Conservation of historic stone buildings and monuments : report of the Committee on Conservation...

: Includes the proceedings of a conference held Feb. 2-4, 1981 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. : xiii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographies and index. : 030903275X (pbk.)
0309032881

A Historical Flora of Egypt : Preliminary Survey /

Mortars, plasters and renders in conservation : [a basic guide] /

: Cover title. : 54 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. : Bibliography : pages 38-39. : 0907866026

The static restoration of monuments : basic criteria-case histories, strengthening of buildings damaged by earthquakes /

: "Originally published in Italian as Restauro statico dei monumenti", 1981.
Errata slip laid in. : 146 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 28 cm. : Bibliography : page 142. : 8870580253

Colloque sur les problemes que pose l'humidite dans les monuments anciens : [comptes rendu] = Conference on the Problems of Moisture in Historic Monuments : [proceedings] /

: At head of title : Conseil international des monuments et des sites et Centre international d'études pour la conservation et la restauration des biens culturels.
Title on spine : Humidité. Moisture. : 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references.

Techniques and people : anthropological perspectives on technology in the archaeology of the proto-historic and early historic periods in the southern Levant /

: Papers presented at a conference held in Jerusalem in 2006. : 278 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9782701802695

Between two earthquakes : cultural property in seismic zones /

: "A joint publication of ICCROM and the Getty Conservation Institute." : 103 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Bibliography : page [107] : 089236128x

Mortars, plasters and renders in conservation /

: viii, 54 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. : 0907866026

Thatch : thatching in England 1790-1940 /

: xi, 218 pages : illustration ; 30 cm. : Bibliography : (pages 211-128) : 1873936958 : 1461-8613 ;

Timber : the EC Woodcare Project : studies of the behaviour, interrelationships and management of deathwatch beetles in historic buildings /

: Transactions of the Woodcare conference, held in London on 23 and 24 September 1998. : xiii, 114 pages : illustrations, plates ; 30 cm. : 1873936656
1902916034 : 1461-8613 ;

Imaging and Imagining Palestine : Photography, Modernity and the Biblical Lens, 1918-1948 /

: Imaging and Imagining Palestine is the first comprehensive study of photography during the British Mandate period (1918-1948). It addresses well-known archives, photos from private collections never available before and archives that have until recently remained closed. This interdisciplinary volume argues that photography is central to a different understanding of the social and political complexities of Palestine in this period. While Biblical and Orientalist images abound, the chapters in this book go further by questioning the impact of photography on the social histories of British Mandate Palestine. This book considers the specific archives, the work of individual photographers, methods for reading historical photography from the present and how we might begin the process of decolonising photography. " Imaging and Imagining Palestine presents a timely and much-needed critical evaluation of the role of photography in Palestine. Drawing together leading interdisciplinary specialists and engaging a range of innovative methodologies, the volume makes clear the ways in which photography reflects the shifting political, cultural and economic landscape of the British Mandate period, and experiences of modernity in Palestine. Actively problematising conventional understandings of production, circulation and the in/stability of the photographic document, Imaging and Imagining Palestine provides essential reading for decolonial studies of photography and visual culture studies of Palestine." - Chrisoula Lionis, author of Laughter in Occupied Palestine: Comedy and Identity in Art and Film " Imaging and Imagining Palestine is the first and much needed overview of photography during the British Mandate period. From well-known and accessible photographic archives to private family albums, it deals with the cultural and political relations of the period thinking about both the Western perceptions of Palestine as well as its modern social life. This book brings together an impressive array of material and analyses to form an interdisciplinary perspective that considers just how photography shapes our understanding of the past as well as the ways in which the past might be reclaimed." - Jack Persekian, Founding Director of Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jerusalem " Imaging and Imagining Palestine draws together a plethora of fresh approaches to the field of photography in Palestine. It considers Palestine as a central node in global photographic production and the ways in which photography shaped the modern imaging and imagining from within a fresh regional theoretical perspective." - Salwa Mikdadi, Director al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art, New York University Abu Dhabi.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004437944
9789004437937

Furnaces and smelting technology in antiquity /

: Collected papers read at the Symposium on Early Furnace Technology organised jointly by the British Museum Research Laboratory and the Historical Metallurgy Society, Oct. 29-30 1982, first published 1985. : iv, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 0861590481

Production technology of faience and related early viteous materials /

: 232 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781905905126

Shipwrecks and global 'worming' /

: This paper presents an account of the marine wood-borers, together with a historical review of literature on their depredation on wooden ships, and on protective methods adopted from antiquity to modern times.
: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). : Specialized. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781784913168 (ebook) :

From mine to microscope : advances in the study of ancient technology /

: xvi, 230 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 29 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781842172599 (cased)

Annals of the caliphs' kitchens : Ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq's tenth-century Baghdadi cookbook /

: Written nearly a thousand years ago, al-Warraq's cookbook is the most comprehensive work of its kind. This traditional cookbook with more than 600 recipes from the luxurious cuisine of medieval Islam is also a rare guide to the contemporary culinary culture. Its numerous anecdotes and poems unfold the role of food in the politics of Islam's golden era. Introducing this elegant translation is a thorough survey of the period and its food culture. An extensive Glossary, in Arabic and English, of medieval ingredients and dishes, and an Appendix of historical figures provide the necessary reference tools for this work. Making this key resource available in English for the first time to scholars and the general reader fills a gap in the cultural history of medieval Islam. Over 30 color illustrations.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references (p. [843]-849) and indexes. : 9789047423058 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.