#Agnes Arber

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'Letter to my Younger Self' - a third brief Royal Literary Fund talk

As a Royal Literary Fund Fellow based at The British Library in London (though working on-line for the most part), I was asked way back in May 2020 (feels like a different world) to write and record three brief talks. One of these was on ‘Writing and Technology’ which I posted (as text and audio file) on this blog a few months ago. Another commision was to be titled ‘How I Write’ – not an easy…

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Vampiric Dark Orchastral Trolls.

Do I have your attention yet? Yes? Good.

🧛🍷😈

~Think of the Classical/Orchestral trolls in Trolls: World Tour but darker, bat-like wings tipped with bony cloak clasps/appendages that clasp over their doubled/tripled-size bodys, & just as scary as you'd imagine them to be but with that vampiric/uncanny/otherworldly beauty about them.

~I'm thinking something like the Albanian variety of Trolls that bear strikingly Dhëmbpirë-like biology: pallid/pale skin, elongated/pointed/bat-like ears, discolored eyes, optionally present fangs, the whole kaboodle.

~Maybe their/her/his hair isn't like the Trolls we've come to love or hate throughout the three movies (as of writing this): where the usuals have an upright, bouncy, lively quality to them, theirs/hers/his has a flat,  traditionally "human" aesthetic that looks to be weighed down from length or as a side effect of living in the cold rocky peaks deemed home via evolutionary survival needs.

~Cold af environments = narrowed (possibly bloodshot, dilated) eyes, bright eyes [Think of Riddic] straight, extra fur/hair for heat containment, comparably sizable claws, fangs/teeth & muscles (Upper body, legs???) for swift, even uncanny climbing speeds, heightened hunting skills for their predominantly carnivorous diet, all the predatory traits of a born, bred hunter.

~I have a lot of names to pick from, though they are mostly corny &/or basic. If you have any suggestions, reblog &/or comment them, please & thank you.

Boys/Unisex

Afrim - Albanian. "Sincere & honest". 

Alban - Albanian. "white".

Altin - Turkish. "Gold". Popular among Albanian boy names.

Bujar - Albanian. "Generous/generosity". 

Burim - Albanian. "Riverhead" or "fountain". 

Dardan - Albania. "Pear".

Dren - Albanian. "Deer". Unisex.

Driton - Albanian. "Light". It is also spelled Dritan. 

Erjon - Albanian. "Our wind". Used as a given name & a surname.

Esad - Arabic. It is the Albanian form of the Arabic name Asad. "Lion".

Fatmir - Albanian. "Lucky/good fortune".

Fisnik - Albanian. "Noble/gallant". 

Gjon - English. The Albanian form of John.

Flamur - Albanian. "Flag/flag bearer".

Gezim - Albanian. "Happiness".

Kreshnik - Albanian. Comes from the Albanian word for "a knight".

Luan - Albanian. "Lion".

Roel - Germanic/Dutch. "Famous land".

Skender - Greek. Skender is an Albanian version of Alexander which means "defender of man".

Agron - The name of an Illyrian king. "so-called he who was born in the countryside" or "by the dry ground". More research is needed...

Arben - A name for citizens of Illyria. It means "brave" & is an alternative version of the name Arber. 

Ardian - From the Aridaei Illyrian tribe.

Bardhyll - "White star". The name of an Illyrian king.

Barteo - "Hill" or "furrow". Son of the farmer (???).

Cestislav - "Honor/glory".

Gaso - "Guardian of the treasure". A derivative of Casper.

Ilir - "Freedom/free". A character from Albanian mythology.

Sersah - "Worthy of reverence".

Zaco - "God remembers".

Girls/Unisex:

Afordita - Greek. Albanian version of Aphrodite. It is also used in Slavic languages, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Agnesa - Greek. It is the Albanian form of the Greek name Agnes which means "pure/chaste".

Albana - A name inspired by Albania. It means "white/fair".

Amaris - Hebrew. "child of the moon".

Aria - Italian. "Solo melody".

Bora - Turkish. "Snow".

Diellza - Albanian. "Sun".

Drita - Albanian. "Light". From the Albanian word 'drite'.

Emina - Latin. "Eminent; Trustworthy". A much-beloved name, it is popular in many Slavic countries.

Flutura - Albanian. "Butterfly".

Klea - Greek. "Glory". A version of Cleopatra.

Lindita - Albanian. "The day is born".

Lule - Albanian. "Bloom".

Manjola - Latin/Old French. "Magnolia". The name comes from French botanist Pierre Magnol.

Reina - Spanish. "Queen".

Shpresa - Albanian. "Hope".

