Author: William PulleynPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The Etymological Compendium, Or Portfolio of Origins and Inventions ... Sea, Islends, Cities, Towns ... Containing a Particular Account of London and Its Public Buildings ... by William Pulleyn
Author: William PulleynThe Etymological Compendium, Or, Portfolio of Origins and Inventions .. Containing a Particular Account of London and Its Public Buildings ...
Author: William PulleynPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The Monthly Repository and Review of Theology and General Literature
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Liberalism (Religion)
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Liberalism (Religion)
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
The Etymological Compendium
Author: William PulleynPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
“The” Illustrated London News
Author: Nidderdale, from Nun Monkton to Whernside
Author: Harry SpeightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nidderdale (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Greek and Roman Textiles and Dress
Author: Mary HarlowPublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 178297718X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Twenty chapters present the range of current research into the study of textiles and dress in classical antiquity, stressing the need for cross and inter-disciplinarity study in order to gain the fullest picture of surviving material. Issues addressed include: the importance of studying textiles to understand economy and landscape in the past; different types of embellishments of dress from weaving techniques to the (late introduction) of embroidery; the close links between the language of ancient mathematics and weaving; the relationships of iconography to the realities of clothed bodies including a paper on the ground breaking research on the polychromy of ancient statuary; dye recipes and methods of analysis; case studies of garments in Spanish, Viennese and Greek collections which discuss methods of analysis and conservation; analyses of textile tools from across the Mediterranean; discussions of trade and ethnicity to the workshop relations in Roman fulleries. Multiple aspects of the production of textiles and the social meaning of dress are included here to offer the reader an up-to-date account of the state of current research. The volume opens up the range of questions that can now be answered when looking at fragments of textiles and examining written and iconographic images of dressed individuals in a range of media. The volume is part of a pair together with Prehistoric, Ancient Near Eastern and Aegean Textiles and Dress: an interdisciplinary anthology edited by Mary Harlow, Cécile Michel and Marie-Louise Nosch
Wondering about God
Author: Martin DuranPublisher:
ISBN: 9781080612406
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
This book studies the different forms of religious disbelief in Ancient Greece, from impiety to atheism. It focuses mainly on atheism (both criticism of the Olympian gods and the questioning of the very idea of divinity). It is a historical study that begins with the pre-Socratic philosophers and ends with the appearance of Christianity and its debate with paganism. Special importance is given to great figures such as Socrates or philosophical movements such as Epicureanism.
Greek Gods Abroad
Author: Robert ParkerPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520967259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
From even before the time of Alexander the Great, the Greek gods spread throughout the Mediterranean, carried by settlers and largely adopted by the indigenous populations. By the third century b.c., gods bearing Greek names were worshipped everywhere from Spain to Afghanistan, with the resulting religious systems a variable blend of Greek and indigenous elements. Greek Gods Abroad examines the interaction between Greek religion and the cultures of the eastern Mediterranean with which it came into contact. Robert Parker shows how Greek conventions for naming gods were extended and adapted and provides bold new insights into religious and psychological values across the Mediterranean. The result is a rich portrait of ancient polytheism as it was practiced over 600 years of history.