Here are posts labelled "1000-1499" on The Guide
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| Image of The Bardo |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Bardo Thodol
- Known as: The Tibetan Book of the Dead
- Dates: 8th to 14th centuries; attributed to Padmasambhava (8th-century) and Karma Lingpa (1326–1386)
- Place: Tibet
- Language: Tibetan
- What it is: A guide through the realms of consciousness encountered after death, the much-misunderstood "Bardo," the interval between death and the next rebirth.
- Included in lists (What's This?): GC
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- Name: Matteo Maria Boiardo
- Birth: 1441, Scandiano, Italy
- Death: 1494, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Language: Italian, Greek, Latin
- Who he was: Italian Renaissance poet who wrote Orlando Innamorato
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
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| 19th-century conception of Kabir |
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- Name: Kabir
- Dates: 15th century; perhaps 1398-1448 or 1440-1518
- Place: India
- Language: Hindi (?) (and dialects)
- Who he was: Indian mystic poet; Bijak (sacred texts); Anurag Sagar (Ocean of Love)
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| Dede ("Grandfather") Korkut, the narrator |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Kitab-i Dede Korkut
- Known as: The Book of Dede Korkut
- Dates: 15th century
- Place: Central Asia (?)
- Language: Oghuz Turkish
- What it is: collection of Turkmen epics
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Muhammad bin Suleyman
- Known as: Fuzuli
- Dates: c. 1494-1556
- Place: Karbala, Iraq
- Language: Azerbaijani, Persian, and Arabic
- Who he was: Turkmen (Azerbaijani) poet and philosopher; Layla and Mejnun
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| Ming musketeers |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Jiao Yu
- Dates: 14th century
- Place: China
- Language: Chinese
- Who he was: Chinese military officer; wrote the Huo Long Jing (Fire Dragon Manual) with Liu Bowen
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| The demon in the Rashomon (gate) |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Kanze Kojiro Nobumitsu
- Known as: Kanze Nobumitsu
- Dates: 1435-July 7, 1516
- Place: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Who he was: Japanese Noh playwright; Ataka (Safe Harbor?); Momijigari (Maple Viewing); Dojoji (Dojo Temple); Funa Benkei (Benkei in a Boat); Rashomon (The Demon of the Rasho Gate)
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Ikkyu Sojun
- Known as: Ikkyu
- Birth: February 1, 1394, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Death: December 12, 1481, Kyotanabe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Who he was: Japanese Zen monk and poet; Crazy Cloud Anthology
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| "The Death of Atsumori" |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Zeami Motokiyo
- Also known as: Kanze Motokiyo
- Dates: c. 1363-c. 1443
- Place: Japan (born in Nagoya)
- Language: Japanese
- Who he was: Japanese noh playwright; Atsumori; Izutsu
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- Name: Antonio Allegri da Correggio
- Known as: Correggio
- Birth: August 1489, Correggio, Italy
- Death: March 5, 1534, Correggio, Italy
- Language: Italian
- Who he was: Italian painter; Jupiter and Io; Assumption of the Virgin; Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine; The Supper at Emmaus
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Baldassare Castiglione
- Birth: December 6, 1478, Marcaria, Italy
- Death: February 2, 1529, Toledo, Spain
- Language: Italian
- Who he was: Italian courtier and author; Il Cortegiano (The Courtier)
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
- Known as: Michelangelo
- Birth: March 6, 1475, Caprese Michelangelo, Italy
- Death: February 18, 1564, Rome, Italy
- Language: Italian
- Who he was: Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet; Pietà; David; The Last Judgment; Sistine Chapel ceiling; erotic poetry
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
- Birth: February 24, 1463, Mirandola, Italy
- Death: November 17, 1494, Florence, Italy
- Language: Italian, Latin
- Who he was: Italian philosopher; Oratio de hominis dignitate (Oration on the Dignity of Man)
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Leonardo da Vinci
- Birth: April 15, 1452, Anchiano, Vinci, Tuscany, Italy
- Death: May 2, 1519, Clos Lucé, Amboise, France
- Language: Italian
- Who he was: Italian polymath; Mona Lisa; Last Supper; The Annunciation
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi
- Known as: Botticelli, Sandro Botticelli
- Birth: March 1, 1445, Florence, Italy
- Death: May 17, 1510, Florence, Italy
- Language: Italian
- Who he was: Italian painter; Birth of Venus; Adoration of the Magi; Guiliano de'Medici
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- Name: Caterina di Giacomo di Benincasa
- Known as: "Saint" Catherine of Siena
- Birth: March 25, 1347, Siena, Italy
- Death: April 29, 1380, Rome, Italy
- Language: Italian, Latin (?)
- Who she was: Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint; The Dialogue of Divine Providence; letters
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- Name: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Dates: late 14th century
- Place: England
- Language: English
- What it is: English poem; anonymous, but thought to be by "The Pearl Poet"
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| The "Gawain (or Pearl) Poet" as the father in Pearl |
Just the Facts:
- Name: "The Pearl Poet" or "The Gawain Poet"
- Dates: late 14th century
- Place: England
- Language: English
- Who "he" was: English poet, thought to have written Pearl, Patience, and Cleanness, as well as Sir Gawain
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| from a modern production |
Just the Facts:
- Name: The Wakefield 2nd Shepherds' Play
- Dates: 15th century
- Place: England
- Language: English
- What it is: Part of a body of "miracle plays," Medieval works preceding the blooming of theater in Shakespeare's day
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Just the Facts:
- Name: John Skelton
- Also known as: John Shelton
- Birth: Unknown Date, 1460, Norfolk, UK
- Death: June 21, 1529, London, UK
- Language: English
- Who he was: English poet; numerous short works, often satirical
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
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