La nave di Teseo, 2016. — 226 p. Se l'Italia è una Repubblica fondata sulla bellezza, come è stato recentemente proposto in Parlamento, non c'è dubbio che l'abitudine al bello - e a un patrimonio artistico e culturale che non ha eguali nel mondo - sia il vero elemento unificante degli italiani, e come tale si rifletta nel testo della Costituzione promulgata nel 1948. Michele...
Routledge, 2017. — 790 p. — (Routledge Language Family Series). The Mayan Languages presents a comprehensive survey of the language family associated with the Classic Mayan civilization (AD 200–900), a family whose individual languages are still spoken today by at least six million indigenous Maya in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. This unique resource is an ideal...
Akademie-Verlag, 1974. — 382 S. — (Berichte über die Verhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig: Philologisch-historische Klasse 106.3). Nachdem 1967 die 3., durchgesehene und ergänzte, Auflage des „Wörterbuches der ugaritischen Sprache" erschienen war, zeigte sich in den darauffolgenden Jahren, daß die Nachfrage nach diesem Werk noch nicht befriedigt...
Akademie-Verlag, 1954. — 198 S. — (Berichte über die Verhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig: Philologisch-historische Klasse 100.6). Die vorliegenden Untersuchungen sind die Nebenfrucht eines in Vorbereitung stehenden Wörterbuches der ugaritischen Sprache. Grammatische Arbeiten können nicht von Untersuchungen auf dem Gebiet der Lexikographie...
Brill, 2013. — 510 p. — (McGill University Monographs in Classical Archaeology and History/Monographies en Archéologie et Histoire Classiques de l’Université McGill 22). The Levant: Crossroads of Late Antiquity. History, Religion, and Archaeology / Le Levant: Carrefour de l'Antiquité tardive explores the monumental, religious, and social developments that took place in the...
Princeton University Press, 1993. — 255 p. — (Princeton Legacy Library 257). This volume of papers delivered to The Royal Society in February of 1992 explores the debate over the "single center" hypothesis of human origins versus "multi-regional evolution." Over the last five years there has been growing support for a recent "Out of Africa" origin of modern humans-based on...
Yale University Press, 2010. — 351 p. The genre of Rajput painting flourished between the 16th and 19th centuries in the kingdoms that ruled what is now the Indian state of Rajasthan (place of rajas). Rajput paintings depicted the nobility and court spectacle as well as scenes from Krishna’s life, the Hindu epics, and court poetry. Many Rajput kingdoms developed distinct...
The Crowood Press, 2023. — 191 p. Dry stone walls – the thousands of miles of stone ribbon stretching across the landscapes of the Scottish Highlands, Yorkshire Dales and Cotswolds – use construction methods which have existed for thousands of years. Indeed, dry stone structures in the Orkney Islands and Ireland are even older than the Egyptian pyramids. A dry stone wall is...
The Crowood Press, 2023. — 316 p. Dry stone walls – the thousands of miles of stone ribbon stretching across the landscapes of the Scottish Highlands, Yorkshire Dales and Cotswolds – use construction methods which have existed for thousands of years. Indeed, dry stone structures in the Orkney Islands and Ireland are even older than the Egyptian pyramids. A dry stone wall is...
The Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, 1983. — 122 p. — (Pacific Linguistics: Series D 56/Materials in languages of Indonesia 21). The data under analysis is taken from the first story of Hikayat Patani (HP) as is found in Hikayat Patani - The story of Patani, edited by Andries Teeuw and David K. Wyatt, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1970, pages...
CRC Press, 2025. — 183 p. — (European Animation). This book provides a comprehensive account of Croatian animation history, as well as an analysis of background factors such as political and social circumstances and cultural heritage that influenced the great international success of Croatian animators between the 1960s and 1980s. The book focuses on the history of the Zagreb...
CRC Press, 2025. — 183 p. — (European Animation). This book provides a comprehensive account of Croatian animation history, as well as an analysis of background factors such as political and social circumstances and cultural heritage that influenced the great international success of Croatian animators between the 1960s and 1980s. The book focuses on the history of the Zagreb...
Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, 2011. — 329 S. — (Monographien des RGZM 98). Obwohl die Archäologie und Geschichte der byzantinischen Krim ein gut untersuchtes Thema ist, wurden die Forschungsergebnisse jenseits des russischen Sprachraums nur schwach rezipiert. Die hier vorgelegte Monographie des international renommierten Archäologen Aleksandr I. Ajbabin, die...
Lincom Europa, 1997. — 440 p. — (LINCOM Studies in Asian Linguistics 3). Japanese Pronunciation gives a detailed description of both the segmental elements in terms of articulatory phonetics and suprasegmental elements of standard (Tokyo) Japanese pronunciation and is intended for both professional specialists of Japanese and advanced foreign learners of Japanese interested in...
LINCOM Europa, 2000. — 374 p. — (LINCOM Studies in Asian Linguistics 38). What crucially distinguishes this book from any others previously published on Japanese phonology is that the approach adopted in this book is functionalist. The author offers his own phonological analysis of current standard Japanese (of which he is a native speaker) from a functional point of view. The...
John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1988. — 556 p. — (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 43). The theory of neutralization and the archiphoneme is well known to have been expounded by the Prague School. It is now being fully accepted and practised by A. Martinet and his associates, to whom Akamatsu refers as the neo-Prague School. The objective is to propose a maximally...
The University of Chicago Press, 2011. — 194 p. — (Chicago Hittite Dictionary Supplements 1). This is the first volume in a new series, Chicago Hittite Dictionary Supplements, designed to augment and supplement the work of the Chicago Hittite Dictionary project. Future volumes will continue to bring tablets written in the Hittite language to light. The volume presented here...
Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2016. — 292 S. — (Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie 46). Rukiye Akdoğan setzt mit diesem Doppelband ihre Transkriptionen der Keilschriftentafeln, die Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts zu Tausenden bei Grabungen in Boğazköy gefunden wurden, fort. In Band 32 der Reihe Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie hatte sie zunächst 390 der bis dahin unveröffentlichten...
Carocci, 2006. — 679 p. Questa XVI edizione dell’Africa romana, pubblicata per iniziativa del Dipartimento di Storia e del Centro di Studi Interdisciplinari sulle Province Romane dell’Università degli Studi di Sassari, dell’Institut National des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine del Marocco e dell’Université Hassan II di Mohammedia, contiene i testi delle oltre cento...
Brill, 2001. — 456 p. — (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 35). This volume presents a comprehensive study of Arabic morpho-phonology with its basics and intricacies, by making available a wide range of material from the 8th century A.D. until our days and exploring the main topics that arise. It uses as its point of departure an unused source: the end of the 13th...
Pallas Athena Distribution, 2009. — 265 p. After having written my comprehensive work Arabic Morphology and Phonology based on the Mar ah al-arwah by Ahmad b. c Ali b. Mas‘ud, I felt that a deepened study of the morphophonology of the irregular classes of the verbal and nominal forms and the phonological changes would be of interest for the reader. For this purpose I have...
Barron's Educational Series, 1996. — 401 p. This volume presents more than 2,000 idiomatic words and expressions spelled phonetically and followed by the Japanese characters and the English translation.
Sidestone Press, 2023. — 208 p. During the roughly hundred years (ca. 1225 – 1125 BCE) that the Middle Assyrian dunnu at Tell Sabi Abyad was in operation, some forty-nine individuals were interred in graves of a striking diversity. In this book their burial type, location, orientation, position, grave goods and osteological data are analysed in order to generate new insights on...
Sidestone Press, 2020. — 400 p. The ‘Black Desert’ begins just south of Damascus and comprises some 40,000 km2 of dark and desolate basalt fields, which stretch from southern Syria across north-eastern Jordan and reach the sand sea of the Nefud in Saudi Arabia. The rough and highly arid terrain is often difficult to access and travel through. Despite these uninviting...
