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This collection of essays covers all periods of cartography’s history from antiquity to the present time, all kinds of maps from star maps and sea charts to land maps and street plans and all administrative, political, ideological, military and economic …
The present study addresses various statements of music therapists regarding the subjective significance of hearing by means of the qualitative Grounded Theory Method. The purpose of this evaluation is to analyze correlations and focal points of self-reported experiential knowledge. The …
Unter diesem Motto wurde mit einem Kolloquium zum Thema „Inschriften als Zeugnisse kulturellen Gedächtnisses“ an die Gründung der Göttinger Inschriftenkommission im Jahr 1970 erinnert. Die Beiträge des Jubiläumskolloquiums widmen sich zentralen Themen der Inschriftenforschung. Aus der Sicht der Kunstgeschichte hat …
The tombs of pre-Roman Capua are known for their extraordinary finds, yet the excavations in the necropoleis of this most important Campanian centre have left a problematic heritage. In this book are published hitherto unknown data and finds from the …
Anyone associating The Arabian Nights with erotic stories will doubtlessly be disappointed when reading “City of Brass” (Nights 566−578). This tale deals not with the lust for life but, on the contrary, with the vanity of existence: Each individual who …
This is the life story of a saint who is deemed to be the reincarnation of the most famous Tibetan hermit, rJe btsun Mi la ras pa. Due to his more than three-decades long abode in La phyi, one of …
Der Band enthält 340 Editionen von Inschriften und Inschriftengruppen des Landkreises Weilheim-Schongau von der Mitte des 12. bis zur Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts, mehr als zwei Drittel davon sind heute noch im Original vorhanden. Schwerpunkte der Überlieferung bieten neben den …
Die Arbeit widmet sich am Beispiel der 1547 in Basel gedruckten musiktheoretischen Schrift „Dodekachordon“ den Strategien des Schweizer Humanisten Heinrich Glarean, die dieser bei der Vermittlung seines Werkes an Studenten der Frühneuzeitlichen Universität einerseits sowie an Funktionsträger in verschiedenen von …
The doctoral thesis deals with knowledge transmission processes in historical perspective as a contribution to the research of premodern knowledge cultures. The object of research, the “Feldbuch der Wundarznei” (1517) is suitable for a socio-functional analysis not only due to …
