Sources and Serendipity

Sources and SerendipityDrawing from manuscripts, diaries, pigments, and artworks, contributors critically assess historical sources against modern analytical findings. Topics range from 15th century Romanian illumination to Whistlers memory drawing and 19th century Persian ceramics, offering insights into artistic methods, training, and materials.

Includes work by trained visual artists and vernacular artists with emphasis on the works of vernacular decorative and ornamental needle workers

Written for students in nurse educator programs

as well as to explore the ideologies that lie behind them

describes a distinctive Foucauldian stance in political thought that is maximally anti-normative

Rollin's letters shine a light on the unbreakable bonds of comradeship borne of shared war experience even as he clearly ached for home and family

Eliza Wharton—the daughter of a prominent clergyman—finds herself hoping for more from life

a similar duality is present in the Christian faith

the contributors include a painter

and almost wholly incorporated into mainstream institutions

Egypt’s deserts sustain a rich variety of plant life

and students in nanotechnology

and safety of individuals in the workplace and improving the quality of work life