L'Harmattan, 2010. — 296 p. Dans le souci de perpétuer et de transmettre la culture et la langue fang aux générations futures, cet ouvrage est une modeste contribution de sa grammaire, son vocabulaire et ses expressions courantes. Il ne prétend aucunement faire la synthèse de tout le vocabulaire fang, néanmoins, il peut se prévaloir d'être un manuel pratique et utile à...
Gorgias Press, 2019. — 398 p. — (Gorgias Handbooks 43). The Syriac language is one of the classical tongues of early Christian thought, and, as such, garners a lot of interest particularly from theologians, historians, and culturologists. As an Aramaic dialect, it is also of considerable interest to scholars of Semitic languages. This manual is conceived as an academic one and...
Gorgias Press, 2017. — 582 p. — (Gorgias Handbooks 39). Originally published in Armenian, this comprehensive introduction to Aramean and Syriac studies provides a gateway to the history, language, culture, and religion of the Aramean/Syriac people from the ancient times, through to the modern day. Special attention is given to such topics as translation and literary activity of...
Akşit, 2014. — 136 p. The church of the monastery of Chora, situated in the Edirnekapı quarter of Istanbul today, was re-erected by the Emperor Justinianos on the site of an ancient chapel within the premises of a monastery. The monastery was named as 'chora' meaning a land outside of the city walls, but had continued to be referred to as 'chora' even after the borders of the...
Rizzoli, 1980. — 266 p. The Position and Role of Anatolia in World History by Ekrem Akurgal -- Anatolia from the Neolithic Period to the End of the Roman Period by Ekrem Akurgal -- Byzantine Art in Turkey by Semavi Eyice -- Anatolian-Seljuk Architecture by Aptullah Kuran -- Turkish Architecture in Asia Minor in the Period of the Turkish Emirates by M. Olus Arik -- Architecture...
Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 1978. — 522 p. The present book is a revised and enlarged edition of the archaeological guide to the ruins of Turkey, which was first published in 1969. It covers the period from prehistoric times to the end of the Roman era. The book has been written for those interested in archaeology and ancient history, as well as for the specialist. Detailed...
Walter de Gruyter, 1961. — 385 S. Die Kunst Anatoliens und im besonderen die Periode vom homerischen Zeitalter bis zum Hellenismus ist wenig bearbeitet. Bis vor einem Jahrzehnt fehlte vor allem die Bodenforschung für die frühgriechischen Perioden. Die neuen Ausgrabungen von Smyrna, Milet, Phokaia und Daskyleion haben jedoch wichtiges und reichhaltiges Material zutage gefördert,...
Walter de Gruyter, 1961. — 384 S. Die Kunst Anatoliens und im besonderen die Periode vom homerischen Zeitalter bis zum Hellenismus ist wenig bearbeitet. Bis vor einem Jahrzehnt fehlte vor allem die Bodenforschung für die frühgriechischen Perioden. Die neuen Ausgrabungen von Smyrna, Milet, Phokaia und Daskyleion haben jedoch wichtiges und reichhaltiges Material zutage gefördert,...
Crown Publishers, 1968. — 266 p. Particular aspects of the problem of the relation between early Greek art and the civilizations of the ancient Near East have engaged the attention of many scholars over a period of several generations. But only two monographs exist that treat the problem as a whole. The first general survey came from the pen of the Danish scholar Frederik...
Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1906. — 176 p. — (Mémoires publiés par les membres de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire 3). Livre des admonitions et de l'observation pour l'histoire des quartiers et des monuments ou Description historique et topographique de l’Egypte.
Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1920. — 169 p. — (Mémoires publiés par les membres de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire 4). Livre des admonitions et de l'observation pour l'histoire des quartiers et des monuments ou Description historique et topographique de l’Egypte.
Archaeopress, 2022. — 193 p. Qidfaʿ 1: Excavation of a Late Prehistoric Tomb, Fujairah Emirate, United Arab Emirates presents results from the rescue excavations of the Qidfa’ 1 site, a multi-period tomb (Wadi Suq-Late Bronze /Early Iron Age). The architecture of the two-storey structure and the material culture found in the U-shaped tomb are presented to establish a chronology...
