Alexander Mikaberidze

Treasures Of The Noel: Omar Khayyam

By • Oct 2, 2020
Omar Khayyam - Rubaiyat
JAMES SMITH NOEL COLLECTION / JAMES SMITH NOEL COLLECTION

Airs Friday, October 2, 2020, at 4:30 p.m. This week on Treasures Of The Noel with Dr. Alexander Mikaberidze looks back the Omar Khayyam, the Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet.

Treasures Of The Noel: The Napoleon Code

By • Sep 25, 2020
The Napoleon Code
James Smith Noel Collection / James Smith Noel Collection

Airs Friday, September 25, 2020, at 4:30 p.m. This week on Treasures Of The Noel with Dr. Alexander Mikaberidze we look at The Napoleon Code, published in March of 1804 and influential across the world.

Treasures Of The Noel: The Napoleon Panorama

By • Oct 4, 2019
The Napoleon Panorama
Noel Library / Noel Library

Airs Friday, October 4, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. This week on Treasures Of The Noel with Dr. Alexander Mikaberidze we look at The Napoleon Panorama, a marvelous depicting the funeral procession of the repatriation of Napoleon's ashes to France.

Treasures Of The Noel: The Wellington Panorama

By • Sep 27, 2019
Noel Library Images of Panorama
Noel Library / Noel Library

Airs Friday, September 27, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. This week on Treasures Of The Noel with Dr. Alexander Mikaberidze we look at the Wellington Panorama, a 65 foot long Panorama dipicting the funeral procession of the Duke Of Wellington in 1853. This hand-coloured print was one of many souvenirs produced to commemorate Wellington’s state funeral.

Treasures Of The Noel: Dutch Coin Compendium

By • Sep 20, 2019
Dutch Coin Compendium
Noel Library / Noel Library

Airs Friday, September 20, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. This week on Treasures Of The Noel with Dr. Alexander Mikaberidze we look the Dutch Coin Compendium.

Treasures Of The Noel: Gilbert Burnett's History of the Reformation of the Church of England

By • Aug 2, 2019
Engraved Titlepage of Volume 1 of Burnet's History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 1679.
Gilbert Burnet / This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or less.

Repeat Broadcast August 23, 2019, at 4:40 p.m.

Airs Friday, August 2, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. This week on Treasures Of The Noel with Dr. Alexander Mikaberidze, we look at a rare volume of Gilbert Burnett's History of the Reformation of the Church of England, and the double fore-edge painting that graces this rare edition which is housed in the Noel Collection on the LSUS campus.

Treasures Of The Noel: Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

By • Jul 12, 2019
Mary Wollstonecraft by John Opie, c. 1797
John Opie (1761–1807) - Bequeathed by Jane, Lady Shelley, 1899 to National Portrait Gallery / This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or less.

Airs Friday, July 12, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. This week on Treasures Of The Noel with Dr. Alexander Mikaberidze looks at the long lasting impact of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. 

Treasures Of The Noel: The Wealth Of Nations

By • Apr 26, 2019
First page from Wealth of Nations, 1776 London edition
Gerhard Streminger / This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less.

Repeat Airing Friday, May 31, 2019  

Airs Friday, April 26, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. This week on Treasures Of The Noel with Dr. Alexander Mikaberidze looks at Adam Smith's The Wealth Of Nations.

Treasures Of The Noel: Plato's Republic.

By • Apr 19, 2019
Plato
RaphaelQS / This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Airs Friday, April 19, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. This week on Treasures Of The Noel with Dr. Alexander Mikaberidze looks ancient Greece and Plato's Republic.

Treasures Of The Noel: The King James Bible

By • Apr 4, 2019
Frontispiece to the King James' Bible, 1611, shows the Twelve Apostles at the top. Moses and Aaron flank the central text. In the four corners sit Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, authors of the four gospels, with their symbolic animals.
Church of England / This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1924.

Repeat on May 3, 2019 - Original Airing Friday, March 29, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. This week on Treasures Of The Noel with Dr. Alexander Mikaberidze looks at the King James Bible and recounts the history of the translation process.

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