Late Antiquity

Saints cavaliers

Culte et images en Géorgie aux IVe–XIe siècles

17 x 24 cm, 204 p., 15 Tafeln, hardback
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This is the first archeological, iconographical and hagiological study, based on the unpublished archaeological research findings, that attempts to measure the importance of the Georgian environment for the genesis of this theme and for a broad understanding of the cult …

Rings of the Ancient World

Egyptian, Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman Rings from the Slava Yevdayev Collection

17 x 24 cm, 152 p., hardback
59.00 €
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The Yevdayev Collection of ancient rings comprises 59 superb examples from Egypt, Phoenicia, Persia, Greece, Etruria, and Rome, dating from the second millennium BC to the fourth century AD. The variety of rings is remarkable and includes not only examples …

Kaiser, Senatoren und Gelehrte

Untersuchungen zum spätantiken männlichen Privatporträt

22.5 x 31.5 cm, 456 p., 150 Tafeln, 1 Beilage, hardback
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Ein wichtiges Phänomen im römischen Porträt ist das „Zeitgesicht“, die Angleichung der Bürger an das Bildnis des Kaisers. Zur Zeit Konstantins des Großen wird jedoch nach 300 Jahren dieser unmittelbar erfahrbare Reflex der zuvor prägenden Prinzipatsideologie aufgegeben und insbesondere die …

monumenta sanctorum

Rom und Mailand als Zentren des frühen Christentums: Märtyrerkult und Kirchenbau unter den Bischöfen Damasus und Ambrosius

17 x 24 cm, 352 p., auf 69 Tafeln, hardback
69.00 €
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This study compares the building projects, written and epigraphical testimonies, and performative actions of two outstanding figures among fourth century bishops, Damasus and Ambrosius. These monumenta sanctorum worked as catalysts of the emerging cult of the martyrs. Moreover, the different …

Capital continuous

A Study of Vandal Carthage and Central North Africa from an Archaeological Perspective

17 x 24 cm, 320 p., 25 s/w- und 14 farbige Abb. auf 18 Tafeln, hardback
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The Vandal period in North Africa has aroused the interest of historians since long as an intermediate period in late antique North Africa, spanning over much of the fifth and the early sixth centuries until the Vandal kingdom was conquered …

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst. Bestandskataloge

Band 3: Spätantike, byzantinische und postbyzantinische Keramik

22.5 x 31.5 cm, 784 p., hardback
198.00 €
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The Museum of Byzantine Art in the Bode Museum in Berlin is in the possession of over 1300 Byzantine clay vessels, and others made in the Byzantine tradition, dating from the 4th to the 16th century. They have mostly been …

Das Buch in der Spätantike

Herstellung, Form, Ausstattung und Verbreitung in der westlichen Reichshälfte des Imperium Romanum

17 x 24 cm, 280 p., hardback
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Modern historians describes late antiquity as a period with an own face, different from classical antiquity and Middle Ages. Development was more slowly and without crashs, also roman traditions have been very important for a long time. Purpose of this …

Bearbeitet von Gertrud Platz-Horster. Fotografiert von Bernhard Platz und Johannes Laurentius

Erhabene Bilder

Die Kameen in der Antikensammlung Berlin

21 x 28 cm, 408 p., hardback
78.00 €
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The cameos in the Department of Antiquities at the State Museums in Berlin originate in the Kunstkammer of the Brandenburg Electors. The largely unpublished stock of 875 ancient, baroque and classicistic cameos mirror its changeful history of acquisition, loss and …

Spätantikes Kleidungszubehör aus Nordafrika I

Trägerkreis, Mobilität und Ethnos im Spiegel der Funde der spätesten römischen Kaiserzeit und der vandalischen Zeit

21 x 29.7 cm, 456 p., weitere Abb. 247 s/w- und 26 Farbabb. auf 27 Tafeln, hardback
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This study is the first to give a comprehensive account of extant dress accessories, especially brooches and belt buckles, from late ancient North Africa. In the first of two volumes, the findings dating from the latest period of Roman rule …

Ehrenstatuen in der Spätantike

Chlamydati und Togati

17 x 24 cm, 590 p., hardback
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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 from the Theodosian period (late-4th century) onwards. The phenomenon will be explained …

Byzantinischer Schmuck des 9. bis frühen 13. Jahrhunderts

Untersuchungen zum metallenen dekorativen Körperschmuck der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit anhand datierter Funde

22.5 x 31.5 cm, 420 p., hardback
128.00 €
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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, silver and bronze jewellery of the 9th to early 13th centuries in …

Christliche Archäologie compact

Ein topographischer Überblick. Europa – Asien – Afrika

17 x 24 cm, 502 p., hardback
98.00 €
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“Christian archaeology compact” is the first overview of the whole of the archaeological places and certifications of this discipline. The framework extends geographically from the British islands to Ethiopia and from Morocco to China and temporally from 1. to the …