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"Explores the history and architecture of two city squares, constructed by rival political parties, in the Italian city of Parma from 1196 to 1300"--Provided by publisher.
The World Guide to Special Libraries lists about 35,000 libraries world wide categorized by more than 800 key words - including libraries of departments, institutes, hospitals, schools, companies, administrative bodies, foundations, associations and religious communities. It provides complete details of the libraries and their holdings, and alphabetical indexes of subjects and institutions.
In all the history of hand-written books, one of the most distinctive and handsome scripts is that of the abbey of Monte Cassino. This study examines for the first time in detail the development of this script during the Abbey's greatest period of wealth and influence, under Desiderius (abbot 1058-1087) and his successor Oderisius (abbot 1087-1105). The characteristic Cassinese hand was established long before, but in this period it was transformed into what is today considered its classic form. The present study rests on a fresh examination of many details of the Beneventan (South Italian) script in aspects incompletely studied before. It aims to provide a new history of Monte Cassino as a writing centre and to offer a context for many unique or valuable texts manuscripts that it processed.
Including an international directory of museum permanent collection catalogs.
To honor the late renowned art historian C.R. Dodwell, a collection of papers by leading scholars are combined to provide an illuminating perspective on a richly varied selection of topics, not the least of which recognizes Dodwell's significant achievement in restoring Lambeth Palace Library during the 1950s. 8 color and 101 bandw illustrations.
This book traces how four early Renaissance masters represented the Creation of Eve, which showed woman rising weightlessly from Adam's side at God's command.
Proximity to the monarch was a vital asset in the struggle for power and influence in medieval and early modern courts. The concept of ‘access to the ruler’ has therefore grown into a dominant theme in scholarship on pre-modern dynasties. Still, many questions remain concerning the mechanisms of access and their impact on politics. Bringing together new research on European and Asian cases, the ten chapters in this volume focus on the ways in which ‘access’ was articulated, regulated, negotiated, and performed. By taking into account the full complexity of hierarchies, ceremonial rites, spaces and artefacts that characterized the dynastic court, The Key to Power? forces us to rethink power relations in the late medieval and early modern world. Contributors are: Christina Antenhofer, Ronald G. Asch, Florence Berland, Mark Hengerer, Neil Murphy, Fabian Persson, Jonathan Spangler, Michael Talbot, Steven Thiry, and Audrey Truschke.
Il patrimonio architettonico e urbano del nostro passato è sempre più esposto al rischio di distruzione e manipolazione, a causa anche del permanere di equivoci culturali presso gran parte di coloro che si ritengono autorizzati a intervenire sulle opere e sui siti esistenti. Il saggio vuole indagare i diversi criteri e modi di intervento, non per sostenere la validità di un metodo rispetto a un altro, ma per esaminarne i principi interni di strutturazione. Le esperienze acquisite possano tutte ricondursi a tre precise direttive e finalità d’intervento: a) operare sul piano delle regole della stessa opera su cui si interviene; b) esibire la distinzione fra segni del passato e del presen...
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