Among the budding collection's most prized works were pietre dure vases and bronzes.

The painting collection has more than 7, 500 works from the 13th century to 1848 and is managed by 12 curators who oversee the collection's display.

The collection's emphasis is on collecting works in the traditional liberal arts disciplines.

The collection still includes a few Old Master paintings collected by Morgan between 1907 and 1911 ( works by Hans Memling, Perugino, and Cima da Conegliano ), but this has never been the collection's focus, and Ghirlandaio's masterpiece Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni was sold to Thyssen when the Great Depression worsened the Morgan family's finances.

Many of the collection's biblical, Hebrew, and philosophical works had once been owned by Pico della Mirandola.

The collection's development corresponds to archaeological work such as Paul-Émile Botta's 1843 expedition to Khorsabad and the discovery of Sargon II's palace.

In reply to Western academic doubts as to the actual date and authorship of the book that bears his name, scholars point out that notable hadith scholars of that time, such as Ahmad Ibn Hanbal ( 855 CE / 241 AH ), Ibn Maīn ( 847 CE / 233 AH ), and Ibn Madīni ( 848 CE / 234 AH ), accepted the authenticity of his book and that the collection's immediate fame makes it unlikely that it could have been revised after the author's death without historical record.

From the start, the passionate letters, in book form, were a European publishing sensation ( in part because of their presumed authenticity ), with five editions in the collection's first year, followed by more than forty editions throughout the 17th century.

The collection's main section is devoted to pieces from the Middle Ages to the 17th century.

The Durand collection's 1825 acquisition added " ceramics, enamels, and stained glass ", and 800 pieces were given by Pierre Révoil.

It is now impossible to determine the collection's size in any era with any certainty.

It allows the client to traverse through any object collection, without needing to access the contents of the collection directly, or be concerned about the type of list the collection's structure uses.

The collection's release was meant to remind the electro scene of Psyche's achievements, and the time was ripe for a step in a new direction.

The Hope Diamond is the most popular jewel on display and the collection's centerpiece.

It inspired Gounod to devise an improvisation of a melody over the C major Prelude ( BWV 846 ) from the collection's first book.

Following the Library collection's move to the new site, the old Reading Room was opened to the public in 2000, following renovation as part of the construction of the Great Court.

* Museum of Art The collection's focus is central and eastern European avant garde art, German expressionism, surrealism and outsider art.

Selections from an interview between Zevon and Austin-based radio personality Jody Denberg are blended with about 40 minutes of music on the collection's second disc.

Patterned lace tights and skivis were the base for many of the collection's looks.

The collection's title poem is considered to be one of the masterpieces of late-20th-century American poetic literature.

Abel's Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, 1818, gives a detailed account of the collection's misfortunes .< Fortunately, he had left some specimens with sir George Staunton at Canton, who was kind enough to return them to him ; living specimens of the Chinese Abelia that we know today were introduced by Robert Fortune in 1844.

In the collection's eponymous story " Axiomatic ", the protagonist enters a store selling mods not only for every variety of psychedelic experiences, but for altering one's personality traits, sexual orientation, and even religion.

The lions were originally nicknamed " Leo Astor " and " Leo Lenox ", for the two private libraries that formed the collection's core, but mayor Fiorello La Guardia renamed them for qualities New Yorkers were showing in weathering the Great Depression — " Patience " ( on the left or south ) and " Fortitude " ( on the right or north ) — and those names have stuck.

Chinese ceramics ranging from the painted pottery of the Neolithic period to the porcelain of the Qing Dynasty formed the collection's cornerstone.

The collection's title is The Philokalia of the Niptic Fathers, or more fully The Philokalia of the Neptic Saints gathered from our Holy Theophoric Father, through which, by means of the philosophy of ascetic practice and contemplation, the intellect is purified, illumined, and made perfect.

While the collection's department seeks the debtor, the cashiering team applies the monies received.

The collection's core subject is theology, but science, medicine, history, exploration and languages are also well represented.

The collection's rising amount and importance soon required the construction of a building to headquarter the museum.

* A history of the Kora, with an overview of its current practices, by Jacques Burtin ( text in French ):

* Biography, Bibliography, Analysis, Plot overview ( in French )

* Iphigénie de Jean Racine: Analysis, Plot overview ( in French )

* Biography, Bibliography, Analysis, Plot overview ( in French )

With more than 300 paintings, mainly from the Spanish royal collection, it offers an incomplete but interesting overview of French paintings from the 16th to the early 19th centuries.

* Le CIEM fête ses cent ans (" The ICES celebrates its 100th birthday "); brief overview of the history of the ICES in French.

His works include Interpreting the French Revolution ( 1981 ), a historiographical overview of what has preceded him and A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution ( 1989 ).

Although the coalition commanders did have an overview of French pre-war movements, Napoleon's strategy was initially very successful.

This article provides an overview of the Austrian post-offices presence in Crete and the use of French currency on Austrian stamps in the Ottoman empire.

* INTEGRAL overview at CNES ( French Space Agency )

His works include Interpreting the French Revolution ( 1981 ), a historiographical overview of what has preceded him and A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution ( 1989 ).

* Analysis, Plot overview ( in French )

* Plot overview ( in French )