…org.il/?CategoryID=321&ArticleID=251 Or perhaps: Archimedes’ screw. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_screw 158. In the Land of Israel, flax ripens during March-April, and may coincide with this festival (whose date is based on the lunar calen- dar). Not all labors are…

…lled staple length (the average of the length of fibres in a sample, https://en.wikipe- dia.org/wiki/Staple_(wool)) can have a positive impact on the spinning techniques. The Bronze Age sheep wool finds from Hallstatt have a staple length of about 5 cm, whereas the Iron Age finds…

…n Werkes Lob der Torheit des Erasmus von Rotterdam (Kupferstichkabinett Basel – wikimedia). Glarean würdigt unter anderem Basel, dessen Geschichte er mit derjenigen von Augst und Kaiseraugst gleichsetzt, mit folgenden Worten: Rauriaca arces augustaque limina Rheni, Helvetiae muro…