Search results for 'Early Christian'

ISBN: 9789993272472
Published by : Midsea Books
Series: MALTESE SOCIAL STUDIES SERIES
Volume: 17
Becker's studies of Malta's early Christian and Jewish sepulchral art are well-researched and exceptionally thorough. Most authors who later wrote on the subject refer to Becker in one way or another. Yet, due to the difficulties posed by the lang... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780977409495
Published by : Oxbow Books
An interest in places of pilgrimage is very much a part of the life of many people in the modern world. For Christians, it is the Holy Land that holds specific interest - the area where the events described in the Bible, in both the Old and the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780801481314
Published by : Cornell Univ Press
Draws on a wide range of sources, from those of ancient Egypt to the early Christian writings of Augustine, to reconstruct the origins and fashioning of the concept of hell. .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780860785811
Published by : Variorum
This book is concerned with the transmission and reception of Latin literary culture in the early Middle Ages, and with the production of Latin works in Ireland and in Irish centres on the Continent. In these articles, Professor Herren deals wi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781872501628
Published by : Harvey Miller Publishers
In the late sixteenth century, Cassiano dal Pozzo began a 'paper museum', collecting watercolours and prints reflecting his interests as an antiquary and natural scientist. This volume of the catalogue includes 162 illustrations of the interior... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780860785590
Published by : Variorum
A reprint collection of articles from the last twenty years. Subjects covered include: Gildas, literary sources for the Anglo-Saxon settlement, Welsh `origin' stories, continental influence at the monastery of Bath in the 7th cent, St. Wilfrid,... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714831688
Published by : Phaidon Press Ltd
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ISBN: 9780860786566
Published by : Variorum
Collected papers by the Professor of Liturgical Studies at the University of Tubingen. Her papers all focus on Syriac, Greek and Armenian liturgies and their significance for studying early Christianity. Contents: The original meaning of the pr... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781872501673
Published by : Harvey Miller Publishers
Series: PAPER MUSEUM OF CASSIANO..
This volume describes and illustrates the drawings, made in the seventeenth century, of mosaics and paintings not in churches, as well as numerous examples of ancient Roman and Early Christian artefacts: sarcophagi and reliefs, gold glass, bron... .... Learn More