Sumejja - Arabic/Turkish. Sumejja is the

Albanian form of Sumeyya or Sumaiya, who was the first Islamic martyr. It means "high above" or "exalted".

Tirana - Greek/Latin. "Song/Anthem" or "A city formed of solid materials, a fortress". It is also the name of the largest city & capital of Albania.

Valbona - Albanian. "the Good-valley" The name of a river in Albania.

Vetone - Albanian. "Strong warrior".

Ajola - "Genius, Good, Good Judger". A version of the Illyrian name Aiola ("Loyal, Strength/strong, Beautiful").

Ardita - "Golden" day. The feminine form of the boy name Ardit.

Cecilya - "Blind, unseeing".

Elira - "Freedom loving and compassionate". A name derived from the Illyrian tribe.

Enkeleida - "Eel People" (Much more research needed) One from the Illyrian tribe of the same name. 

Genofwica - "Fair one" or "white wave".

Gentiana - Latin. "Gentle soul", "Delicate spirit". A flower named after the last Illyrian king Gentius who discovered the plant’s healing properties. 

Tadia - "Praising God, courageous". 

Teuta - Greek. "Mistress of the people", "Queen". She was the Queen Regent of the Illyrian tribe from approximately 232- 227 BCE.

~I could think of a few more but my brain is fried on names for now.

~They/she/he probably has domestic hobbies like knitting, crochetting, doll making/repair, cobbling, singing (probably mainly vocalazations, clicks whistles, folk lullabys), dancing (be it on land or in the air), textile weaving, & cooking.

~Obviously, they/she/he plays classical instraments like the ever-popular & famous violin, piano & cello though there are other options such as the harp, viola & double bass.

~Probably proficiant at the organ, too.

That's all for now, dearies! Have a lovely day!

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CIRCLE from Films.Dance on Vimeo.

An analogy between the modern human being, living in mass cities, and the phenomenon of the circle of death - observed in nature with ants who are separated from the main foraging party and lose the pheromone track. They begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle, commonly known as a "death spiral" because the ants might eventually die of exhaustion. Shot in Mexico City, this vibrant and impressive city is a protagonist, symbolizing a life in endless high speed movement and the humans who are dedicating their lives to endless movement, self-exhaustion in a modern capitalistic based world.

Filmed in Mexico City, Mexico

Director: Phillip Kaminiak Choreographer: Qiaoqiao Zhang Featuring: Brenda Loustaunau Aguilar, Juan Carlos Estrada De La Cruz, Fernando Guez, Elisa Romero Ramírez, Carla Segovia, Paulina Vargas, Frank Vázquez, Diego Vertiz Composer: Raven Bush Editor: Sander Houtkruijer Cinematographer: Phillip Kaminiak Drone: Luciano Larobina Gomez Dance Producer: Carla Segovia Production Company: Landia Mexico Executive Producer Landia: Thomas Amoedo Producer Landia: David Kohan Production Coordinator: Gustavo Ezequil Anselmi Production Assistant: José Antonio Covarrubias Cepeda Costume Designer: Constanza Nahmad Styling: Constanza Nahmad, Dominga Huidobro Colorist: Manuel Portschy CGI Producer: A Current State CGI Creative Producer: Robert Wunsch Generalist: Arber Gishto VFX Supervisor: Mark Scott Retouching: Sujan Sureshan 1st AC: Edwin Vladimir Olivera Ramirez Ronin Operator: Fernando De Alba León Ronin Ronin Assistant: Arturo David Andrade Mundo Production Design House: Alina Bashirova Makeup Artist: Thania Erika Diaz Gomez Location Sound: Aldonza Contreras Castro Location Manager: Miguel Vargas Location Coordinator: Julio Cortez Scouter: Diego Mota Transportation: Agustin Malavar Flores Driver 1: Oscar Javier Delgado Sánchez Driver 2: Joel Bravo Cabrera Special Thanks: Patricio Perdomo, Fran Paparella, Thomas Amoedo, David Kohan, Agnes Lupion, Omar Uscanga, Aldonza Contreras Castro, Aura Collective, Bite Management, Jolanta Kniebel

PRODUCED BY: Jacob Jonas The Company Executive Producer/Creative Director: Jacob Jonas Producers: Jill Wilson, Emma Rosenzweig-Bock, Associate Producers: Joy Isabella Brown, Francisco Cruz, Steve Hackman, Emily Kikta, Rubberlegz, Anibal Sandoval, Mike Tyus, Peter Walker Fashion Director: Christian Stroble

CO-PRESENTED BY: BAM, The Harris, The Soraya, Stanford Live, Stanford Global Studies

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Agnus Arber Gin (Episode 191)

Agnus Arber Gin (Episode 191)

In this episode of Gin Fun, we taste a wine named after Angnus Arber who im1948 became the first woman to win the linden Society Gold Medal. Agnus died in 1960 having produced an extensive library of books on both botany and philosophy.

