Ancient art and its commerce in early twentieth-century Europe : the John Marshall Archive : a collection of essays written by the participants of the John Marshall Archive Project...
:
John Marshall (1862-1928) was an antiquities expert hired by the Metropolitan Museum of New York. An attentive observer of the antiquities trade, Marshall's archive, photographs and annotations on more than 1000 objects, shines light on the secretive world of art dealing and how objects arrived at the largest museums of Europe and North America.
:
Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803272573 (PDF ebook) :
Henry Hunter Calvert's collection of amphora stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders /
:
Henry Hunter Calvert was a British consul in Alexandria from 1857 to 1882, at which date he and many others fled from the riots in the city. The consulate was sacked, destroying Calvert's collections, but an annotated list of the Greek amphora stamps had been sent to the British Museum, published here for the first time.
:
Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (118 pages) : illustrations :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696448 (PDF ebook) :
Jewish Aramaic curse texts from late-antique Mesopotamia : "may these curses go out and flee" /
:
The corpus of Aramaic incantation bowls from Sasanian Mesopotamia is perhaps the most important source we have for studying the everyday beliefs and practices of the Jewish, Christian, Mandaean, Manichaean, Zoroastrian and Pagan communities on the eve of the Islamic conquests. In Jewish Aramaic Curse Texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia , Dan Levene collects and analyses a selection of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic incantation bowls. While such texts are usually apotropaic or healing in purpose, those collected here are distinctive in that their purpose was to curse or return curses against human adversaries. This book presents new editions of thirty texts, of which fourteen are edited here for the first time, with an introduction, commentary, analysis and glossaries, as well as photographs. "In this valuable addition to the literature on the role of bowls with aggressive texts in magic practices in this period, Levene (Jewish history and culture, U. of Southampton, UK) presents a summary of newly edited and already published bowls with Aramaic transcription; English translation; its type (e.g., invocation of demons to attack a named person, counter-charm); publication source; formulaic parallels in other texts; and notes.\' Reference andamp; Research Book News, 2013.
:
1 online resource (xiv, 164 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789004257269 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Excavating Egypt : great discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College, London /
: "This exhibition is made possible in part by grants from the Massey Charitable Trust and the Georgia Council for the Arts"--Title page verso. : xxvi, 205 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 1928917062
Sigmund Freud and art : his personal collection of antiquities /
:
"In association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York."
Accompanies an exhibition, The Sigmund Freud antiquities: fragments from a buried past. :
192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. :
Bibliography : pages 188-192. :
0810911817
Temple, tomb, and dwelling : Egyptian antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection /
: Exhibition held simultaneously at the University Art Gallery, California State University, San Bernardino, and the San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, from Jan. 8-Mar. 1, 1992. : xv, 207 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 28 cm. : Bibliography : pages 206-207.