• Baudolino is a 2000 novel by Umberto Eco about the adventures of a man named Baudolino in the known and mythical Christian world of the 12th century. Baudolino...
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    Saint Baudolino (c. 700 – c. 740) was a hermit who lived at the time of the Lombard king Liutprand in Forum Fulvii (now Villa del Foro), a locality on...
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    interest in the international auxiliary language Esperanto. Baudolino was published in 2000. Baudolino is a much-travelled polyglot Piedmontese scholar who saves...
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    Imperial siege and stood fast. A legend (related in Umberto Eco's book Baudolino, and which recalls one concerning Bishop Herculanus’ successful defence...
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    detest and persecute your brother". Umberto Eco, in his book Baudolino, has the young Baudolino invent a story about seeing the holy foreskin and navel in...
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    appearance on drawings from the Hereford Mappa Mundi. Umberto Eco in his novel Baudolino describes a sciapod named Gavagai. The name of the creature "Gavagai"...
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    colorful characters along the way. Later examples include Umberto Eco's Baudolino (2000), and Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger (Booker Prize 2008). William...
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    century. Umberto Eco's novel Baudolino is set partly at Constantinople during the Crusader conquest. The imaginary hero, Baudolino, saves Niketas during the...
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    novel Baudolino (2000) is set partly at Frederick's court, and also deals with the mystery of Frederick's death. The imaginary hero, Baudolino, is the...
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  • (1983) Foucault's Pendulum (1989) The Island of the Day Before (1995) Baudolino (2001) The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2005) The Prague Cemetery...
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  • preferred to be known as agonistici ("fighters" for Christ). In Umberto Eco's Baudolino (2000), the law of the Deacon of Pndapetzim is enforced by Circumcellion...
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  • (1983) Foucault's Pendulum (1989) The Island of the Day Before (1995) Baudolino (2001) The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2005) The Prague Cemetery...
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  • Martyrology Basilla of Rome unknown 257 Bassianus of Lodi c. 320 c. 413 Baudolino c. 700 c. 740 Bavo of Ghent 622 653 found in Roman Martyrology Beatrice...
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    Rollercoaster themed to the myth in the Efteling Rocs appear in the 2000 novel Baudolino by Umberto Eco The roc was featured in the My Little Pony: Friendship...
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    head and torso occupy the same anatomical position. Umberto Eco's novel Baudolino, written in 2000, features Headless men as minor characters. A headless...
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    pedal motion to sew shirts described as "St. Stylites". Umberto Eco's Baudolino temporarily becomes a stylite towards the end of the book. Luis Buñuel's...
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    day descendant of the Hassassin as a major character. In Umberto Eco's Baudolino, a group of adventurers at the centre of the story are enslaved by the...
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  • Iota Draconis b was named after Hypatia. In Umberto Eco's 2002 novel Baudolino, the hero's love interest is a half-satyr, half-woman descendant of a...
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  • (1983) Foucault's Pendulum (1989) The Island of the Day Before (1995) Baudolino (2001) The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2005) The Prague Cemetery...
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    Salvatore in Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose, and the peasant hero of his Baudolino. Dario Fo's Mistero Buffo ("Comic Mystery Play") features grammelot sketches...
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    Galahad. The Grail motif features heavily in Umberto Eco's 2000 novel Baudolino, set in the 12th century. It is the subject of Bernard Cornwell's historical...
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    detective fiction novel are strictly followed. Umberto Eco, in his 2000 novel Baudolino, takes the locked-room theme into medieval times. The book's plot suggests...
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  • Leaves (2000) by Mark Z. Danielewski The Cave (2000) by José Saramago Baudolino (2000) by Umberto Eco Gertrude and Claudius (2000) by John Updike An Episode...
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  • Freer Hypatia, a character based on Hypatia of Alexandria in the novel Baudolino by Umberto Eco Hypatia, the main character in the 2009 film Agora, played...
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    earth's sphericity. Cosmas was mentioned in Umberto Eco's historical novel, Baudolino. In the book, a Byzantine priest and spy, Zozimas of Chalcedon, refers...
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  • (1983) Foucault's Pendulum (1989) The Island of the Day Before (1995) Baudolino (2001) The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2005) The Prague Cemetery...
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  • English translation: The Island of the Day Before, 1995) Baudolino (2000; English translation: Baudolino, 2001) La misteriosa fiamma della regina Loana (2004;...
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    kingdom feature in two works by Umberto Eco. The first is the 2000 novel Baudolino, in which the titular protagonist enlists his friends to write the Letter...
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  • (1983) Foucault's Pendulum (1989) The Island of the Day Before (1995) Baudolino (2001) The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2005) The Prague Cemetery...
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  • (1983) Foucault's Pendulum (1989) The Island of the Day Before (1995) Baudolino (2001) The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2005) The Prague Cemetery...
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