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Westcar on the Nile
A journey through Egypt in the 1820s
On November 6, 1823, four Englishmen disembarked in the harbour of Alexandria. In the succeeding ten months, they traveled up the Nile as far as the Second Cataract and, in the...
»Simavicarana«
A Pali letter on monastic boundaries by King Rama IV of Siam
“Simavicarana” presents an annotated romanized edition of a letter composed in Pali by Thera Vajiranana - that is, by King Mogkut (Rama IV) of Siam when he was a monk before he...
Pitakamala. »The Garland of the Pitaka«
“Pitakamala” or “The Garland of the Pitaka” is a Northern Thai text that describes the Buddhist scriptures as they were traditionally transmitted in palm-leaf manuscripts kept in...
Orte – Ordnungen – Oszillationen
Raumerschaffung durch Wissen und räumliche Struktur von Wissen
The volume goes back to a transdicsiplinary conference held in December 2010 at the University of Trier. It contains articles dedicated to tree key concepts that are central to...
Ornamentale Purpurwirkereien
De variis purpureis segmentis, paragaudis, clavis et ceteris ornamentis cum ornamento
The textile finds from Egypt provide a special quantitative and qualitative value to the ornamental purple textiles. They can be counted as a chief representative of ornamental...
Die Ehrenbögen in Pompeji
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Fünf Bogenbauten zieren als Ehrenmonumente zentral gelegene Plätze Pompejis. Seit langem sind sie bekannt und...
»Gott liebt das Handwerk«
Moral, Identität und religiöse Legitimierung in der mittelasiatischen Handwerks-risala
The present book is the first large-scale research on the Central Asian crafts’ risala, a pre-Soviet code of conduct, and describes the crafts spiritual and social roots by...
Seals, Sealings and Tokens from Gandhara
Ancient seals say much about people, their names, preferred styles and self-esteem. Over many decades Aman ur Rahman has built a large collection of seals from North-Western...
Studien zu ausgewählten Fastnachtspielen des Hans Folz
Struktur – Autorschaft – Quellen
At the threshold of modernism, the artisan poet Hans Folz plays a significant role as author and printer in the cultural center of Nuremberg. Part of his multifaceted oeuvre...
A Mirror Reflecting the Entire World
The Pali »Buddhapadamangala« or »Auspicius Signs on the Buddha’s Feet«. Critical Edition with English Translation
The “Buddhapadamangala” is an anonymous work in the corpus of Pali literature transmitted in Siam. Its starting point is the conventional description of the wheel mark on the...
The Birth of the Buddha
Proceedings of the Seminar held in Lumbini, Nepal, October 2004
Funktion und Nutzung der Krypta im Mittelalter
Heiligsprechung und Heiligenverehrung am Beispiel Italien
Under the lasting influence of romantic-mystic views of the 19th and 20th century the function of a crypt within the structure of a church is still a matter of false...
Frühchristliche Reliquiare im Kontext von Kultstrategien, Heilserwartung und sozialer Selbstdarstellung
This study for the first time provides a comprehensive analysis of early Christian reliquaries in the context of their meaning and various uses. Taking into account all documented...
Etruskisch-italische und römisch-republikanische Häuser
In contrast to the tombs and shrines, the pre-Roman houses of Italy have been poorly studied. Although Etruscan studies have for some time been concerned with living quarters of...
Treasures of the Ferrell Collection
James Ferrell has collected Greek and Roman antiquities for many years to satisfy his life-long interest in ancient history. His collection is particularly important for its...
Spezialisierung und Professionalisierung
Träger und Foren städtischer Außenpolitik während des späten Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit
The volume documents the findings of an international conference held in Trier in cooperation with the "Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliches Forschungszentrum" and the A 9 project...
»Christus und die minnende Seele«
An Analysis of Circulation, Text, and Iconography
The late medieval verse dialogue ‘Christus und die minnende Seele’ portrays the journey of the soul as the bride of Christ toward mystical union in a series of 20 to 24 individual...
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...
Mongolian-German Karakorum Expedition
Vol. 1: Excavations in the Craftsman Quarter at the Main Road (= Bonn Contributions to Asian Archaeology, Vol. 2)
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...
Aromata in der iranischen Kultur
unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der persischen Dichtung
This volume is the result of more than 10 years' research in Persian culture from the Achaemenid period (559 B.C.) until the end of the Safavids’ time (1722 A.D.). The main...