Published in an oversized format (8.5x11") and containing superb color plates of the manuscript's illuminated initials, this volume presents a full treatment of this unusual manuscript. Oliver (art hi
When the traditional medieval chronicle of the papacy Liber pontificalis discontinued in 1431, Bartolomeo Platina (1421-81) was one of several writers who attempted to treat the papacy within the cont
The 14 essays presented here are part of the international project the Representation of Emotions and States of Mind in Chinese Written and Visual Sources, which focuses on Ming and Qing literary work
The Yellow Emperor's Scripture of Hidden Contracts is one of the most important Daoist scriptures, and a great many commentaries on it have been written from the perspective of various schools. Liu Ch
Archaeologists were excited when the discovery of an Islamic period fortress was announced in the 1970s, because it seemed to be Umayyad, but the first outside the caliphate dynasty's area of origins.
Fra Mauro's map of the world - a masterpiece of western cartography, composed around 1450 - has until now never been the subject of a modern study, despite its immense renown. The map has been reprodu
"This volume fills a major desideratum in historical scholarship on the religious history of the Holy Land. It presents a synthesis of our knowledge of the history of Christianity and the various chur
From 2005 to 2009 a survey and excavation project was undertaken at the Stone Village, a small settlement on the eastern desert plain of Amarna, not far from the Workmen's Village. This was the first
This volume offers a translation with introduction and notes of Henry of Ghent's questions on the being and essence of God from his Summa of Ordinary Questions (Summa quaestionum ordinarium). These qu
This volume, which will be useful to graduate students and specialists in art history, as well as those involved in painting conservation, contains expanded and revised papers first presented in Novem
This is not a women's history, warns Vaughn (history, U. of Houston), but an account of how Anselm (1033-1109), abbot of Bec and archbishop of Canterbury, wrote extensively to women of all stations, b
Considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the monument honoring Maussolos gave English the word "mausoleum." Although the site was first rediscovered and excavated in 1857, this text i
Eight papers, some of which were presented at the 29th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in 1994, chart the progress of Old English studies from the earliest wo
The present study proposes a challenging new chronological framework for the Herodian age, a critical period in Jewish history. Not only do the rules of Herod the Great and his sons receive altered ti
The first Lovis Corinth Colloquium was held in April 2003 at Emory University, and 14 of the presentations have been heavily revised to form the essays here. The inaugural gathering and volume explore
For a hundred years, anyone with even a smattering of knowledge about archaeology knew that early people stopped roaming around, settled down, planted crops, and started raising cattle before they had
The conference was held as part of a project to compile a catalogue of Irish manuscripts containing scientific texts in Latin in AD 600-800. The 10 papers explore medieval efforts to compute the date