    It is with this appreciation of Agnus’s work that the creators of this the Agnus Arber Gin…

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CIRCLE from Films.Dance on Vimeo.

An analogy between the modern human being, living in mass cities, and the phenomenon of the circle of death - observed in nature with ants who are separated from the main foraging party and lose the pheromone track. They begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle, commonly known as a "death spiral" because the ants might eventually die of exhaustion. Shot in Mexico City, this vibrant and impressive city is a protagonist, symbolizing a life in endless high speed movement and the humans who are dedicating their lives to endless movement, self-exhaustion in a modern capitalistic based world.

Filmed in Mexico City, Mexico

Director: Phillip Kaminiak Choreographer: Qiaoqiao Zhang Featuring: Brenda Loustaunau Aguilar, Juan Carlos Estrada De La Cruz, Fernando Guez, Elisa Romero Ramírez, Carla Segovia, Paulina Vargas, Frank Vázquez, Diego Vertiz Composer: Raven Bush Editor: Sander Houtkruijer Cinematographer: Phillip Kaminiak Drone: Luciano Larobina Gomez Dance Producer: Carla Segovia Production Company: Landia Mexico Executive Producer Landia: Thomas Amoedo Producer Landia: David Kohan Production Coordinator: Gustavo Ezequil Anselmi Production Assistant: José Antonio Covarrubias Cepeda Costume Designer: Constanza Nahmad Styling: Constanza Nahmad, Dominga Huidobro Colorist: Manuel Portschy CGI Producer: A Current State CGI Creative Producer: Robert Wunsch Generalist: Arber Gishto VFX Supervisor: Mark Scott Retouching: Sujan Sureshan 1st AC: Edwin Vladimir Olivera Ramirez Ronin Operator: Fernando De Alba León Ronin Ronin Assistant: Arturo David Andrade Mundo Production Design House: Alina Bashirova Makeup Artist: Thania Erika Diaz Gomez Location Sound: Aldonza Contreras Castro Location Manager: Miguel Vargas Location Coordinator: Julio Cortez Scouter: Diego Mota Transportation: Agustin Malavar Flores Driver 1: Oscar Javier Delgado Sánchez Driver 2: Joel Bravo Cabrera Special Thanks: Patricio Perdomo, Fran Paparella, Thomas Amoedo, David Kohan, Agnes Lupion, Omar Uscanga, Aldonza Contreras Castro, Aura Collective, Bite Management, Jolanta Kniebel

PRODUCED BY: Jacob Jonas The Company Executive Producer/Creative Director: Jacob Jonas Producers: Jill Wilson, Emma Rosenzweig-Bock, Associate Producers: Joy Isabella Brown, Francisco Cruz, Steve Hackman, Emily Kikta, Rubberlegz, Anibal Sandoval, Mike Tyus, Peter Walker Fashion Director: Christian Stroble

CO-PRESENTED BY: BAM, The Harris, The Soraya, Stanford Live, Stanford Global Studies

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#Herstory #UnDiaComoHoy Agnes Robertson Arber ( 23 de febrero de 1879 en Londres - 22 de marzo de 1960 en Cambridge) fue una #botánica y una #historiadora de la #ciencia británica. Su padre Henry Robert Robertson, era un artista de origen escocés apasionado de la botánica, que dirigía una escuela privada en Slough. Cursó sus estudios en el North London Collegiate School for Girls donde la enseñanza de las ciencias tenía una gran reputación y pronto se apasiona por la botánica. Descubre a los trece años la pequeña obra Plant Life de George Edward Massee. Es al mismo tiempo que descubre la obra de Goethe, que será una de las grandes pasiones de su vida. Durante su escolaridad, descubre una edición de 1578 del Lyte’s Herbal, traducción al inglés de la obra de Rembert Dodoens sutilmente ilustradoque le incitará a interesarse por la historia de los primeros herbarios impresos y publicará, en 1912, una obra fundamental de la historia de las ciencias, Herbals, their origin and evolution. Encuentra, gracias al club científico de su escuela, a la botánica Ethel Sargant. Esta especialista de la anatomía de los embriones vegetales poseía un laboratorio privado en el cual invita a la joven Agnes a pasar sus vacaciones. Obtiene su Bachelor of Science en 1899. Entra entonces en el Newnham College de Cambridge. Uno de sus profesores contribuye al redescubrimiento de los trabajos de Gregor Mendel. Después de la publicación de su libro Herbals (1912), publica numerosos artículos. En 1920, Agnes Arber publica un libro sobre las plantas acuáticas Water plants: a study of aquatic angiosperms. Reanuda un proyecto iniciado por Ethel Sargant, un manual de botánica titulado The Monocotyledons que aparece en 1925 con 140 ilustraciones de su mano. Comienza en la década de 1930, una serie de estudios sobre la estructura floral. Durante la II Guerra Mundial, se consagra a estudios más generales como The Natural Philosophy of Planta Form (1950) y sobre todo The Mind and the Eye, a Study of the Biologist’s Standpoint (1954). #AgnesArber #efemérides #cientificas #mujeresyciencia #womeninscience #educarenigualdad #educarenfeminismo #schooloffeminism https://www.instagram.com/p/CaUD5AGqaf_/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Botany: Week 3

