1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480204003321

Autore

Fanger Claire

Titolo

Rewriting magic : an exegesis of the visionary autobiography of a fourteenth-century French monk / / Claire Fanger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-271-07203-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 pages)

Collana

Magic in history

Disciplina

133.430902

Soggetti

Magic - Religious aspects - Christianity

Christian heresies

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Structure and Referencing System for the Liber florum New Compilation -- Introduction: Lost and Found Knowledge -- Part 1 Foundation -- Chapter 1 Like Stones of Fire: I Encounter the Book of Visions -- Chapter 2 A Mysticism of Signs and Things: The Ars Notoria and the Sacraments -- Chapter 3 Penance: The Sacrament of the Middle of Life -- Part 2 Restoration -- Chapter 4 Errors of Intellect, Errors of Will: I Encounter the Book of Figures -- Chapter 5 Magical Objects of Knowledge: Categorizing the Exceptive Arts -- Chapter 6 Visionary Exegesis and Prophecy: Milk and Meat -- Conclusion: Future History -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Rewriting Magic, Claire Fanger explores a fourteenth-century text called The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching. Written by a Benedictine monk named John of Morigny, the work all but disappeared from the historical record, and it is only now coming to light again in multiple versions and copies. While John’s book largely comprises an extended set of prayers for gaining knowledge, The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching is unusual among prayer books of its time because it includes a visionary autobiography with intimate information about the book’s inspiration and composition. Through the window of this record, we



witness how John reconstructs and reconsecrates a condemned liturgy for knowledge acquisition: the ars notoria of Solomon. John’s work was the subject of intense criticism and public scandal, and his book was burned as heretical in 1323. The trauma of these experiences left its imprint on the book, but in unexpected and sometimes baffling ways. Fanger decodes this imprint even as she relays the narrative of how she learned to understand it. In engaging prose, she explores the twin processes of knowledge acquisition in John’s visionary autobiography and her own work of discovery as she reconstructed the background to his extraordinary book. Fanger’s approach to her subject exemplifies innovative historical inquiry, research, and methodology. Part theology, part historical anthropology, part biblio-memoir, Rewriting Magic relates a story that will have deep implications for the study of medieval life, monasticism, prayer, magic, and religion.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996386436803316

Autore

Officer in the town

Titolo

A journal of the siege of London Derry [[electronic resource] ] : in a letter from and Officer in the Town. Dated the 18. of May, 1689

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for Ric. Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's church-yard, MDCLXXIX. [1689]

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet (2 p.)

Soggetti

Derry (Northern Ireland) History Siege, 1688-1689 Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Caption title.

Variant of Wing J1105; lacks "Licensed and entred according to order."

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780891803321

Titolo

Human oncogenic viruses [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Jing-Hsiung James Ou, T. S. Benedict Yen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Jersey, : World Scientific, c2010

ISBN

1-282-76042-4

9786612760426

981-283-347-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OuJ.-H. James <1954-> (Jing-hsiung James)

YenT. S. Benedict <1953-2009.> (Tien-Sze Benedict)

Disciplina

616.9101

616.99/4019

616.994019

Soggetti

Oncogenic viruses

Hepatitis viruses

Herpesviruses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 Oncogenic Viruses, Cellular Transformation and Human Cancers Yanyan Zheng and Jing-hsiung James Ou; 1. Introduction and Historical Aspects; 2. Human Oncogenic Viruses; 2.1. Hepatitis B Virus (HBV); 2.2. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV); 2.3. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV); 2.4. Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV); 2.5. Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus (KSHV); 2.6. Human T-cell Leukemia Virus-1 (HTLV-1); 3. Mechanisms of Virus-induced Cellular Transformation; 3.1. Perturbation of Signaling Pathways; 3.1.1. Mimicking the signaling ligands

3.1.2. Mimicking the cellular signaling receptors3.1.3. Mimicking the intracellular signaling adaptors; 3.1.4. Activation of cell surface receptors; 3.2. Deregulation of the Cell Cycle; 3.2.1. Abrogation of the RB function; 3.2.2. Enhancement of CDK activities; 3.2.3. Targeting of cyclin; 3.3. Escape of Apoptosis; 3.3.1. Inactivation of the "gatekeeper" p53; 3.3.2. Expression of viral version of Bcl-2 (vBcl-2); 3.4. Immortalization of Cells; 3.5. Induction of Genetic Instability; 3.6.



Insertional Mutagenesis; 3.7. Induction of Chronic Inflammation; 4. Concluding Remarks; Bibliography

Chapter 2 Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatocellular Carcinogenesis T. S. Benedict Yen1. Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatocellular Carcinoma; 2. Biology and Epidemiology of HBV; 3. HBV Virology; 4. Prevention and Treatment of HBV; 5. Mechanisms of HBV Carcinogenesis; 5.1. Overview; 5.2. HBV-specific Factors; 5.2.1. X protein; 5.2.1.1. Function of X protein in the HBV life cycle; 5.2.1.2. Effect of X protein on transcription; 5.2.1.3. Effect of X protein on viral replication; 5.2.1.4. X protein and DDB1; 5.2.1.5. X-protein carcinogenesis; 5.2.2. Other viral proteins potentially involved in carcinogenesis

5.2.2.1. Truncated MSP5.2.2.2. preS2 mutants; 5.2.2.3. Core gene mutants; 5.2.3. Insertional mutagenesis; 5.3. Role of Liver Injury and Inflammation; 5.4. Dietary Carcinogens; 5.5. Other Aspects of HBV Oncogenesis; 5.5.1. Role of genotypes; 5.5.2. Role of sex hormones; 6. Summary; Note; References; Chapter 3 Molecular Mechanism of Hepatitis C Virus Carcinogenesis Keigo Machida, Jing-hsiung James Ou and Michael M. C. Lai; 1. Introduction; 2. Molecular Carcinogenesis of HCV; 2.1. Induction of Mutator Phenotype; 2.2. Chromosome Translocation; 2.3. Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS); 2.4. Nitric Oxide

2.5. Inhibition of DNA Damage Repair2.6. Oncogenic Activities of the HCV Core Protein; 2.6.1. TNF-α; 2.6.2. MAPK and AP-1; 2.6.3. NF-κB; 2.6.4. Oxidative stress; 2.6.5. Insulin resistance; 2.6.6. PPARα; 2.6.7. Proteasome activator PA28γ; 2.6.8. SOCS-1; 2.6.9. p53; 2.7. Oncogenic Activities of the HCV NS5A Protein; 3. Other Causative Factors in HCV-associated HCC; 3.1. Chronic Liver Inflammation; 3.2. Alcohol; 4. Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and HCV Pathogenesis; 5. Gene Expression Profile of HCC; 6. HCV and Lymphomagenesis; 6.1. Induction of IgHypermutation by HCV

6.2. Induction of DNA Translocation between IgGenes and Proto-Oncogenes by HCV

Sommario/riassunto

Viruses are the causes of approximately 25% of human cancers. Due to their importance in carcinogenesis, there is a desperate need for a book that discusses these viruses. This book is therefore timely, providing a comprehensive review of the molecular biology of oncogenic viruses and the cancers they cause. Viruses that are discussed in the individual chapters include hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human papilloma viruses, Epstein-Barr virus, Kaposi's sarcoma virus and human T-cell leukemia virus type 1.  This book provides up-to-date information for graduate students, postdoctoral fe