Monday, January 02, 2017

This is amazing--Baburnama Persian originals

http://manuscripts.thewalters.org/viewer.php?id=W.596#page/74/mode/2up

Babur would be contemporaries with Bayinnaung in Burma (Hanthawaddy) and Narasuan in Siam (Ayuthia)

16th century

and Akbar? with Bagan?  11th century--this does not sound right.

Still, Moghuls had paper and paints and court artists.

1-2-2017

Why is Venus hotter than Mercury

https://theconversation.com/why-is-venus-hotter-than-mercury-when-mercury-is-closer-to-the-sun-283570?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us