Caesareum.

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Après-midi quizLe 08/11/2025 CognacLe Club Soroptimist organise, avec ses partenaires, un quiz de culture générale sur le thème « Cognac en cartes postales des XIXe et XXe siècles ».