11-22-2004, 10:46 PM
Ben,<br>
You could also try the Exploratio website, which has numerous pictures of items of equipment in museums. Unfortunately the last time I looked it did not list provenances but it is rich in photos. Sorry I can't post a link, but a search on 'Exploratio' should bring it up fairly quickly.<br>
By the way, as a history student it might be worth noting that the year 1BC was followed by the year AD1. There is no year 0 in our dating system. Our dating system is in fact two systems, one working in regnal years of Christ (anno domini = the year of the lord), and the other simply counting backwards from the first regnal year of Christ. Therefore the first year before Christ (1BC) is logically the year before the first year OF Christ. The system/s, as designed by Dyonysus Exegius, whilst not without flaws (AD1, for example, is likely to have been several years after the actual birth of Christ), make no use of a year 0 as this does not fit conceptually with either system (nor any system which looks on years as identifyable units of time rather than simple measurements along a continuum).<br>
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Hope all this helps a little<br>
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Crispvs <p></p><i></i>
You could also try the Exploratio website, which has numerous pictures of items of equipment in museums. Unfortunately the last time I looked it did not list provenances but it is rich in photos. Sorry I can't post a link, but a search on 'Exploratio' should bring it up fairly quickly.<br>
By the way, as a history student it might be worth noting that the year 1BC was followed by the year AD1. There is no year 0 in our dating system. Our dating system is in fact two systems, one working in regnal years of Christ (anno domini = the year of the lord), and the other simply counting backwards from the first regnal year of Christ. Therefore the first year before Christ (1BC) is logically the year before the first year OF Christ. The system/s, as designed by Dyonysus Exegius, whilst not without flaws (AD1, for example, is likely to have been several years after the actual birth of Christ), make no use of a year 0 as this does not fit conceptually with either system (nor any system which looks on years as identifyable units of time rather than simple measurements along a continuum).<br>
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Hope all this helps a little<br>
<br>
Crispvs <p></p><i></i>
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