Darstellungen von Wagenlenkern in der römischen Kaiserzeit und frühen Spätantike

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Epigrams, passing remarks, and treatises dealing with the chariot races in the Roman circus and their participants have been handed down by numerous ancient authors. Whether described by Pliny, Martial, Juvenal, Ammianus Marcellinus, or Tertullian, charioteers are frequently viewed in …

Wizlav. Sangsprüche und Minnelieder

Melodien, Texte, Übersetzungen, Kommentar

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Wizlav (the boy), who was probably identical with Prince Wizlav III of Rügen († 1325), was not only a creator of original texts, but also a gifted melodist. Among the authors of Middle High German songs, he occupies a special …

Zwischen den Welten

Kindheit in Krieg und Nachkriegszeit

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Das Buch erzählt Leben aus der Perspektive des Älterwerdens, wenn die Kinder aus dem Haus sind – eine Lebensgeschichte, beginnend vor 1945, Flucht aus Ostpreußen und Kindheit in Kriegs- und Nachkriegszeit, Jugend in den 50er Jahren, Familie, Tod eines Sohnes. …

Die Stuckarbeiten aus Kharab Sayyar

Das Große Haus und die Moschee

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Einer der überraschenden Entdeckungen unserer Ausgrabungen im abbasidischen Kharab Sayyar war die Freilegung mehrerer stuckverzierter Wände in Privathäusern und in der Großen Moschee. Als Motive kommen u.a. unendliche Blätter, die sog. Fischblasen, zweiseitig entwickelte Dreiecke, an deren Spitze sich konzentrische …

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 der Parnawasiden, die vom 4. Jh. v. Chr. bis in das 8. nachchristliche Jahrhundert herrschte, die andere die Dynastie der aus der Südwestprovinz Speri stammenden Bagratiden, …

Tradition and Identity: The Architecture of Greek Churches in Cyprus (14th to 16th Centuries)

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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 containing more traditional methodological approaches such as the analysis of stylistic developments …

From Ordinary to Luxury

Islamic Ceramics from Iran, Central Asia and Afghanistan

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“From Ordinary to Luxury” is based on the glazed and unglazed pottery from The Bumiller Collection and is a profound study of Iranian and Central Asian ceramics. The Bumiller set is not a collection of masterpieces, but gives an insight …

Nordost-Tor und persische Belagerungsrampe in Alt-Paphos

IV. Skulpturen, Votivmonumente und Bauteile in der Belagerungsrampe

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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. Since the ramp was heaped up in the context of …

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 Klima
bereits in Früh-, Römer- und Merowingerzeit besiedelt wurde, Karl den Großen zum Bau seines berühmten monumentalen Regierungspalastes anregte und sich in seiner mittelalterlichen Blütezeit zum höfischen …

Erzählungen aus Georgien

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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 Russian Colonization, he studied in St. Petersburg, brought back …

Monde animal et végétal dans le récit bref du Moyen Âge

Colloque international 2016

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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, lais, etc.). The volume focuses in particular on Spanish literature, …

Weihnachten in Finnland

Lieder, Bilder und Gedichte. zweisprachig finnisch – deutsch

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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 ring out with German translations. Background information regarding the …

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

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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 across the Western European tradition, the contributors consider how medieval craftsmen, writers, …

Die „Habichtslehren“ des deutschen Spätmittelalters

Eine Quellenstudie zu Sprache, Herkunft und Kulturgeschichte

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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 publicity and made quite remarkable impact on the development of a widespread and highly relevant …

Dance in Iran

Past and Present

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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 single book, making “Dance in Iran: Past and Present” …

Kameldarstellungen aus Metall im vorislamischen Südarabien

Eine archäologische Fallstudie zu den Kulturkontakten zwischen Arabia felix und der Mittelmeerwelt

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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 time. In addition to these objects from …

Kostbare Einbandbeschläge an armenischen Handschriften

Dokumentation jüngster Maßnahmen zur Bestandserhaltung

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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 in Yerevan/Armenia, included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register since 1997, holds …

Frühbyzantinische textile Kopfbedeckungen

Typologie, Verbreitung, Chronologie und soziologischer Kontext nach Originalfunden

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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 600 original pieces of headwear from the late Roman and early Byzantine …

Handbuch Buchverschluss und Buchbeschlag

Terminologie und Geschichte im deutschsprachigen Raum, in den Niederlanden und Italien vom frühen Mittelalter bis in die Gegenwart

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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 describe book fastenings (clasps) and book furnishings. The myriad of expressions currently used …

Iran und iranisch geprägte Kulturen

Studien zum 65. Geburtstag von Bert G. Fragner

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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 as China and India. The book collects novel contributions …