Christianity
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The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey: The Pavements and Royal Tombs: History, Archaeology, Architecture and Conservation [Hardback]
Warwick Rodwell(Author); David Neal(Author)
Regular Price: $99.00
Special Price: $74.25
ISBN: 9781789252347
Published by : Oxbow Books
Westminster Abbey contains the only surviving medieval Cosmatesque mosaics outside Italy. They comprise: the ‘Great Pavement’ in the sanctuary; the pavement around the shrine of Edward the Confessor; the saint’s t... .... Learn More -
The Bir Messaouda Basilica: Pilgrimage and the Transformation of an Urban Landscape in Sixth Century AD Carthage [Hardback]
Richard Miles(Author); Simon Greenslade(Author)
Regular Price: $90.00
Special Price: $67.50
ISBN: 9781785706806
Published by : Oxbow Books
This volume charts the radical transformation of an inner city neighbourhood in late antique Carthage which was excavated over a five-year period by a team from the University of Cambridge. Bordering the main thoroughfare leading ... .... Learn More -
The Lateran Church in Rome and the Ark of the Covenant: Housing the Holy Relics of Jerusalem: with an edition and translation of the Descriptio Lateranensis Ecclesiae (BAV Reg. Lat. 712) [Hardback]
Eivor Andersen Oftestad(Author)
$120.00ISBN: 9781783273881
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
Volume: Volume 48
Why did the twelfth-century canons at the Lateran church (San Giovanni in Laterano) in Rome claim the presence of the Ark of the Covenant inside their high altar? This book argues that the claim responded to new challenges in the a... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology and Early History of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem [Paperback]
Justin Kelley(Author)
$77.00ISBN: 9781789690569
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, was built by the Byzantine emperor Constantine I to commemorate the Passion of Jesus Christ. Encased within its walls are the archaeological remains of a small piece of ancient Jerusalem... .... Learn More -
Elio De Luca: Amore. Cantico dei cantici [Hardback]
Maurizio Vanni(Editor)
$40.00ISBN: 9788859619147
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
The publication, created for an exhibition held in Lucca in autumn 2018, reproduces a series of paintings by the Tuscan artist Elio De Luca, accompanied by the full text of the Song of Songs, one of the most lyrical and unusual poe... .... Learn More -
The Search for Winchester’s Anglo-Saxon Minsters [Paperback]
Martin Biddle(Author); Simon Hayfield(Illustrator)
$30.00ISBN: 9781784918576
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
The ancient cathedral of Old Minster and the abbey church of New Minster once stood at the heart of Anglo-Saxon Winchester. Buildings of the first importance, honoured by Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings, these great churches were late... .... Learn More -
Alexandria and Qumran: Back to the Beginning [Paperback]
Kenneth Silver (Author)
$90.00ISBN: 9781784917289
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
This year, 2017, marks 70 years since the discovery of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls at Khirbet Qumran by the Dead Sea in 1947. The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most well-known archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. This... .... Learn More -
Bellezza del gaudio evangelico al centro della vita cristiana [Paperback]
Giulio Cirignano (Author)
$19.00ISBN: 9788856403619
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Series: Le ragioni dell’Occidente
The apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium , signed by Pope Francis in 2013, can be considered his programmatic document. Starting from a thorough analysis of this text, the author offers a broad reflection on the need for a renewal in the Roman ... .... Learn More -
Jerusalem Throne Games: The Battle of Bible Stories After the Death of David [Paperback]
Peter Feinman(Author)
$39.99ISBN: 9781785706165
Published by : Oxbow Books
Jerusalem Throne Games explores the political battle for power to succeed David expressed through selected stories from the beginning of the Book of Genesis. In these confrontations, combatants wielded a new weapon of war that was... .... Learn More -
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE OTHER AND INTERCULTURAL EXPERIENCES IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE (16th-20th CENTURIES) [Paperback]
Niccolò Guasti (Editor)
$15.00ISBN: 9788869770821
Published by : Mimesis International
The cohabitation of different cultures and the rise of new cultural and social clashes in more or less wide contexts (nation-states, macro- areas, civilizations) has pushed human sciences to examine themselves through an interdisc... .... Learn More
