First Links — 7.15.13

The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript
Reed Johnson, New Yorker

Faith and the Visual Imagination
Rowan Williams and Neil MacGregor, Telegraph

A Well-Tempered Universe
Br. Humbert Kilanowski, O.P., Dominicana

The Great Second-Half 2013 Book Preview
Editors, The Millions

When the Rock Splits to Pieces
Matt Emerson, Ignatian Educator

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