Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, II Duque de Alba y su inventario de libros (1531): Una biblioteca patrimonial

Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, que nació hacia 1460 y murió en 1531, lidera en Castilla el linaje de la casa de Alba en el tránsito de la Edad Media al Renacimiento. Primo carnal de Fernando el Católico, y colaborador íntimo de los Reyes, desarrolla una amplia labor de mecenazgo artístico y literario, de la cual son ejemplos relevantes los apoyos a poetas como Juan del Encina, Juan Boscán o Garcilaso de la Vega. A pesar de esta actividad, la crítica no se ha ocupado con detalle de este personaje por haberle eclipsado un tanto su nieto, el Gran Duque de Alba. Este artículo reproduce el inventario de la biblioteca de Don Fadrique (formado por los libros que fueron catalogados a su muerte), inédito hasta ahora y que nos muestra una rica biblioteca patrimonial de ciento ochenta y seis obras. Entre los libros religiosos encontramos biblias, tratados de oración y libros de horas; se hallan también algunos títulos indispensables de las tradiciones franciscana y dominica, que nos muestran a un personaje interesado en las nuevas corrientes devocionales de finales del siglo XV, en el escolasticismo y en las mujeres santas y visionarias del Medievo.

The grand challenge of food security - general lessons from a comprehensive approach to protecting stored grain from insect pests in Australia and India

We outline a philosophical approach to Grand Challenge projects, with particular reference to our experience in our food security project involving the protection of stored grain from insect attack in two countries on different continents. A key consideration throughout has been the management of resistance in these pests to the valuable fumigant phosphine. Emphasis is given to the chain of research issues that required solution and the assembly of a well-integrated team, overlapping in skills for effective communication, in each country to solve the problems identified along that chain. A crucial aspect to maintaining direction is the inclusion of key end users in all deliberations, as well as the establishment and maintenance of effective outlets for the dissemination of practical recommendations. We finish with a summary of our achievements with respect to our approach to this food security Grand Challenge.

Grand Pavilion of Cedar Point

This picture, taken from the lake side, shows the Grand Pavilion, the boardwalk, and the band shell. The Grand Pavilion was the center of activity on the peninsula for many seasons. Beautiful floral displays were located on the grounds.

Dvcvm Brabantiae chronica /

Engraved printer's device on t.p. (compasses), woodcut version on last p. Etched arms of Albrecht, Grand Duke of Austria, to whom with Isabella of Austria his consort the work is dedicated. Bound in before A1 is folded map of Brabant, dated 1599. Ill. are full-length ports. of the dukes of Brabant, with their coats of arms. Head and tail pieces, initials.

Goethes werke.

Mode of access: Internet.

Otzyv o stikhotvorenīi︠a︡kh V.S. Cherni︠a︡vskago.

"Iz Trudov Razri︠a︡da izi︠a︡shchnoĭ slovesnosti Imperatorskoĭ akademīi nauk."

Gedanken über ein Carl-August-museum in Weimar,

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Politische Correspondenz Karl Friedrichs von Baden, 1783-1806 /

Vols. 1-2 edited by B. Erdmannsdörffer; v. 3-5 by K. Obser.

Tuen, slave and empress,

Founded upon facts in the life of the Empress dowager of China.

Felʹdmarshal Velikīĭ Kni︠a︡zʹ Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich starshīĭ /

Includes bibliographical references.

Karl August von Weimar, jugendjahre,

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Carl August während des Krieges von 1813 [i.e. achtzehnhundertdreizehn] /

On half t.p.: Carl August, 1813.

Sacra natalitia saecularia Caroli Friderici beatissimae memoriae magni ducis Badarum.

Mode of access: Internet.

Einige vergleichende rückblicke auf die zeiten des landgrafen Philipp des Grossmüthigen von Hessen und des grossherzogs Ludewig I. von Hessen.

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