History

Frühbyzantinische textile Kopfbedeckungen

Typologie, Verbreitung, Chronologie und soziologischer Kontext nach Originalfunden

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...

Die Inschriften der Stadt Essen

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Der Band präsentiert in 188 Katalognummern die mittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Inschriften aus dem...

Die Baubefunde des frühmittelalterlichen Seehandelsplatzes von Groß Strömkendorf, Lkr. Nordwestmecklenburg

Forschungen zu Groß Strömkendorf IV

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Mit diesem Band wird die Veröffentlichung der umfangreichen Ausgrabungen an dem frühmittelalterlichen...

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

Die Inschriften des Landkreises Passau I

Die ehemaligen Bezirksämter Passau und Wegscheid

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Der Band umfasst 185 Editionen der Inschriften des Landkreises Passau, die sich in den ehemaligen Bezirksämtern...

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...

Die Inschriften der Stadt Freising

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Das der ehemals fürstbischöflichen Residenzstadt Freising verliehene Attribut einer „geistlichen Stadt“ spiegelt...

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...

Johannes Hartlieb »Kräuterbuch«

Before the middle of the fifteenth century the Munich physician and author wrote an herbal that describes the medical efficacy of more than 170 drugs drawn from plants and...

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...

Pastoréalismes

Anthropologie historique des processus d’intégration chez les Kirghiz du Tian Shan intérieur

The book examines the relations between an economic phenomenon, pastoralism, and a social one, patrilineal descent-reckoning. These relations are described and analyzed on the...

Stadtbelagerung in der Spätantike – das Berliner Holzrelief

Since the first publication about it in 1901, this unique wooden relief has been attributed to the Coptic maker because it was discovered in Egypt. The precise meaning of its...

Die Waffen aus dem Oppidum von Manching

The approximately 800 weapons fragments from the oppidum of Manching, which covers over 300 years of settlement history, found their way into the ground for many different...

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...

Die Inschriften des Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreises II

(ehem. Lkrs. Simmern und westlicher Teil des ehem. Lkrs. St. Goar)

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Der Band erfasst in 204 Katalognummern die kommentierten Inschriften des westlichen Teils des heutigen...

Plants in Early Buddhism and the Far Eastern Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees

From Turfan to Ajanta

Festschrift for Dieter Schlingloff on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday

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...