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Time trip.(Baghdad, Iraq)
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* Today, Baghdad, Saddam Hussein's capital, brings to mind images of war and destruction. But that wasn't always so. Long ago, Baghdad was one of the wonders of the world, a great city at which all marveled.
* Almost two thousand years ago, Baghdad was a city of the Arabian Nights. The story of Sinbad the sailor starts out: "There lived in the city of Baghdad, during the reign of the commander of the faithful, Harun al-Rashid...." Harun al-Rashid (who ruled from A.D. 786 to 809) was a caliph, one of the successors to the prophet Muhammad, who ruled a Muslim empire ...
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In Tournai, The Notre-Dame Cathedral-an Architectural Rarity
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...s ancient French-speaking town of Tournai displays an architectural rarity that...basilicas with multiple towers, but unlike Tournai they lacked the money, manpower, stone...About five minutes before you arrive in Tournai-if you have taken the train from Brussels...
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Mgr Fr.-J. Hirn (1751-1819), Premier Évêque Concordataire du Diocèse de Tournai (1802-1819): Un Épiscopat difficile
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review
; ...Premier vque Concordataire du Diocse de Tournai (1802-1819): Un ptscopat difficile...Franois-Joseph Hirn was bishop of Tournai when that see was a part of the Napoleonic...continued on after Napoleon's fall, when Tournai was a part of the Netherlands reconstituted...
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Sons, couleurs, odeurs dans la Cathédrale de Tournai au 15^sup e^ siècle, Vol. I: Édition du cérémonial et des ordinaires, suivie du commentaire (I): Les acteurs, les lieux et le mobilier liturgique
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review
; ...couleurs, odeurs dans la Cathdrale de Tournai au 15^sup e^ sicle, Vol. I: dition...the liturgical life of the community of Tournai Cathedral in the later Middle Ages contains...A of the Archives of the Cathedral of Tournai. Various indications suggest a date for...
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The Restoration of the Monastery of Saint Martin of Tournai
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review
; ...Restoration of the Monastery of Saint Martin of Tournai. By Herman of Tournai.Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Lynn...95 clothbound; $19.95 paperback.) Herman of Tournai was a mediocre historian, but Lynn Nelson is a...
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Odo of Tournai and the dehumanization of Medieval Jews: a reexamination.(debate with Leo the Jew)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: The Jewish Quarterly Review
; OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, Odo of Tournai (d. 1113) has become better appreciated...prominent teacher of philosophy and science at Tournai's Notre-Dame cathedral school, Odo...abbot of the monastery of St. Martin of Tournai and ended his life as bishop of Cambrai...
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Les brefs d'indulgences pour les confréries des diocèses de Cambrai et de Tournai aux XVII^sup e^ et XVIII^sup e^ siècles (A.S. V., Sec. Brev. Indulg. Perpetuae, 2-9)
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review
; ...confrries des diocses de Cambrai et de Tournai aux XVII^sup e^ et XVIII^sup e...confraternities in the dioceses of Cambrai and Tournai, lays the groundwork for case studies...presents 574 briefs from Cambrai and 270 from Tournai. He keeps his attention on the details...
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Andrea Valentini, Le Remaniement du Roman de la Rose de Gui de Mori: Etude et edition des interpolations d'apres le manuscrit Tournai, Bibliotheque de la Ville, 101.(EDITIONS OF TEXTS)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum
; ...interpolations d'apres le manuscrit Tournai, Bibliotheque de la Ville, 101, Academie...MS 101 of the Bibliotheque Municipale, Tournai. As a result, he did not include the...select a base text and work with that. The Tournai manuscript is well known to Rose scholars...
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Belgian police looking for stolen 1,000-year-old Byzantine Cross of Tournai Cathedral
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...000-year-old gold and gem encrusted Byzantine Cross from Tournai's Romanesque cathedral, authorities said. The robbers attacked...known that it probably would be virtually impossible to sell. Tournai is located 90 kilometers (55 miles) southwest of Brussels...
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Les suppliques de la Pénitencerie Apostolique pour les Diocèses de Cambrai, Liège, Thérouanne et Tournai (1410-1411)
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review
; Les suppliques de la Pnitencerie Apostolique pour les Diocses de Cambrai, Lige, Throuanne et Tournai (1410-1411). Edited by Monique Maillard-Luypaert. [Analecta Vaticano-Belgica, Premire Srie, Volume 34.] (Turnhout...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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BEL CALLS FOR IRISH LEAGUE XI; Jeffrey backs young stars to make sweet music in Tournai Belgium U23 v N Ireland U23, 7pm Belgium U23 v N Ireland U23, 7pm.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...converge on tonight's U23 International Challenge Trophy clash between David Jeffrey's Northern Ireland outfit and Belgium in Tournai (7pm). The Irish kick-off the U23 tournament against the Belgians hoping to take full points from their opening Group...
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