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Timurid Art and Culture: Iran and Central Asia in the Fifteenth CenturyThe nineteen papers collected in this volume were delivered at a symposium held in Toronto, November 1989 in order to discuss the art and culture of Timurid times. The papers cover the last decades of the fourteenth century and the whole of the fifteenth,...
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Analysing Muslim Traditions: Studies in Legal, Exegetical and Maghāzī ḤadīthThe studies collected in this volume show that by careful analysis of the texts and the chains of transmission, the history of Muslim traditions can be reconstructed with a high degree of probability and their historicity assessed afresh.Author: Harald Motzki, Nicolet Boekhoff-Van Der Voort,...
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Listen, Copy, Read: Popular Learning in Early Modern JapanListen, Copy, Read: Popular Learning in Early Modern Japan endeavors to elucidate the mechanisms by which a growing number of men and women of all social strata became involved in the acquisition of knowledge and skills during the Tokugawa period.Author: HayekPublisher: BrillPublished: 09/12/2014Pages: 394Binding...
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Studies in Jewish and Christian History (2 Vols): A New Edition in English Including the God of the Maccabees, Introduced by Martin Hengel, Edited byThe publication of this new edition of Elias Bickerman's acclaimed Studies in Jewish and Christian History along with his famous book, The God of the Maccabees, brings Bickerman's central studies on ancient Judaism and early Christianity to a new generation of students and scholars.Author:...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English (Second Edition)Offering the first comprehensive English translation of the non-biblical Qumran scrolls, "The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated" presents the largest collection of Qumran texts ever published in this language. Two-hundred of the total 625 manuscripts discovered can be found in this volume. (Those manuscripts omitted...
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Under the Devil's Spell: Witches, Sorcerers, and the Inquisition in Renaissance ItalyReconstructing the activity of the "Tribunal of the Faith" in Italy during the period 1400-1600, this compelling book analyzes the ideology of its judges and takes a closer look at Italian witches and their clientele. For the first time, the English reader, student, and...
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I Depositi Votivi Negli Spazi del Rito: Analisi Dei Contesti Un'archeologia Della Pratica Cultuale Nel Mondo Siceliota E MagnogrecoEnglish summary: This book seeks to expand the historiography surrounding votive deposits, by not only analyzing their contents but also classifying the sites themselves. This work focuses on Greek colonies in Sicily from the late eighth to the fourth-third centuries BCE. Italian description: Sul...
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Ann Hamilton: Present-Past 1984-1997The notion of the separation between spirit and matter, inferiority and exteriority that runs through all of Western philosophy is the starting point for the work of the American artist Ann Hamilton.Trained as a sculptor, Ann Hamilton has always strived to reconcile body and...
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L'Arte del Convito Nella Grecia Antica: L'Evoluzione del Gusto Da Achille a AlessandroOmero e le prime notizie; La cornice del banchetto dell'epoca d'oro; Cene in famiglia e banchetti tra amici dal v sec. A.c. in poi; Le tranquille cene in famiglia nel gineceo; Gli scatenati banchetti degli uomini; I parassiti; Le cene particolari; I banchetti di...
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Catalogo Illustrato Della Glittica Nella Collezione SantarelliAuthor: Dario Del BufaloPublisher: L'Erma Di BretschneiderPublished: 12/31/2009Pages: 40Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9788882655310Language: ItalianThis title is not returnableThis title is only available via back order
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Il Casino Giustiniani Massimo Al LateranoIl Casino Giustiniani Massimo al Laterano, a Roma, e una villa secentesca il cui parco, prima degli imponenti interventi urbanistici della seconda meta dell'Ottocento, si estendeva tra le attuali via Merulana, via Tasso, viale Manzoni e piazza San Giovanni. Oggi lontana dai grandi circuiti...
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Art of the Twentieth Century and Beyond: Movements, Theories, Schools, and TendenciesThe new, updated edition of the Skira best seller on twentieth-century art. This book collects and documents the birth, development, and decline of the twentieth-century artistic movements in Italy and abroad up to the present.Author: Loredana ParmesaniPublisher: SkiraPublished: 11/06/2012Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.20h...
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On the Track of the Thule Culture from Bering Strait to East Greenland: Proceedings of the Sila Conference the Thule Culture - New Perspectives in InuThe Thule Culture - the ancestors of the present day Inuit - never cease to fascinate and spur archaeological and ethno-historical research. As a tribute to the most distinguished specialist in the Thule culture of the Eastern Arctic, research professor Hans Christian Gullov at...
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El Abece Visual de la Historia = The Illustrated Basics of HistoryAn entertaining 20-title series that helps young readers master the basics of a variety of history/social studies, science, and technical subjects. Simple and short yet rigorous informational texts and lively illustrations and diagrams engage even the most reluctant readers.Author: Marcela CoddaPublisher: Santillana USA Publishing...
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Historia de Los Heterodoxos Españoles. Libro V. Cap. I. Sectas Místicas. Alumbrados. QuietistasThe author wrote in this piece concerning the role of the historian, who must also be a theologian, and discussed the difficulties and frustrations of chornicling an ongoing field like historical study. It is a scholarly work of great significance to conservative thought in...
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Tudor Places of Great BritainThe Tudor dynasty ruled from 1485 to 1603 and had a huge impact on England and Wales, not only on society but also on the British landscape. Henry VIII was a keen builder, building and renovating properties to serve as pleasure palaces, but his...
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Pleistocene and Holocene hunter-gatherers in Iberia and the Gibraltar Strait: the current archaeological recordThis volume aims to offer an up-to-date summary of knowledge relating to human predatory societies settled in Iberia. The archaeological record of the region is essetial for the reconstruction of human evolution in Europe in biological, behavioural and cultural domains as it reserves the...
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El Arte de la Guerra = The Art of WarOriginally published in English as: The art of war.Author: Sun TzuPublisher: Edaf AntillasPublished: 04/30/2018Pages: 144Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.30dISBN: 9788441438156Language: Spanish
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North American Aviation P-51b/C & F-6c MustangThis detailed monograph covers the design and development of the P-51B/C Mustang family, the main wartime production variant of this classic fighter.The P-51B/C model introduced the definitive Packard engine and was the mount of many aces. This book contains: Comprehensive technical details of the...
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The Light Cruiser YahagiYahagi, the second Japanese warship of that name, was the third of the four Agano-class vessels (the other three being Agano, Noshiro and Sakawa). Construction of the Agano-class cruisers was approved by the Japanese parliament (Diet) in March 1939 under the Fourth Naval Armaments...
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