We present CCD UBVI observations obtained in the field of the previously unstudied northern open clusters NGC 133 and NGC 1348. We argue that NGC 133 is a heavily contaminated cluster, for which we identify 13 candidate members down to V =14.50 mag on the basis of the position in the two-color Diagram . Membership has been checked against proper motions from Tycho 2, whenever available. The clu...

There are eight essays and an introduction in this excellent monograph. It is concerned particularly with the demographic effects of plague and is aimed at the historian and general reader. General issues are dealt with in articles on 'Some medical aspects of plague' (Leslie Bradley), 'Current medical and epidemiological views on plague' (J. N. Biraben), 'Plague in Britain' (Christopher Morris)...

Le Comtat Venaissin en 1274 et la ville d’Avignon 1348 sont passés sous domination du Saint Siège, jusqu’en 1791. De longue histoire des « Juifs pape » qui ont résidé dans cet espace géographique, il subsiste trois superbes synagogues à Carpentras, Cavaillon Avignon. La présentation détaillée de ces édifices religieux est accompagnée photos.

The year 2020 was bad but it not the worst in human history. From 1348’s Plague, to 1644’s collapse of Ming Dynasty and Thirty Years War Europe, 1919’s Spanish Flu, 1944’s Holocaust World II, we have witnessed worse lost millions more (Berhnhardt, 2021).