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  1. 1 day ago · t. e. Methods of divination can be found around the world, and many cultures practice the same methods under different names. During the Middle Ages, scholars coined terms for many of these methods—some of which had hitherto been unnamed—in Medieval Latin, very often utilizing the suffix -mantia when the art seemed more mystical (ultimately ...

  2. 13 hours ago · This year's Virginia Garrett Lecture series, Charting Cosmic Visions, will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, with the opening of Cosmic Cartography, a UTA Libraries Special Collections exhibit. Following the exhibit's opening, a panel discussion will explore the University-wide collaboration to recreate a historical device known as a volvelle. This astrological instrument tells time at night by ...

  3. 1 day ago · On the night of Palm Sunday, 28 March 1212, Clare clandestinely left her family's palace. Francis received her at the Porziuncola and thereby established the Order of Poor Clares. [ 26 ] He gave Clare a religious habit , a garment similar to his own, before lodging her, her younger sister Caterina, and other young women in a nearby monastery of Benedictine nuns until he could provide a ...