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Kulturgeschichte
Die Könige der Parnawasiden
Georgien in der Weltgeschichte
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Zwei Herrscherdynastien haben den Verlauf der Geschichte Georgiens entscheidend mitgeprägt. Die erste ist die...
Tradition and Identity: The Architecture of Greek Churches in Cyprus (14th to 16th Centuries)
This first study of the late medieval Greek churches in Cyprus investigates over 300 buildings. It addresses the historical and artistic context of these churches, the first part...
Editor: Daiber, Verena
From Ordinary to Luxury
Islamic Ceramics from Iran, Central Asia and Afghanistan
188 pieces of glazed and unglazed pottery from The University Museum of Islamic Art are studied and grouped into categories of surface treatment. The collection’s asset is its...
Editor: von Wartburg, Marie-Louise
Nordost-Tor und persische Belagerungsrampe in Alt-Paphos
IV. Skulpturen, Votivmonumente und Bauteile in der Belagerungsrampe
For the history and archaeology of the city of Palaipaphos (Old Paphos) on Cyprus, the Persian siege ramp at the Northeast Gate on the Marcello plateau is of immense interest....
Ingelheim von der Steinzeit bis zur Gegenwart
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Jahrtausende schon währt die wechselhafte Geschichte Ingelheims, das durch den Rhein und sein mildes...
Editor: Tandaschwili, Manana
Translated by: Lichtenfeld, Kristiane
Erzählungen aus Georgien
The descendant of a noble family, Ilia Tschawtschawadse, who was an author, banker and a publicist, is considered as the „Father of the Nation“. As one of the first after the...
Monde animal et végétal dans le récit bref du Moyen Âge
Colloque international 2016
A set of studies that offers a global vision of the literary representations of the animal and plant world in the brief narratives of the Middle Ages (fable, example, proverb,...
Weihnachten in Finnland
Lieder, Bilder und Gedichte. zweisprachig finnisch – deutsch
In Finland’s jubilee year, celebrating one hundred years of being a republic in 2017, these wonderful Finish Christmas tunes can not only be sung in Finish, but for the first time...
Medieval theories of the creative act, Théories médiévales de l’acte créatif, Theorien des kreativen Akts im Mittelalter
Fribourg Colloquium 2015, Colloque Fribourgeois 2015, Freiburger Colloquium 2015
Essays in this volume explore medieval perceptions of the role of human creativity and the nature of creation. Drawing on examples from literature, art, music, and philosophy, and...
Der Rat des Rabbi
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Ein Priester, ein Rabbi und ein Mullah streiten sich über das Problem, wann menschliches Leben beginne. Der...
Die „Habichtslehren“ des deutschen Spätmittelalters
Eine Quellenstudie zu Sprache, Herkunft und Kulturgeschichte
Not before their successor, the “Beizbüchlein”, was published as the very first printed book on hunting in Europe, the so-called “Habichtslehren” (“goshawk-lore”) got to some...
Dance in Iran
Past and Present
This volume is an extraordinary history of dance, full of mystery and humor. The various developments in the history of this art in Iran have never before been presented in a...
Kameldarstellungen aus Metall im vorislamischen Südarabien
Eine archäologische Fallstudie zu den Kulturkontakten zwischen Arabia felix und der Mittelmeerwelt
The present study takes as its basis a collection of 67 bronze camel figurines kept in the Five Continents Museum in Munic of which most will be published here for the very first...
Kostbare Einbandbeschläge an armenischen Handschriften
Dokumentation jüngster Maßnahmen zur Bestandserhaltung
This book illuminates the largely unknown Armenian book and binding design which has been essential for the Armenian people since their adoption of Christianity. The MATENADARAN...
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...
Illustrated by: Krauskopf, Joachim
Handbuch Buchverschluss und Buchbeschlag
Terminologie und Geschichte im deutschsprachigen Raum, in den Niederlanden und Italien vom frühen Mittelalter bis in die Gegenwart
What makes the publication of this book timely and necessary is the apparent need by historians, academics and collectors of antique books for a standardized terminology to...
Die Grenzen der Welt
Arabica et Iranica ad honorem Heinz Gaube
Applying different methods on a broad range of sources, the present book attempts to transcend the limits between disciplines of Oriental Studies in twenty articles dedicated to...
Iran und iranisch geprägte Kulturen
Studien zum 65. Geburtstag von Bert G. Fragner
From ancient times, 'Iranianate' cultures and the Persian language had a significant role beyond the borders of Iran: in the lands of the Near & Middle East, Central Asia as far...
Statuen in der Spätantike
The investigation of late antique statuary lies at the intersection of various scholarly disciplines studying the ancient world. Statues set up in public are an important index of...