Architecture

Funktion und Nutzung der Krypta im Mittelalter

Heiligsprechung und Heiligenverehrung am Beispiel Italien

Under the lasting influence of romantic-mystic views of the 19th and 20th century the function of a crypt within the structure of a church is still a matter of false...

Die Akropolis von Athen im Hellenismus und in der römischen Kaiserzeit

Internationales Kolloquium vom 16. bis 17. Juni 2006 in Bonn

In the Hellenistic and particularly the Roman Imperial period the Acropolis of Athens embodied the greatness of the “polis” in Classical times and must to an extent have attained...

Das Poseidonheiligtum bei Akovitika in Messenien

Struktur und Entwicklungszusammenhang eines regionalen Zentrums. Ergebnisse einer Notgrabung 1969 und einer Nachuntersuchung mit Prospektion 2005

Named after a suburb of the present city of Kalamata, the Poseidon sanctuary of Akovitika achieved considerable importance in the early Iron Age, even though it was surrounded by...

Etruskisch-italische und römisch-republikanische Häuser

In contrast to the tombs and shrines, the pre-Roman houses of Italy have been poorly studied. Although Etruscan studies have for some time been concerned with living quarters of...

Die antike Stadt im Umbruch

Kolloquium in Darmstadt, 19. bis 20. Mai 2006

This volume covers the conference “The Ancient City in Transition,” which was held in May 2006 in Darmstadt, Germany. The central theme is the change and design of urban space...

La Grotte d’Ifri n’Ammar

Tome 2. Le Paléolithique Moyen

Under a German-Moroccan cooperation, research into the early settlement history of eastern Morocco is taking place. One focus of this project is the archaeological excavations in...

Die antiken Architekturformen im nördlichen Schwarzmeergebiet

Herkunft und Entwicklung

The study investigates the appearance and further development of architectural orders in the major Greek colonies in the North Pontus, especially in the main cities Tyras, Olbia,...

The Apse, the Image and the Icon

An Historical Perspective of the Apse as a Space for Images

This book deals with the apse as a showcase for images in the early Christian and early Byzantine periods. Two opposed traditions, harking back to early imperial times, nourished...

Brunnen in den Städten des westlichen Römischen Reiches

The abundance of water in Roman cities was celebrated already in antiquity and became manifest in numerous different buildings. The present study discusses public and private...

Shibam – Leben in Lehmtürmen

Weltkulturerbe im Jemen

"Shibam - Leben in Lehmtürmen" is a unique representation of the ancient oasis city in Yemen that was declared a World Heritage Site because of its spectacular clay towers. From...

Die Casa del Fauno in Pompeji (VI 12) 1

Stratigraphische Befunde der Ausgrabungen in den Jahren 1961 bis 1963 (von Andrea Faber). Bauhistorische Analyse (von Adolf Hoffmann nach Vorarbeiten von René von Schöfer und Arnold Tschira)

The Casa del Fauno (VI 12,2) is among the largest and most wellfurnished Pompeian houses buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. This volume presents the results of...

Archaische Architektur der Athener Akropolis

Dachziegel – Metopen – Geisa – Akroterbasen

The innumerable architectural members, once strewn about the Athenian Acropolis, are an important source for the reconstruction of the buildings on the Acropolis. Only the...

Der islamische Palast auf der Alcazaba von Almeria

In the Eleventh Century the Alcazaba of Almería served as the residence of an Islamic ruler. Based on a comprehensive documentation of the architectural remains and fragments of...

Bankettgebäude in griechischen Heiligtümern

The consumption of sacrificial meat was a central part of Greek cult festivals. People used to dine outdoors or in temporary structures specifically built for the festivals....

Aizanoi, Dokimion und Anatolien

Stadt und Land, Siedlungs- und Steinmetzwesen vom späteren 4. bis ins 6. Jahrhundert n. Chr.

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Die zentralanatolische Stadt Aizanoi spielt in zweierlei Hinsicht eine Schlüsselrolle für das Verständnis der...

Archäologie der antiken Bischofssitze I

Spätantike Bischofssitze Ägyptens

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Mehr als einhundert Bischofssitze sind in Ägypten gegen Ende der Spätantike historisch bezeugt. Doch welche...

Cristoforo Buondelmonti. Liber insularum (ULBD Ms. G 13)

Transkription des Düsseldorfer Exemplars, Übersetzung und Kommentar

This volume contains a transliteration of "Liber insularum Archipelagi", the Düsseldorfer Manuscript Ms. G 13, that was already published as facsimile in 2005. The book also...

Justinianische Kämpferkapitelle mit einem Dekor aus Paaren von Zweigen und die Nachfolgekapitelle im Veneto

The capitals in the colonnades of the central room of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul are called `impost capitals with attached volutes'. They are important pieces of stone-mason's...

Reliefgeschmückte Gattungen römischer Lebenskultur. Griechische Originalskulptur. Monumente orientalischer Kulte

Katalog der Skulpturen Teil 3

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Dieser Band führt die 1991 begonnene Katalogreihe fort, die erste bebilderte Publikation zu dieser Abteilung der...

Architektur und Liturgie

Akten des Kolloquiums vom 25. bis 27. Juli 2003 in Greifswald

This book unites most of the papers which were held during the colloquium „Architecture and Liturgy“ in Greifswald in 2003. The articles are dealing with the relationship of...