Romanesque architecture

Eric Fernie's research focuses on architectural development in England and France, spanning from Anglo-Saxon to Gothic periods. This volume compiles 30 studies, covering diverse buildings, sculpture, the St. Gall plan and architectural proportions in English churches, the pre-Conquest abbey at We...

Regional settlement demography in archaeology

Archaeological field survey methods developed over half a century combine with powerful new quantitative tools for spatial analysis to unleash new potential for identifying and studying ancient local communities and regional polities. This volume details these changes.    

Excavations at serra east, parts 1-5

In 1961/62 and 1963/64, the Oriental Nubian Expedition excavated cemeteries, the ancient fortress, and the late Christian town of Serra East in northern Sudan. This volume looks at the ancient burials and outlying structures.

The archaeological survey of the desert roads between berenike and the nile valley

Brings together the research of two survey projects, the Michigan-Assiut Koptos-Eastern Desert Project and the University of Delaware-Leiden University Eastern Desert Surveys, presenting a coherent analysis of the extensive surveys and the materials documented by each. Introductory chapter gives ...

Verba docenti

This festschrift, in honour of the renowned Indo-Europeanist Jay Jasanoff, presents studies on topics ranging from Indo-European verbal morphology to Australian paleo linguistics. It contains contributions by such distinguished colleagues as Ives Goddard, Martin Peters, Georges-Jean Pinault, P. O...

The arms trade, military services and the security market in the gulf states

The essays in this volume examine a range of issues in Gulf security. The Gulf is in the first rank of potential global flashpoints, and is the world’s largest market for weapons imports. Security in the Gulf, however, is complicated: the Arab states of the Gulf have pursued different defence pol...

In remembrance of me

This Oriental Institute Museum exhibit catalogue looks at how the living commemorated and cared for deceased ancestors in the ancient Middle East. The focus of the exhibit is the memorial monument (stele) of an official named Katumuwa (ca. 735 BC), discovered in 2008 by University of Chicago arch...

Mosaics of thessaloniki (english language edition)

The only modern publication on the mosaics of the major Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki aimed at specialist and general reader. The mosaic decoration of the Rotonda, Hosios David, Ayia Sophia, Ayioi Apostoloi and the basilicas of Ayios Dimitrios and the Acheiropoietos are included. 358 col il...

The owl and the nightingale and the english poems of jesus college ms 29 (ii)

An edition and accompanying translation of this late C13th anthology of early Middle English verse.  In addition to the original text and Modern English translations, the edition contains a substantial scholarly introduction, notes and a substantial bibliography. The book is designed for use by t...

Abu dhabi, the united arab emirates and the gulf region

The unexpected decision of the British Government in January 1968 to withdraw its military and diplomatic protection from the Gulf catapulted the region into the limelight. For the following five decades the author was well placed to observe subsequent developments in the Gulf, having moved to Ab...

Proceedings of the first international conference on the history of ethiopian art

The first International Conference on Ethiopian art, convened by Dr. Richard Pankhurst in 1986, produced Proceedings dedicated to Ethiopian art, spanning over two millennia. The volume includes papers on Ethiopian painting (manuscript illuminations and murals), metalwork, architecture, and folk art.

Linear b

Linear B, a New Outlook by Nicholas A. Massouridis, is the product of thirty years' study of the phonetic values of the signs of the Linear B script. His son, Pandelis Masouridis, has also applied the same values for the first time to the reading of dedications and Linear A tablets from Ayia Tria...

The way to isfahan

From April to June 1900, Pierre Loti travelled in a private capacity from Bushire on the Persian Gulf, northwards through Shiraz, Persepolis, Isfahan and Tehran, before returning via the Caspian Sea to Europe. This is the account of his journey, the hardships of the mountainous terrain and the em...

Assyrian dictionary of the oriental institute of the university of chicago, volume 1, a, part 2

The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary was conceived to provide more than lexical information alone, more than a one-to-one equivalent between Akkadian and English words. By presenting each word in a meaningful context, often with a full and idiomatic translation, it recreates the cultural milieu and in...

Discerning religious truth

The tradition of rational theology in the mature post-classical Sunni tradition has unique philosophical insights and solutions to modern philosophical problems that have not yet been articulated in the philosophical mainstream. This book connects the tradition of Sunni Muslim intellectual though...

Drama and sermon in late medieval england

Investigates how sermons and vernacular religious drama worked as media for public learning. The interrelation between sermons and vernacular drama, formerly assumed to be a close one, is addressed from historical connections, performative aspects, and the portrayal of penance.

Psifidota tis thessalonikis

The only modern publication on the mosaics of the major Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki aimed at specialist and general reader. The mosaic decoration of the Rotonda, Hosios David, Ayia Sophia, Ayioi Apostoloi and the basilicas of Ayios Dimitrios and the Acheiropoietos are included. 358 col il...

Qasr ibrim: the textiles from the cathedral cemetery

The Qasr Ibrim site’s elevation has preserved a remarkable textile collection, spanning from the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty to the Late Ottoman Period. This volume details these textiles, from domestic items to mended remnants, including significant finds from the Cathedral Cemetery and Bishop Timotheu...

Medieval armenian art and architecture

The Church of the Holy Cross at Aght'amar is a well-preserved medieval Armenian architectural gem on an island in Lake Van; its exterior sculptures and interior murals offer insight into the tenth-century Armenian kingdom of Vaspurakan, created by King Gagik. Davies interprets the art and biblica...

The comparative archaeology of early mesopotamia

Although this book is now somewhat out-of-date, it remains a useful synthesis of archaeological material, correlating the evidence from one site with that from another, and the cultures of the North with those of the South. Some evidence of its enduring value can be found in the fact that this is...

The kinetic city & other essays

This book presents Rahul Mehrotra's writings over the last 30 years and illustrates his long-term engagement with and analysis of urbanism in India. This work has given rise to a new conceptualization of the city. Mehrotra calls it the Kinetic City, which is the counterpoint to the Static City, a...

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