Language & Literature
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Manuel Palaiologos: Dialogue with the Empress-Mother on Marriage [Paperback]
Athanasios Angelou (Author)
£21.50ISBN: 9783700118367
Published by : Verlag der Osterreichischen
Volume: 1991
Written about 1396/7 the Dialogue is one of the few writings of the Emperor Manuel that has not been published. This edition, based on his last revised Ms, is provided with a parallel translation in English, and an introduction.
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Latin Palaeography [Paperback]
Bernhard Bischoff (Author)
£24.99ISBN: 9780521367264
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The most comprehensive and up-to-date account of the history of Latin script, published in Germany in 1979, and revised in the course of translation into English. .... Learn More -
Augustine: Soliloquies and the Immortality of the Soul [Paperback]
G. Watson (Editor)
£18.00ISBN: 9780856685064
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Classical Texts
Augustine intended the Soliloquies and the Immortality of the soul to form a single book. For those who are unacquainted with Augustine it is a good book with which to begin. It deals, as he says, with those matters about which he most wanted... .... Learn More -
Iamblichus: On the Pythagorean Life [Paperback]
Gillian Clark (Author)
Regular Price: £15.00
Special Price: £4.95
ISBN: 9780853233268
Published by : Liverpool University Press
Volume: 1989
Iamblichus was one of the most revered Platonist philosophers. His writing is the most extensive surviving source on Pythagoreanism and has wider interest as an account of the religious aspirations of late antiquity. The introduction and comme... .... Learn More -
Chronicon Paschale 284-628 AD [Paperback]
Mary Whitby (Author);Michael Whitby (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9780853230960
Published by : Liverpool University Press
Volume: 1989
The first English translation of the Easter Chronicle, one of the major constituents of the Byzantine chronographic tradition. Composed in Constantinople, its importance is twofold: for the 5/6th cents it provides a major supplement to the Chro... .... Learn More -
The Emperor Julian: Panegyric and Polemic [Paperback]
Samuel N. C. Lieu (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9780853233763
Published by : Liverpool University Press
These texts reflect the controversy caused by Julian's attempts to revive traditional religion and classical culture in opposition to Christianity. .... Learn More -
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Digenes Akrites [Hardback]
John Mavrogordato (Author)
Regular Price: £14.99
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9780199240203
Published by : Oxford University Press
A romantic epic from medieval Greece. Includes the complete text of the poem and a facing translation. .... Learn More -
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Constantine Porphyrogenitus: Three treatises on Byzantine Military Expeditions [Hardback]
John F. Haldon (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9783700117780
Published by : Verlag der Osterreichischen
Here is set out `what should be observed when the great and high emperor goes on a campaign': the protocol, the ceremonial and above all the equipment Ä people and animals, equipment and baggage, clothes and food: 104 fully harnessed mules, 150 no... .... Learn More