Classical Tradition Middle Ages (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Like New. First Edition. Bright, clean copy in slightly rubbed dj. A Tainted Mantle focuses on two works of Carolingian literature and art, Theodulf of Orleans' poem "Contra Iudices", and the ivory throne identified as the Cathedra Petri (the Throne of St Peter). Both works feature the pagan hero Hercules, showing him not as a positive model for Carolingian rulers, as has often been suggested, but in fact as an embodiment of traditions of ancient paganism that were antithetical to early medieval Christianity. "Contra Iudices", written in AD 799-800 for Charlemagne and members of his court circle, includes a famous passage describing a silver vessel decorated with scenes from the life of Hercules. This passage is not an innocent literal description of an actual work of ancient art, but an invention by Theodulf that draws on classical sources, particularly Augustine's City of God. The Cathedra Petri, a throne made for Charlemagne's grandson Charles the Bald, includes a cycle of inlaid and gilded ivories depicting the 12 Labours of Hercules and six mon. …

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Condition: As New. Studies and Texts, vol. 218. xii, 347 pp., 42 color plates. Hardcover with DJ. Unread, as new. New list price: $95.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. xii, 267 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Bib.-Signatur und Stempel. GUTER Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature on spine. GOOD condition, some traces of use. K221/20 9004105085 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 650.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Never read, no marks or highlighting in the book. Our copy is hardback with a dust jacket, showing light shelf-wear.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Gut. XVII, 391 p. Dust jacket with slight signs of handling, annotations in the first chapter. - Contents List of Illustrations Preface PARTI INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. The Problem of the Carolingian Renaissance in Modern Historical Literature PART II THEODULF OF ORLÉANS'S CONTRA IUDICES Chapter 2. Antiquarianism or Imagination? The Question of the Reality of the Hercules Vase Chapter 3. Theodulf's Contra iudices and Its Internal Thematic Context: Justice and the Critique of the Roman Tradition Chapter 4. Theodulf's Contra iudices and Its Patristic Context: Augustine's Two Cities and the Critique of the Roman Tradition Chapter 5. Theodulf's Contra iudices and Its Political Context: The Roman Question at the Frankish Court before Charlemagne's Imperial Coronation PART III THE IVORY THRONE OF CHARLES THE BALD (CATHEDRA PETRI) Chapter 6. The Cathedra Petri and Its Problems in Modern Scholarly Literature Chapter 7. The Archaeological and Technical Problems of the Cathedra Petri and Its Ivories Chapter 8. The Iconographic Problem of the Hercules Ivories Chapter 9. The Iconographic Problem of the Monster Ivories Chapter 10. Sources, Patron, and Meaning: Hincmar of Reims and Charles the Bald PART IV CONCLUSION Chapter 11. The Hercules Ivories of the Cathedra Petri and Their Place in Carolingian and Medieval Art Illustrations Index. ISBN 9780812282160 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 832.…

Brill, Leiden (.), 1990. 2nd revised and enlarged ed. XII,459p. Paperback. (Rare). 'C. is concerned, as she says, not with doctrinal viability but with influence - how Stoicism was used, or featured (sometimes unconsciously) in a variety of writers from grammarians such as Varro, through to poets, historians, and Church Fathers. Writing primarily as a Medievalist, C. proclaims two main objectives: first, to show how Stoic influence, in cutting across the cultural boundaries of philosophy, literature, and law, has often been either exaggerated or inadequately recognized by scholars of different disciplines; secondly, C. wishes to 'orient the classical Latin writers to their medieval posterity. In appropriating Stoicism in their own works, they also became the channels of its transmission to the Latin west in he post-classical era' (vol.I, p.5). C. moves with assurance among the Latin writers, preserving a light touch with e.g. Horace and a good sense of perspective with e.g. the poetry of Virgil. (.) The scope and readability of C. makes her study a major achievement and a 'must' for library shelves.' (CHRIS EMLYN-JONES on the complete edition in two volumes, in Greece and Rome, 1987, p.104). …

