Del Convento al Mundo by María Paula Castillo

Subjects: “…Order of the Friars Minors…”
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En los orígenes de la observancia by María Luz Ríos Rodríguez, M.ª Dolores Fraga Sampedro

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Italian and French prints in the Dominican library in Różanystok: A contribution to the study of the dissemination of books in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries by Katarzyna Zimnoch

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Fidalgos e freires-cavaleiros by José Augusto de Sottomayor-Pizarro, Paula Pinto Costa

“…The aristocracy and the friars of the Military Orders, in particular, those from the international Orders, had a very fluid conception of the frontier, to which family and institutional interests were superimposed. …”
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Mystical handbooks of the late middle ages by B. McGinn

“…This article concentrates on the Franciscan friars, who played a major part in the production and spread of the handbooks. …”
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History, propaganda, and glory in the early Dominican chronicles of the Philippines by Jorge Mojarro

“…The historical nature of ecclesiastical chronicles fluctuated between furnishing exact information and omitting specific facts while displaying certain narrative strategies that served the ultimate goal of the Dominican friars. This paper will analyze the structure of these chronicles, their contextual history, and the particular rhetoric they engaged in as they presented the Christianization of the inhabitants of the Philippines under their religious jurisdiction. …”
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Brat – ojciec – matka. Specyfika braterstwa minoryckiego by Wiesław Block

“…The idea of Minorite brotherhood is not limited to the community of the Friars Minor only but also extends to the whole creation, though for the most part he focuses on the relationship that has the scope of uniting the brothers from the four corners of the earth into a fellowship following in the footsteps of the poor and humble Jesus Christ. …”
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Importance of Modulating Kynurenic Acid Metabolism—Approaches for the Treatment of Dementia by Halina Baran, Marcelin Jan Pietryja, Berthold Kepplinger

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Music of Festive Days in 18th Century Český Krumlov. Depiction of Festivities in an 18th Century Monastic Chronicle by Markéta Králová

“… The principal and yet unpublished source for this study, the chronicle Liber magistralis I–V, was led by the Minorite friars in Český Krumlov between the years 1678 and 1948. …”
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Poutníci a jejich peníze na cestě do Říma. Zamyšlení nad edicí Il Libro del pellegrino (Siena, 1382–1446) by Roman Zaoral

“…That is a case of Florian of Kočov, chaplain in Volyně (South Bohemia), who gave 20 florins into custody of friars in Siena. The entries in the pilgrim book of Siena document that Florentine florins, Venetian ducats and Hungarian florins belonged to the most frequent gold specie in Italy that time, Prague and Flemish groschens occurred most often among silver coins. …”
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Substitution for Substitution in Measure for Measure by Anton Schütz, Chantal Schütz

“…At the heart of the play we find, this too has frequently been pointed out, the theme of substitution: Angelo substitutes for the Duke, Mariana for Isabella, Ragozine’s head for Claudio’s, the friar for the Duke, the Duke for the friar. Angelo’s jurisdiction provides a specific rule with total and immediate application, substituting for its previous long-term abeyance under the Duke’s. …”
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« Mon seul Shakespeare » by Jacques Nichet

“…He indeed immediately makes stern and  strict decisions. Disguised as a ‘holy friar’, the Duke secretly observes the consequences of such an abrupt enforcement of moral order. …”
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Official Sanctity alla Veneziana: Gerardo, Pietro Orseolo and Giacomo Salomani by Karen McCluskey

“…Despite the existence of an abundance of religious cults in Venice, in the 13th and 14th centuries only three local beati attained official recognition by the Republic: the bishop and martyr Gerardo da Venezia (d. 1046); the doge Pietro Orseolo (d. 976), and the Domincan friar Giacomo Salomani (d. 1314). This essay examines their state-sponsored imagery, in San Marco and elsewhere, to shed light on the reasons why these three Venetian holy men were singled out as worthy of attention by their government. …”
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Obrazy války v italských městech v kázáních observanta a v cestovním deníku řeholníka z první poloviny 15. století by Jan Stejskal

“…It also mentions a thankless role of a friar who found himself (and sometimes physically) in the midst of the war between two enemies. …”
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Mendel: corroboration of the idea of binary trait coding by methods of statistical physics by О. V. Trapezov

“…The paper by the Augustinian friar Gregor Johann Mendel “Experiments on Plant Hybridization” laid the foundation of the new field of knowledge, genetics, 150 years ago. …”
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Effect of Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose-Beeswax Composite Edible Coatings Formulated with or without Antifungal Agents on Physicochemical Properties of Plums during Cold Storage by Sule Gunaydin, Hakan Karaca, Lluís Palou, Beatriz de la Fuente, María B. Pérez-Gago

“…The influence of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose- (HPMC-) beeswax (BW) composite edible coatings formulated with or without food additives with antifungal properties on physicochemical and sensory properties of plums (Prunus salicina) cv. “Friar” stored for 11 and 22 d at 1°C followed by a shelf life period of 5 d at 20°C was evaluated. …”
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