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Frontispiece of Iter Exstaticum (1660). Itinerarium exstaticum quo mundi opificium is a 1656 work by the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher.It is an imaginary dialogue in which an angel named Cosmiel takes the narrator, Theodidactus ('taught by God'), on a journey through the planets.
"Maxims I" (sometimes treated as three separate poems, "Maxims I, A, B and C") and "Maxims II" are pieces of Old English gnomic poetry. The poem "Maxims I" can be found in the Exeter Book and "Maxims II" is located in a lesser known manuscript, London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius B i.
The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon.Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Mines were established in 1838, 1855, 1863, and 1888 respectively.
This is a list of University of Exeter people, including office holders, current and former academics, and alumni of the University of Exeter.. In post-nominals, the University of Exeter is abbreviated as Exon.
Exeter Rugby Club was founded in 1871. The club played its first match in 1873 against St. Luke's College, and in 1890 won the Devon Cup. [2] In 1905, the club hosted the first match played by New Zealand on English soil and also in the Northern Hemisphere, at the County Ground.
Phillips Exeter Academy (often called Exeter or PEA) is a independent, co-educational, college-preparatory school in Exeter, New Hampshire.Established in 1781, it is America's sixth-oldest boarding school.
Christ I (also known as Christ A or (The) Advent Lyrics) is a fragmentary collection of Old English poems on the coming of the Lord, preserved in the Exeter Book.In its present state, the poem comprises 439 lines in twelve distinct sections.
The siege of Exeter occurred early in 1068 when King William I of England marched a combined army of Normans and loyal Englishmen westwards to force the submission of the city of Exeter in Devon, a stronghold of Anglo-Saxon resistance against Norman rule following the Norman conquest of England.