235x160mm, XVII - 391pages, b/w photographs, Book in very good condition. Envoi groupé : les frais de port sont calculés sur le poids total de la commande ; chaque livre supplémentaire coûte donc beaucoup moins cher à expédier. Commandez plusieurs livres et économisez sur le port ! / Combined shipping: postage is charged on the total weight of your order, so each additional book ships at a reduced rate. Order several books from us and save on postage ! / Envois Europe : Droits et taxes inclus - aucun frais à la livraison / Shipments to Europe: Duties and taxes included - no delivery charges.…

Condition: Near Fine. Two volumes, 8vo., pp.xii,446;xii,336, blue cloth, gilt; from the library of Gordon Leff, with ownership inscription to front paste-down endpaper of both volumes, light spotting to top edges, otherwise fine, in very good unclipped dust-jackets, of which jacket to volume II has two small closed tears to rear upper edge.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 267 pages. 10.00x6.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very Good. Envoi rapide Très bon état de conservation intérieur propre. in8. 1990. Broché. 2 volume(s). Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Gently used 2 volume set with minor to moderate signs of shelf wear on edges. Covers and binding are in very good shape. Please see photos. Pages are clean and crisp without underlining or notes. Both books have previous owner's name embossed on the title page. Buy with confidence.…

Condition: gut. Dislocations: Maps, Classical Tradition, and Spatial Play in the European Middle Ages In englischer Sprache. pages.

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240x170mm, X - 283pages, Book in new condition. Envoi groupé : les frais de port sont calculés sur le poids total de la commande ; chaque livre supplémentaire coûte donc beaucoup moins cher à expédier. Commandez plusieurs livres et économisez sur le port ! / Combined shipping: postage is charged on the total weight of your order, so each additional book ships at a reduced rate. Order several books from us and save on postage ! / Envois Europe : Droits et taxes inclus - aucun frais à la livraison / Shipments to Europe: Duties and taxes included - no delivery charges.…

Hardback, xii + 347 pages, Size:152 x 229 mm, Illustrations:42 col., Language: English. ISBN 9780888442185. Summary In Europe, during the Middle Ages, classical Greek and Roman geography continued to provide the fundamental structure for knowing the world's places and peoples. From encyclopedic compendia such as the Natural History of Pliny the Elder and its redaction in Julius Solinus's Polyhistor to the works of canonical Roman poets such as Virgil, Ovid, and Lucan, the geographical content of antique texts invited study and explication. Yet medieval authors well knew that classical spatial order, itself full of lacunae, only infrequently corresponded to their own reality. Dislocations: Maps, Classical Tradition, and Spatial Play in the European Middle Ages considers the ways in which medieval and, later, humanist geography absorbed and reinvented classical spatial models in order to address key questions of historical change, migration, and emerging national, regional, and linguistic identities. Drawing on a wide range of literary texts, maps, and geographical descriptions - and utilising the ancient but now largely discarded scholarly genre of the dialogue - Dislocations argues that medieval spatial representation was complex and richly textured, whether in the form of a careful gloss in a manuscript of Lucan's Civil War, or as the exuberant sexualized allegories of the fourteenth-century papal notary Opicinus de Canistris. The book also explores a further kind of dislocation: the surprising connections between medieval geographical thought and twentieth- and twenty-first-century visual arts, including Dadaism and the remarkable Mappamundi Suite of the Gujarati artist Gulammohammed Sheikh. While past spatial orders may be relegated to obscurity, they just as often linger - in archives, memories, and ruins - to be retrieved and reanimated in revealing ways. 0 g.…

Condition: see description. first edition, large heavy 8vo, xi,408;vii,388pp, the natural deckle of the handmade paper a little shaded on the fore-edge but the text pages crisp and very good, professionally rebound in sturdy cloth, title bright gilt on spines, the only evidence of previous ownership Duchesne College Library stamped in head margin of last page of index, a very fine set.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. xii,446pp; xii,336pp.Volume 2 is the 3rd revised edition 1985.

Gr.-8vo. Mit 4 Taf. XII, 267 S. OLwd. m. goldgeprägt. Deckel- u. Rückentitel sowie Orig.-Schutzumschlag. Mittellateinische Studien und Texte, Band XXXI. - Frisches Ex. gr.

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