Elliot and I had more botany fun this week with a ton of cool lessons. People we learned about were Carl Linnaeus and Agnes Arber, along with the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, greenhouses and herbs. We also looked at some nice art, played games, had an awesome music lesson about crescendos, and read about some cool plants. And of course we fit in some fun math lessons, stories, phonics/sight words,…

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I'd call you Agnes Arber but she never actually made something as extremist.

   “So you were able to google the name of one famous female botanist. I’m only slightly impressed. But that’s not how you’ll seduce me.”

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Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany | Agnes Arber | Early Modern, Life Sciences | Audiobook full unabridged | English | 1/3 Content of the video and Sections beginning time (clickable) - Chapters of the audiobook: please see First comments under this video. Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to catalogue the uses of different kinds of plants. While Herbals often reflected pre-scientific and magical beliefs about the properties of plants, Arber's work reveals that they were also critical to the early development of botany and medicine as empirical sciences. A classic in the history of science. - Summary by Josh Leach This is a Librivox recording. If you want to volunteer please visit https://librivox.org/ by Priceless Audiobooks

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Further research about plants and nature

In today’s Collaborative briefing, we were divided into several groups which were based on the similarity of our themes. We discussed and shared our ideas and existing researches. The theme of my group is about Nature. According to Rachel and Juliet’s advice, I get some new ideas about my project. I want to express mutualistic symbiosis which is the relationship between people and plants.

1. Adeline For Leaves, by Jessica Sarah Rinland

Adeline For Leaves explores nature, science and mythology through the eyes of an eleven-year-old botanical prodigy and her recently deceased, elderly mentor.

2. Agnes Arber and the tumbling turions

In her 1920 book about aquatic plants, botanist Agnes Arber beautifully described frogs-bit turions: "If a handful of turions be dropped into a tumbler of water, it is very pretty to see them all balanced erect, only the tiny segment of the stolon...resting on the bottom and forming, as it were, an almost microscopic pedestal. They recall the little tumbling toys made for children, which are so weighted that no treatment, however rough, can prevent their coming to equilibrium in the vertical position."

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Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to catalogue the uses of different kinds of plants. While Herbals often reflected pre-scientific and magical beliefs about the properties of plants, Arber's work reveals that they were also critical to the early development of botany and medicine as empirical sciences. A classic in the history of science. - Summary by Josh Leach via Libricox

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The comic from today’s new episode of Women in Science, featuring botanist revolutionary Agnes Arber!!  

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Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany | Agnes Arber | Early Modern, Life Sciences | Audiobook full unabridged | English | 2/3 Content of the video and Sections beginning time (clickable) - Chapters of the audiobook: please see First comments under this video. Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to catalogue the uses of different kinds of plants. While Herbals often reflected pre-scientific and magical beliefs about the properties of plants, Arber's work reveals that they were also critical to the early development of botany and medicine as empirical sciences. A classic in the history of science. - Summary by Josh Leach This is a Librivox recording. If you want to volunteer please visit https://librivox.org/ by Priceless Audiobooks

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Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany | Agnes Arber | Early Modern, Life Sciences | Audiobook full unabridged | English | 3/3 Content of the video and Sections beginning time (clickable) - Chapters of the audiobook: please see First comments under this video. Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to catalogue the uses of different kinds of plants. While Herbals often reflected pre-scientific and magical beliefs about the properties of plants, Arber's work reveals that they were also critical to the early development of botany and medicine as empirical sciences. A classic in the history of science. - Summary by Josh Leach This is a Librivox recording. If you want to volunteer please visit https://librivox.org/ by Priceless Audiobooks