God is the light of the heavens and the earth : light in Islamic art and culture /
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"This volume, the latest in a series based on the Hamad bin Khalifa Biennial Symposia on Islamic Art and Culture, presents written versions of the lectures delivered in Palermo, Sicily, from 9-11 November 2013"--Page 3. :
xi, 357 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-346) and index. :
9780300215281
0300215282
Phenomenology and the metaphysics of sight /
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The articles in Phenomenology and the Metaphysics of Sight explore the uses and resonances of the paradigm of sight across the phenomenological tradition, with particular reference to the works of Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty. The axes of this investigation are the phenomenological readings of the notion of sight in ancient Greek philosophy, the ways in which phenomenology leads us beyond the primacy of sight, and the rivalry between the paradigm of sight and those of touch and hearing. The aim of this collection is to demonstrate that the use of the paradigm of sight pervades phenomenology and partially explains both the development of its self-criticism and its view on the history of philosophy.
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Includes index. :
1 online resource (viii, 241 pages) :
9789004301917 :
1875-2470 ; :
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Tell Qudadi : an iron age IIB fortress on the central Mediterranean coast of Israel : with references to earlier and later periods : final report on the Hebrew University of Jerusa...
: "The Preparation of this publication was made possible through a grant from the shelby white-leon levy program for archaeological publications"-verso of title page : xviii, 242 pages : many black and white illustrations, black and white plans ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789042931824
The scaffolding of our thoughts : essays on Assyriology and the history of science in honor of Francesca Rochberg /
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Francesca Rochberg has for more than thirty-five years been a leading figure in the study of ancient science. Her foundational insights on the concepts of "science," "canon," "celestial divination," "knowledge," "gods," and "nature" in cuneiform cultures have demanded continual contemplation on the tenets and assumptions that underlie the fields of Assyriology and the History of Science. "The Scaffolding of Our Thoughts" honors this luminary with twenty essays, each reflecting on aspects of her work. Following an initial appraisal of ancient "science" by Sir Geoffrey Lloyd, the contributions in the first half explore practices of knowledge in Assyriological sources. The second half of the volume focuses specifically on astronomical and astrological spheres of knowledge in the Ancient Mediterranean.
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Includes index. :
1 online resource. :
9789004363380 :
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Performance in Greek and Roman theatre /
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In recent years, classicists have begun aggressively to explore the impact of performance on the ways in which Greek and Roman plays are constructed and appreciated, both in their original performance context and in reperformances down to the present day. While never losing sight of the playscripts, it is necessary to adopt a more inclusive point of view, one integrating insights from archaeology, art, history, performance theory, theatre semiotics, theatrical praxis, and modern performance reception. This volume contributes to the restoration of a much-needed balance between performance and text: it is devoted to exploring how performance-related considerations (including stage business, masks, costumes, props, performance space, and stage-sets) help us attain an enhanced appreciation of ancient theatre.
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1 online resource (ix, 591 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004245457 :
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Treasures of knowledge : an inventory of the Ottoman Palace Library (1502/3-1503/4) /
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The subject of this two-volume publication is an inventory of manuscripts in the book treasury of the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II from his royal librarian ʿAtufi in the year 908 (1502-3) and transcribed in a clean copy in 909 (1503-4). This unicum inventory preserved in the Oriental Collection of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Könyvtára Keleti Gyűjtemény, MS Török F. 59) records over 5,000 volumes, and more than 7,000 titles, on virtually every branch of human erudition at the time. The Ottoman palace library housed an unmatched encyclopedic collection of learning and literature; hence, the publication of this unique inventory opens a larger conversation about Ottoman and Islamic intellectual/cultural history. The very creation of such a systematically ordered inventory of books raises broad questions about knowledge production and practices of collecting, readership, librarianship, and the arts of the book at the dawn of the sixteenth century. The first volume contains twenty-eight interpretative essays on this fascinating document, authored by a team of scholars from diverse disciplines, including Islamic and Ottoman history, history of science, arts of the book and codicology, agriculture, medicine, astrology, astronomy, occultism, mathematics, philosophy, theology, law, mysticism, political thought, ethics, literature (Arabic, Persian, Turkish/Turkic), philology, and epistolary. Following the first three essays by the editors on implications of the library inventory as a whole, the other essays focus on particular fields of knowledge under which books are catalogued in MS Török F. 59, each accompanied by annotated lists of entries. The second volume presents a transliteration of the Arabic manuscript, which also features an Ottoman Turkish preface on method, together with a reduced-scale facsimile.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789004402508 :
0921-0326 ;
Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world : the life and work of the last man to search for universal knowledge /
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"A major study of both the written and pictorial work of a neglected genius whose breadth of interest made him the last Renaissance man."--Provided by publisher.
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304 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 29 cm :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781594773297
Nietzsche and the Dionysian : a compulsion to ethics /
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Nietzsche and the Dionysian argues that the shuddering mania of the affect associated with Dionysus in Nietzsche's early work runs as a thread through his thought and is linked to an originary interruption of self-consciousness articulated by the philosophical companion. In this capacity, the companion can be considered a 'mask of Dionysus', or one who assumes the singular role of the transmitter of the most valuable affirmative affect and initiates a compulsion to respond which incorporates the otherness of the companion. In the context of such engagements, Nietzsche envisages 'Dionysian' or divine 'madness' within an optics of life, through which an affirmative ethics can be thought. The ethical response to the philosophical companion requires an affirmation of the plurality of life, formulated in the imperatives to be 'true to the earth' and 'become who you are'. Such an ethics, compelled by the Dionysian affect, grounds any future for humanity in the affirmation of the earth and life.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004372757 :
0929-8436 ; :
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Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de prima lectura : Study of the Manuscript Tradition and Critical Edition /
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The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Nicole Oresme, a mathematician, philosopher, and theologian, stood as one of the most original and influential thinkers of the Late Middle Ages. This volume presents the critical edition of Oresme's earliest work, his first cycle of lectures on Aristotle's Meteorology (1346). Transcribed directly by one of his students at Paris Arts Faculty, this text explores problems of physics, cosmology, geology, and optics, providing invaluable insights into late medieval philosophy of nature.
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1 online resource (500 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004689237
Episcopal Networks and Authority in Late Antique Egypt : bishops of the theban region at work /
: Corrected version of the author's PhD dissertation (Universiteit,Leiden,2017) Disc includes 4 data sets. : xii, 350 pages : maps ; 26 cm. + 1 computer laser optical disk (4 3/4 in) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789042935600
Safeguarding our documentary heritage
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Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 13, 2004)
"Realized on behalf of UNESCO by IFLA-PAC on the basis of the brochure 'Safeguarding the documentary heritage - a guide to standards, recommended practices and reference literature related to the preservation of documents of all kinds'"--Credits and ack. screen. :
1 disc òptic (CD-ROM) : col. ; 12 cm + 1 fullet (11 p.) :
Includes bibliographical references.
Encyclopaedia of Islam.
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Includes material in volumes 1-<9> of the New edition. (English) and related Glossary and index of terms, Index of proper names, and Index of subjects ; excludes material in Supplements.
Title from disc label ; issued in a case. :
2 computer optical discs : color ; 4 3/4 in. + user guide (27 pages) : illustrations ; 21 cm :
System requirements : Windows 95/NT with Pentium 60 processor (minimum) ; 16 MB of RAM (minimum) ; SVGA x 480 monitor and graphics card ; 256 colors ; 4x CD-ROM player (minimum) :
9004110402
9004113185 (institutions)