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The Mosaics of Roger II in Sicily
Visualizing Sacred Authority
The ideas for this book emerged in direct eye contact with the mosaics on the scaffolds of the Cappella Palatina and the Martorana in Palermo and the Cathedral of Cefalù. With...
Prudentius’ Contra Symmachum, Vergil und Rom
Ein historisch-philologischer Beitrag zur Auseinandersetzung zwischen Christen und Heiden am Ende des 4. Jh. n. Chr.
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Prudentius, der größte christliche Dichter der römischen Spätantike, veröffentlichte ca. 402 n. Chr. seine Libri...
The Creation of the Illustrated Octateuch
The illustrated Octateuch is among the most complex creations of the Middle Byzantine period. The Septuagint text of the first eight books of the Old Testament contains hundreds...
Monogrammkapitelle
Die justinianische Bauskulptur Konstantinopels als Textträger
In this study, the capital series of the Hagia Sophia, the Sergios and Bakchos Churches and the Irene Church are systematically examined for the first time. In addition, the...
Nach der Stunde Null
Aus Nachkriegserfahrungen für Syrien lernen? Learning from Post-war Experience for Syria? Denkmalpflege, Archäologie und Städtebau als internationale Aufgabe. Heritage Conservation, Archaeology and Urban Planning as International Responsibility
“After the Zero Hour – Learning from Post-war Experience for Syria? Heritage Conservation, Archaeology and Urban Planning as International Responsibility” is the proceedings of...
Das unverrückbar Heilige – Jerusalems Loca Sancta in der Kreuzfahrerzeit
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Jerusalems unverrückbare Loca Sancta – die Orte, die durch Christi Anwesenheit geheiligt waren – wurden zuletzt...
Der Senat und seine Kaiser im spätantiken Rom
Eine kulturhistorische Annäherung
This study focusses on the Roman Senate and its relation to the Emperors, taking a long-term perspective. The starting point is the observation, that the senators as a body held...
Kaiser, Senatoren und Gelehrte
Untersuchungen zum spätantiken männlichen Privatporträt
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Ein wichtiges Phänomen im römischen Porträt ist das „Zeitgesicht“, die Angleichung der Bürger an das Bildnis des...
Building the Sherpa’s New Present in the Age of Globalization
The construction of a novel tradtion as well as a collective Sherpa identity in a new place through the performance of Tibetan Buddhist ritual celebrations: a close look at the present revitalisation of Sherpa Buddhism, culture, and society
The central concern of this book is a detailed examination of both the strategy and the means employed whereby the Sherpas have been successfully managing the creation of a novel...
Leben und Handeln im Alltag von Kairo
Sozialwissenschaftliche Analysen einer Gesellschaft im Umbruch
Under the influence of political and social discourses as a result of 9/11 and the Orientalist allegations on the part of Arab intellectuals, Lars Gaiser developed a new...
The City of the three Mosques: Ávila and its Muslims in the Middle Ages
This book troubles the traditional treatment of Muslims living under Christian rule in Iberia, traditionally dubbed “Mudejars,” as marginal in both medieval Christian and Muslim...
Osmanismus, Nationalismus und der Kaukasus
Muslime und Christen, Türken und Armenier im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
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Die Beiträge dieses Bandes behandeln unterschiedliche Probleme und Aspekte der Geschichte des „Krisenherd...
Verwandtschaft, Religion und Geschlecht im Aserbaidschan
The book relies on a 15months field research in an Azerbaijan village and treats gender spe-cific ideologies in the two domains of kinship and religion. It is shown, that the...
Governing the Holy City
The Interaction of Social Groups in Jerusalem between the Fatimid and the Ottoman Period
The history of Jerusalem during the Islamic Middle Ages was not confined to the foundation of sanctuaries, and the struggle over their control – even if these aspects could not be...
Leben in der Stadt. Oberitalien zwischen römischer Kaiserzeit und Mittelalter
Abitare in città. La Cisalpina tra impero e medioevo. Kolloquium am 4. und 5. November 1999 in Rom
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In der Spätantike erlebten die Städte im Kernland des Römerreiches einen tiefgreifenden Wandel: Mit der...
Die Christianisierung der spätrömischen Welt
Stadt, Land, Haus, Kirche und Kloster in frühchristlicher Zeit
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Nachdem die Christliche Archäologie jahrzehntelang ihr Interesse auf die Wechselbeziehung zwischen den großen...
Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey
Supplement and Index
This volume represents a supplement to the first volume, which appeared in 1989, and provided the documentation on which TAVO maps A VIII 14 a-b (Republic of Turkey: Rural Ethnic...
Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey
(Unveränderter Nachdruck)
This detailed handbook contents of a catalogue of ethnic groups, surveys, lists by villages and administrative districts, essays on selected groups by contributing authors, and...
Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey
This detailed handbook contents of a catalogue of ethnic groups, surveys, lists by villages and administrative districts, essays on selected groups by contributing authors, and...
Jesus, Joseph and Job
Reading Rescriptings of Religious Figures in Lebanese Women’s Fiction
Joseph, Jesus and Job are all immediately recognizable religious figures in both Christianity and Islam who have been incorporated into a range of artistic and literary projects...