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Today's featured article Gothic boxwood miniatures are very small Christian-themed wood sculptures produced during the 15th and 16th centuries in the Low Countries, at the end of the Gothic period and during the emerging Northern Renaissance. They consist of highly intricate layers of reliefs made from fine-grained boxwood, often rendered to a nearly microscopic level. Of the approximately 150 surviving examples, the majority are statuettes, skulls, coffins, or spherical beads known as prayer nuts; some 20 are in the form of polyptychs, including triptych and diptych altarpieces, tabernacles, and monstrances. They typically contain imagery from the life of Mary, the crucifixion of Jesus, or vistas of Heaven and Hell. Each miniature required exceptional craftsmanship. Important collections are in the Art Gallery of Ontario, the British Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (Full article...) Recently featured: Rachelle Ann Go Segundo Romance Cross Temple, Fangshan Selected anniversaries September 1 Illuminated Guru Granth Sahib folio 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, then the Catholic cathedral of all the Nordic countries, was dedicated to Saint Lawrence and the Virgin Mary. 1604 – The Guru Granth Sahib (folio depicted), the religious text of Sikhism, was installed in the Golden Temple in Amritsar. 1859 – A powerful solar flare caused a coronal mass ejection that struck Earth a few hours later, generating the most intense geomagnetic storm ever recorded and causing bright aurorae visible in the middle latitudes. 1911 – Construction began on the Saline Valley salt tram, which during its operation was the steepest tram in the United States. 1972 – In a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation, American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer became the 11th World Chess Champion with his victory over Soviet Boris Spassky. Yasuo Kuniyoshi (b. 1889) Alan Dershowitz (b. 1938) Doreen Valiente (d. 1999) Jang Jin-young (d. 2009) More anniversaries: August 31 September 1 September 2	In the news Paralympics opening ceremony The Summer Paralympics open (cauldron lighting pictured) in Paris, France. More than two hundred people are killed in an Islamist militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso. The Islamic State claims responsibility for a mass stabbing that killed three people at a festival in Solingen, Germany. In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma wins the Tour de France Femmes. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Sol Bamba Steve Silberman Sid Eudy Alexander Goehr Tom Brown Jr. Siegfried Lorenz Did you know... Josef Hoop ... that under the premiership of Josef Hoop (pictured), the Progressive Citizens' Party was the first party to hold an absolute majority in the Landtag of Liechtenstein? ... that the S1/S2 rolling stock of the Amsterdam Metro was also a tram? ... that when refugee Iman Mahdavi boarded a plane in Turkey, he did not know its destination? ... that an AI-generated cover of Shaan and Kailash Kher's "Chand Sifarish" received nearly five million views on Instagram in two days? ... that Keke Palmer did an impression of "We did it, Joe!" onstage with Kamala Harris? ... that Nam Su-hyeon, Jeon Hun-young, and Lim Si-hyeon's gold medal in the women's team archery event at the 2024 Olympics marked South Korea's tenth victory in a row? ... that a warrant was issued to pay a force to relieve the siege of Perth in October 1339, after the garrison had already surrendered? ... that Robert Aiello's first novel was published after literary agents turned it down roughly 60 times? ... that a clip of a soft pretzel being cut perfectly in half made the short-lived German game show Schlag den Henssler briefly popular to an international audience?
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