c 500 CE to c 1000 CE

Der ‚Kaiserkulttempel‘ von Simitthus

Architektur, Funde und Interpretation eines frühkaiserzeitlichen Podiumtempels in der Provinz Africa Proconsularis

The volume “The Imperial Cult Building of Simitthus: Architecture, Finds, and Interpretation of an Early Imperial Podium Temple in the Province of Africa Proconsularis”...

Die Architektur der Schatzhäuser von Olympia

Spuren des griechischen Westens im Mutterland

The treasure houses of the Archaic and Early Classical periods in Olympia have been the subject of research since June 2018. The new study is based on the estate of the building...

El exemplum bíblico: historia sagrada e ideología laica en la España medieval

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Die Bibel spielte eine grundlegende Rolle bei der Entwicklung der volkssprachlichen Literaturen. Einer ihrer...

L’auteur dans ses livres: autorité et matérialité dans les littératures romanes du Moyen Âge

What does the term author mean in the Romance literatures of the Middle Ages? What is its role in structuring the collection of texts attributed to it? Do the medieval written...

Marmor Numidicum

Gewinnung, Verarbeitung und Distribution eines antiken Buntmarmors

The marmor numidicum, also known as Giallo antico, is one of the most widespread colored marbles of antiquity, quarried in Simitthus, today Chimtou in Tunisia. The aim of this...

Paket Reichenauer Buchmalerei 850-1070 und Reichenauer Buchmalerei 825-1070. Supplement

The illuminated splendid manuscripts produced on the monastery island of Reichenau are among the most important of the early Middle Ages. Many of them were not intended for the...

Neue Gesetze für ein besseres Leben?

Überlegungen zu Praktiken und Theorien der Gesetzgebung im Mittelalter

The book deals with the practices and authorisations of legislation in the Middle Ages. Laws laid down norms, but they were also subject to norms. These were not only based on...

Paradigmen und Perspektiven einer Mediävistischen Komparatistik

Freiburger Colloquium 2021

The publication presents the results of the interdisciplinary Freiburg Colloquium 2021 (Université de Fribourg, Switzerland) "Paradigms and Perspectives of Comparative Medieval...

„Mio corpo venga sepolto in terra sancta“ - Genese und Verbreitung eines Wunderberichts des 13. Jahrhunderts

Die Blutacker in Jerusalem, der Heilige Acker in Akkon und der Camposanto zu Pisa

The book is about the emergence and spread of the miracle report about a supernaturally rapid decomposition of corpses at specific burial sites, so-called holy fields (Campus...

Mystique, langage, image : montrer l’invisible Mystik, Sprache, Bild: Die Visualisierung des Unsichtbaren

The experience of transcendence, especially when it concerns the direct encounter with God, exceeds every human possibility of expression. Only pictorial expression is able to...

Cuatrovitas (Bollullos de la Mitación, Prov. of Seville, Spain)

New investigations into the Almohad mosque and abandoned village

The publication presents an investigation into rural settlement archeology in the hinterland of Almohad Seville. Many available methods from different disciplines were used for...

Purpur in Byzanz

Privileg und Würdeformel

As a supplement to the studies mentioned above and in response to the persistent desideratum of the few pictorial sources that have been analysed, this work focuses on the...

The Life and Works of Karma ’phrin las pa (1456–1539)

Non­sectarian Scholar Mystic of Southern Tibet

Among the so-called learned and accomplished masters of Tibet’s “long 15th century”, the First Karma ’phrin las pa stands out as influential commentator on Saraha’s Dohā, great...

Die frühhellenistische Nekropole von Alexandria-Shatby

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Nach der Gründung durch Alexander den Großen wuchs Alexandria schnell zu einer Großstadt neuen Typs. Menschen...

Urbaner Ballungsraum im römischen Nordafrika

Zum Einfluss von mikroregionalen Wirtschafts- und Sozialstrukturen auf den Städtebau in der Africa Proconsularis

North Africa is one of the most populated Regions in the Roman Empire. At the beginning of the 3. Cent. A.D. a tremendous agglomeration of cities was located in Africa...

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Beiträge zur turko-iranischen Welt von der Islamisierung bis zur Gegenwart

Being case studies, the contributions to this volume highlight various aspects of the Turco-Iranian world starting from the Islamization in the 7th century up to the present day....

Organizing an Urban Way of Life in the Steppe

Water, Agriculture, Townscape and Economy in the Early Islamic Town of Kharab Sayyar

Organizing an Urban Way of Life in the Steppe – Water, Agriculture, Townscape and Economy in the Early Islamic Town of Kharab Sayyar.
As the third volume in this series,...

Olympia in frühbyzantinischer Zeit

Siedlung – Landwirtschaftliches Gerät – Grabfunde – Spolienmauer

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Die in dem Band vereinten Beiträge analysieren den grundlegenden Struktur- und Funktionswandel des im frühen...

Mystique, langage, musique : dire l’indicible au Moyen Âge

Music has long since occupied a privileged place in mystical tradition: chants induce ecstasy, visions are accompanied by auditory perception, and above all the mystical...

Death and Burial in the Near East from Roman to Islamic Times

Research in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt

This book is based on a German-Arab colloquium held in Amman in September 2013, where current excavation and research results on death and burial from Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and...