coptic antiquities » copts antiquities (Expand Search), city antiquities (Expand Search), cyprus antiquities (Expand Search)
israel antiquities » islamic antiquities (Expand Search)
iraq antiquities » italy antiquities (Expand Search), sinai antiquities (Expand Search), jordan antiquities (Expand Search)
iran antiquities » jordan antiquities (Expand Search), roman antiquities (Expand Search), sudan antiquities (Expand Search)
its antiquities » city antiquities (Expand Search), des antiquities (Expand Search), italy antiquities (Expand Search)
america » american (Expand Search)
Voice and voices in antiquity /
:
Voice and Voices in Antiquity draws together 18 studies of the changing concept of voice and voices in the oral traditions and subsequent literate genres of the ancient world. Ranging from the poet's voice to those of characters as well as historically embodied communities, and from the interface between the Greek and Near Eastern worlds to the western reaches of the Roman Empire, the scholars assembled here offer a methodologically rich and diverse series of approaches to locating the power of voice as both poetic construct and communal memory. The results not only enrich our understanding of the strategies of epic, lyric, and dramatic voices but also illuminate the rhetorical claims given voice by historians, orators, philosophers, and novelists in the ancient world.
:
1 online resource. :
9789004329737 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The Sistani cycle of epics and Iran's national history : on the margins of historiography /
:
This work examines the entire corpus of the Sistani Cycle of Epics , both parts included in Ferdowsi's Shāhnāmeh and those appearing in separate manuscripts. It argues that the so-called "epic literature" of Iran constitutes a kind of historiography, encapsulating reflections of watershed events of Iran's antiquity. By examining the symbiotic relationship of the texts' content and form, the underpinning discourse of the various stories is revealed to have been shaped by polemics of political legitimacy and religious conflict. This discourse, however, is not abstract. The stories narrate, within their generic constraint, some of the affairs of the Sistani kingdom and its relationship to the Parthian throne, mainly from the first century BCE to the end of the second century CE.
:
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004282964 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Catalogue of the Coptic inscriptions in the Sudan National Museum at Khartoum (I. Khartoum Copt) /
: "Sudan National Corporation of Antiquities and Museums--UNESCO" : x, 217 pages, 76 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-201) and indexes. : 9042912510 : 0777-978X ;
The Mitre: Its Origins and Early Development /
:
The story of the mitre began during the 11th-century church reform movements and was, surprisingly, inspired by a popular pastime. After a thousand years of bare heads, the Church finally had an official hat, signaling newly-structured internal dynamics, an increase in power and influence in society, and greater parity with secular leaders.
:
1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004691513