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͑Ulayya bint al-Mahdī (160−210/ 777−825), the younger sister of the Caliph Hārūn al-Rashīd, and ͑Arīb (181−277/ 797−890), a first enslaved, later manumitted woman, are exceptional figures of the musical and poetic arts performed at the court of the early Abbasids. …
Mingrelisch (margaluri nina) zählt mit dem Lasischen, Georgischen und Swanischen zur südkaukasischen Familie der Kartwelsprachen, die seit ältesten Zeiten im zentralen und westlichen Teil des Kaukasus und Transkaukasiens gesprochen werden. Die Mingrelier leben im Westteil der Republik Georgien, wo sie …
Südkaukasien – unter diesem Begriff werden hier die drei Republiken Armenien, Aserbaidschan und Georgien als kulturhistorischer Raum zusammengefasst – gehört in diesem Zusammenhang zu den geographischen Regionen, die es verdienen, stärker in den Blickpunkt europäischen Interesses gerückt zu werden. Nicht …
A society’s way of treating its dead, which can be observed archaeologically in burial usages and customs concerning grave goods, allows important conclusions to be drawn with regard to its social structure and values. A colloquium dedicated to this subject …
This volume (book) presents the edition one of the most significant recensio of the Aesop Romance, the recensio of the manuscripts BPThSA. The edition of this recensio is accompanied by an introduction in which issues of the text tradition, the …
The present edition, in reproducing in printed form this composite Fassung letzter Hand, contravenes the otherwise plausible notion, forwarded by Konold and implicit in the enduring popularity of the 1833 version, that this youthful masterpiece must remain a work completed …
In his work „De plenitudine“ the Greek physician Galen deals with the phenomenon of plethos or "fullness"; its correct diagnosis is essential for choosing the appropriate therapeutic measure, for instance phlebotomy. For the first time, Galen's reflexions on this topic …
