c 500 CE to c 1000 CE

Ehrenstatuen in der Spätantike

Chlamydati und Togati

The book investigates the iconography and chronology of the late antique toga statue and the late antique Chlamys statue. Both types of honorific statuary can only be observed...

Orte – Ordnungen – Oszillationen

Raumerschaffung durch Wissen und räumliche Struktur von Wissen

The volume goes back to a transdicsiplinary conference held in December 2010 at the University of Trier. It contains articles dedicated to tree key concepts that are central to...

Byzantinischer Schmuck des 9. bis frühen 13. Jahrhunderts

Untersuchungen zum metallenen dekorativen Körperschmuck der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit anhand datierter Funde

Byzantine luxury objects have been neglected in research for a long time, despite the legendary reputation they already held during the Middle Ages. This volume analyses the gold,...

Christliche Archäologie compact

Ein topographischer Überblick. Europa – Asien – Afrika

“Christian archaeology compact” is the first overview of the whole of the archaeological places and certifications of this discipline. The framework extends geographically from...

Die illuminierten Handschriften italienischer Herkunft in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek

Teil 1: Vom 10. bis zur Mitte des 14. Jahrhunderts

The illuminated manuscripts from Italy which are held in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München date from the pre-Carolingian period up to the 16th century. The oldest codices...

Frühbyzantinische textile Kopfbedeckungen

Typologie, Verbreitung, Chronologie und soziologischer Kontext nach Originalfunden

The analysis of archaeological textiles in order to write their ancient cultural history is still in its infancy. This study contributes to this process by cataloging more than...

Die Inschriften der Stadt Essen

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Der Band präsentiert in 188 Katalognummern die mittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Inschriften aus dem...

Die Baubefunde des frühmittelalterlichen Seehandelsplatzes von Groß Strömkendorf, Lkr. Nordwestmecklenburg

Forschungen zu Groß Strömkendorf IV

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Mit diesem Band wird die Veröffentlichung der umfangreichen Ausgrabungen an dem frühmittelalterlichen...

Rechtsidee und Bild

Zur Funktion und Ikonografie der Bilder in Rechtsbüchern vom 9. bis zum 16. Jahrhundert

This volume offers the first comprehensive examination of illustrations in German legal manuscripts dating from the earliest such works (9th century) to printed books of the 16th...

Die Merseburger Zaubersprüche

The study represents the first extensive monograph on these significant Old High German texts. The controversial linguistic material is examined etymologically while questions...

Frühchristliche Reliquiare im Kontext von Kultstrategien, Heilserwartung und sozialer Selbstdarstellung

This study for the first time provides a comprehensive analysis of early Christian reliquaries in the context of their meaning and various uses. Taking into account all documented...

»Ieglicher sang sein eigen ticht«

Germanistische und musikwissenschaftliche Beiträge zum deutschen Lied im Spätmittelalter

The collection of essays, “Ieglicher sang sein eigen ticht”, is the result of a symposium at the monastery Neustift near Brixen, where germanists and musicologists talked about...

Treasures of the Ferrell Collection

James Ferrell has collected Greek and Roman antiquities for many years to satisfy his life-long interest in ancient history. His collection is particularly important for its...

Die Dekorelemente der Elfenbeinskulpturen des Kalifats von Córdoba (Mitte 10. bis Anfang 11. Jahrhundert)

The life work of the architect and art historian Christian Ewert was the investigation and analysis of west Islamic architectural adornment, from its flowering in the 10th Century...

Die Inschriften des Mainzer Doms und des Dom- und Diözesanmuseums von 800 bis 1350

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Ob gemalt, geritzt oder geschlagen, Inschriften üben stets eine große Faszination aus. Darüber hinaus sind sie...

The Pottery from the Early Medieval Trading Site and Cemetery at Groß Strömkendorf, Lkr. Nordwestmecklenburg

Forschungen zu Groß Strömkendorf III

This book is an archaeological study involving natural sciences analyses of the ceramic find material from the settlement and the cemetery of the early medieval trading site Groß...

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...

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst-Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Band 2

The subjects of volume 2 of the „Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie“ (BIKA, Contributions to Islamic Art History and Archaeology) include architecture, painting,...

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...

Der mittelalterliche Burgstall Turenberc/Druisheim

Archäologische Untersuchungen 2001 bis 2007 am römischen Militärplatz Submuntorium/Burghöfe an der oberen Donau

The archaeological site of Burghöfe is known mainly for the Roman fort and not for its medieval castle. Excavations from 2001 to 2007 established a first picture of the medieval...