Language & Literature
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From Manuscripts to Books vom Codex zur Edition: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Textual Criticism and Editorial Practice for Byzantine Texts (Vienna, 10-11 December 2009) [Paperback]
Antonia Giannouli (Author); Elisabeth Schiffer (Author)
$110.00ISBN: 9783700171324
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Do the transmitted punctuation marks suffice for the modern reader? How can they be implemented in the editions? In the case of diverging witnesses to the same text, which version should be preferred?
These and other questions prompted the... .... Learn More -
San Vincenzo Maggiore and its Workshops [Hardback]
Richard Hodges (Author)
$160.00ISBN: 9780904152586
Published by : British School at Rome
Series: Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome
Volume: 17
The San Vincenzo Project began in 1980 as a collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archaeologica del Molise. Its initial focus was the small frescoed crypt of 'San Lorenzo' (later known as the Crypt Church), which was in urgent need of conservat... .... Learn More -
Das Blut der Gläubigen [Paperback]
Fortner (Author); Fortner Sandra Ann (Author)
$29.00ISBN: 9783805339506
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
German description: Sandra Ann Fortner: Da Blut der Gläubigen Augsburg 1286: Ein Blutregen geht ueber der Stadt nieder, Pilger verschwinden spurlos, die Abdruecke eines Dämons erschrecken die Buerger. Mechthild, ein Sarazenenbalg, gilt rasc... .... Learn More -
St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire: Volume 1, History, Archaeology and Architecture [Hardback]
Warwick Rodwell (Author)
$150.00ISBN: 9781842173251
Published by : Oxbow Books
St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, is a redundant medieval church in the care of English Heritage. As a result of a major programme of research carried out between 1978 and 2007, it is now the most intensively studied parish church in the UK. Exca... .... Learn More -
Der Jahrhundertfund: Entdeckung und Geschichte des Codex Sinaiticus [Hardback]
Christfried Bottrich (Author)
$32.00ISBN: 9783374025862
Published by : Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
English summary: The discovery of Codex Sinaiticus, which is the oldest complete exemplar of a Bible in the Greek language, was one of the biggest sensations in scholarship of the 19th century. It is closely related to the oriental journey... .... Learn More -
Die böhmischen Franziskaner im ausgehenden Mittelalter: Studien zur Kirchen- und Kulturgeschichte Ostmitteleuropas [Hardback]
Petr Hlavacek (Author)
$54.00ISBN: 9783515096744
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Forschungen zur Geschichte und Kultur des Östlichen Mitteleuropa (FGKÖM)
Volume: 40
English summary: With a systematic structural analysis, Petr Hlavácek highlights the difficult position of the Bohemian Franciscans at the turn of the 15th Century. How did the Franciscan Observant reflect on their own specific ethnic diver... .... Learn More -
The Cistercian abbey of St Mary Graces, East Smithfield, London [Hardback]
Ian Grainger (Author); Christopher Phillpotts (Author)
$36.00ISBN: 9781907586026
Published by : Museum of London Archaeology
Series: MOLAS MONOGRAPH
Volume: 44
The abbey of St Mary Graces in East Smithfield, London, was excavated in 1983-8 as part of the Royal Mint site. Founded in 1350 by Edward III and suppressed in 1539, it was the only new Cistercian house in the 14th century and the last founded ... .... Learn More -
Images of Salvation: The Story of the Bible through Medieval Art (New & Improved Third Edition) [CD]
Dee Dyas (Editor)
$24.95ISBN: 9780955067334
Published by : Christianity and Culture
Images of Salvation is an interactive CD-ROM providing
one hundred and eighty images illustrating biblical themes from Genesis to Revelation, together with background material explaining the doctrinal and art historical context. Each ... .... Learn More -
Seamus Heaney [Paperback]
Donald Murphy (Author)
$19.95ISBN: 9780746312094
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: Writers and their Work
n this second edition of his popular volume on Heaney, Andrew Murphy charts the trajectory of Heaney's career as a poet and places his work within its various contexts. Seamus Heaney is one of the foremost poets of his generation and his work i... .... Learn More -
Die Illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Universitätsbibliothek Graz - Die illuminierten Handschriften 1400 bis 1550: Textband, Tafel- und Registerband [Hardback]
Christine Beier (Editor)
$218.00ISBN: 9783700160458
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Schrift- und Buchwesen des Mittelalters, Reihe II
Volume: V,1
The University Library of Graz holds the second largest public collection of medieval manuscripts in Austria. Most of these books derive from the library of the Jesuits in Graz and the libraries of secularized monasteries of the region. The pre... .... Learn More