Sima Qian — (ca. 145 ndash;86 BC) was a Prefect of the Grand Scribes (太史令) of the Han Dynasty. He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography because of his highly praised work, Records of the Grand Historian (史記), an overview of the history of China … Wikipedia
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List of oracular statements from Delphi — Pythia was the priestess presiding over the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. There are more than 500 supposed Oracular statements which have survived from various sources referring to the oracle at Delphi. Many are anecdotal, and have survived as… … Wikipedia
Carlo Amoretti — was an erudite ecclesiastic, scholar, writer, and scientist. His life straddled the 18th and 19th centuries. He was born on 16 March 1741 in Oneglia, now Imperia in the Liguria region, Italy and died on 23 March 1816.He entered the Augustinian… … Wikipedia
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The Bollandists — The Bollandists † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bollandists An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum. This work is a great hagiographical collection begun during the first years of the seventeenth… … Catholic encyclopedia
Annals of the Joseon Dynasty — Hangul 조선왕조실록 Hanja 朝鮮王朝實錄 Revised Romanization … Wikipedia
IBN YAḤYA (or Ibn Yihyah), GEDALIAH BEN JOSEPH — (1526–1587), historiographer and talmudist in Italy. Born in Imola, Gedaliah lived most of his life in the papal cities in Italy. He studied at several yeshivot including these of R. Jacob Finzi and of R. Ovadia Sforno and was ordained as rabbi… … Encyclopedia of Judaism