Joint Library of the Hellenic & Roman Societies / Institute of Classical Studies Library

The Library is maintained jointly with the Societies for the Promotion of Hellenic and Roman Studies and in association with the Institute of Classical Studies (University of London). It contains over 130,000 volumes, 22,000 bound volumes of periodicals, thereby bringing the overall total to almost 152,000 volumes. The Library has an international reputation as one of the world’s foremost Classics libraries.

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Thursday, 3 May 2012

Romania celebrates Roman heritage with...awkward naked Trajan and a levitating wolf in a scarf

From the BBC: "A statue representing the birth of the Romanian nation has been greeted with derision by the public and critics.

The sculpture, unveiled outside Bucharest's National History Museum, portrays a naked Roman emperor Trajan carrying a wolf.

It is supposed to represent the fusion of the Roman empire with the ancient tribes of Dacia."

Image from the Romanian Times

Any thoughts?

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Why do old books smell?

A team of scientists from UCL and the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, are working on a detector to investigate the composition of paper to assist in the conservation of old books without having to destroy part of them for chemical analysis. More on the Guardian's GrrlScientist blog.