History of religion

Die Merseburger Zaubersprüche
17 x 24 cm, 500 p., 10 Tafeln, cloth
98.00 €
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The study represents the first extensive monograph on these significant Old High German texts. The controversial linguistic material is examined etymologically while questions concerning the context, the historical transmission, linguistic and religious historical problems as well as functional aspects of …

Mongolian-German Karakorum Expedition

Vol. 1: Excavations in the Craftsman Quarter at the Main Road (= Bonn Contributions to Asian Archaeology, Vol. 2)

19 x 29 cm, 336 p., 5 Karten als Beilage, hardback
98.00 €
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Karakorum, the first capital of the Mongol empire, has, since 1998, been explored by archaeologists from the University of Bonn in an interdisciplinary and international cooperation project. This first multi-year study of a newly founded city in the Mongolian steppe …

Gesammelt und bearbeitet von Sabine Wehking

Die Inschriften der Lüneburger Klöster

Ebstorf, Isenhagen, Lüne, Medingen, Walsrode, Wienhausen

19 x 27 cm, 458 p., auf 104 Tafeln, with dust jacket
62.00 €
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Der Band „Die Inschriften der Lüneburger Klöster“ umfasst die Edition von 345 Inschriften der Frauenklöster Ebstorf, Isenhagen, Lüne, Medingen, Walsrode und Wienhausen bis zum Jahr 1700. Der Bestand bietet ein breites Spektrum an Inschriftenträgern von den bedeutenden mittelalterlichen Bildteppichen über …

Red mda' ba. Buddhist Yogi-Scholar of the Fourteenth Century

The Forgotten Reviver of Madhyamaka Philosophy in Tibet

17 x 24 cm, 500 p., 1 farbige Faltkarte zum Herausnehmen, cloth
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Red mda’ ba gZhon nu blo gros (1348-1412) played a pivotal role in the history of Tibetan Buddhists' engagement with Indian Madhyamaka, especially with regard to Candrakirti's interpretation of Nagarjuna. The lasting impact of this historical figure on the shape …

Syrien und seine Nachbarn von der Spätantike bis in die islamische Zeit
17 x 24 cm, 308 p., 92 s/w-Abb., 20 Karten und Pläne, 15 Zeichnungen, 1 Tabelle auf 54 Tafeln, hardback
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Der vorliegende Band enthält dreizehn Beiträge zu verschiedenen Aspekten der syrischen Architektur und Baudekoration, zu Malerei und christlichem Kult in Syrien wie auch zum Verhältnis Syriens zu Kilikien, Ägypten und Konstantinopel in byzantinischer bzw. islamischer Zeit. Das Spektrum der ausgewählten …

Jambupati-sutra

A synoptic romanized edition

29.7 x 21 cm, 200 p., paperback / softback
29.90 €
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The present volume is a romanized collation of four Pali manuscripts of the „Jambupati-sutra“, supplemented by Pali passages extracted from two old Thai-language versions. The „Jambupat-sutra“ is a dramatic narrative that relates how the Buddha overcomes an arrogant and powerful …

Rare Texts from Tibet

Seven Sources for the Ecclesiastic History of Medieval Tibet

22.5 x 29.7 cm, 412 p., 20 Farbabb. auf 6 Tafeln, mit Lesebändchen, hardback
36.00 €
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A preliminary perusal of a puplished set of rare and old bKa’-brgyud-pa manuscript texts that recently surfaces in Lhasa - collected and published under the cover-title „dPal ’Bri gung bka’ brgyud kyi chos mdzod che mo“, The „Grand Dharma Trove …

Buddhism and Violence
17 x 24 cm, 254 p., paperback / softback
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One of the aims of this volume is to provide material, based on critical, unbiased research illustrating the fact that, at particular moments in their history and in certain aspects of their doctrines, the traditions of Buddhism, like other religious …

Eremus und Insula

St. Gallen und die Reichenau im Mittelalter – Modell einer lateinischen Literaturlandschaft

17 x 24 cm, 176 p., paperback / softback
24.90 €
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This book is a comparative literary history of the two monasteries St. Gall (Eremus) and Reichenau (Insula). Many examples show that the spirit of competition was decisive for the intellectual and artistic development of these two great monasteries of the …