Arthistoricum, 2020. — 101 p. This “Timeline of Selected Historical Building Facades in Aleppo” highlights primarily exterior facades with a particular focus on doors and windows from the Seljuk period to modern times. The elements are chosen from 60 historical buildings including religious, commercial and residential buildings. The focus is on the presentation of a general...
Helmut Buske, 2020. — 1667 S. Die beiden Bände enthalten insgesamt über 23.000 spanische Phraseme (inklusive Varianten), 11.600 Einträge, 13.700 Bedeutungen, 3.800 Stichwörter und 18.800 Beispiele, allesamt ins Deutsche übersetzt. Zum besseren Verständnis sind alle Phraseologismen mit Beispielen aus einem authentischen Kontext versehen. Als umfangreichste und zugleich...
Mouton, 1970. — 106 p. — (Janua linguarum: Series practica 61). Contemporary Standard Arabic, a modernized version of classical Arabic, is the language commonly in use in all Arab speaking lands today. It is the language of science and learning, of literature and the theater, and of the press, radio and television. Notwithstanding the unanimous acceptability of Contemporary...
Phoibos Verlag, 2012. — 326 S. — (Wiener Forschungen zur Archäologie 15). Die vorliegende Publikation über das Friesprogramm des Theaters von Perge behandelt die Kentauromachie- sowie Gigantomachiefriese und umfasst damit zwei gleichermaßen wichtige wie umfangreiche kleinasiatische Friesprogramme römischer Zeit. Erstmals werden die pergäischen Friese zur Gänze vorgestellt. Sie...
Santo Tomas University Press, 1991. — 298 p. The book was written in the Filipino architecture students in mind. Although several books have already been written about Filipino architecture, they were not written for easy reading and comprehension by the students. This book is the first of two parts dealing with the study of Filipino architecture. It focuses on the architecture...
10. Auflage — Reise Know-How Verlag Peter Rump, 2019. — 164 S. — (Kauderwelsch 77). Dieser Sprachführer vermittelt schnell und unkompliziert das in Marokko gesprochene Arabisch und stellt typische Redewendungen aus der Umgangssprache vor. Vorkenntnisse des Arabischen sind nicht erforderlich. Die Umschrift in lateinischen Buchstaben ermöglicht es, sofort mit dem Sprechen zu...
Obelisk Publications, 2006. — 706 p. The need for a reference work on the titles of the New Kingdom has urged me to write this book. Although my idea to prepare this material was inspired by my professor and colleagues while I was a student at the university of Toronto. It has taken me some time to collect and investigate the materials related to the subject. The titles...
Impresión P.A.P., 1999. — 189 p. Tiwanaku’s zenith took place between the fifth and tenth centuries of our era, five centuries of extraordinary achievements that haracterized the evolutionary trajectory of one of the most outstanding civilizations of the prehispanic world. Tiwanaku still plays a pivotal role in Andean cosmogony. It is still part of a plethora of myths that...
Brill, 2005. — 148 p. — (Cuneiform Monographs 28). This study brings together the archaeological record and the pictorial documentation of ornamental wall painting produced in Assyria, from the thirteenth to the seventh centuries B.C. Nimrud, Khorsabad, Til Barsip, and Tell Sheikh Hamad, are among the ancient sites where impressive wall paintings were discovered; unfortunately...
ENiM. — 2013. — Vol. 6. — p. 159-168. Édition du papyrus de Lyon Musée des Beaux-Arts H 2425, document datant de l’époque ptolémaïque rédigé en hiératique avec la formule 100 du Livre des morts accompagnée de son illustration. L’étude de ce manuscrit donne l’occasion de revenir sur la fonction et l’utilisation de cette catégorie d’objets en contexte funéraire. Edition of the...
E. de Boccard, 1923. — 286 p. «Le premier style [les maisons rhodien] il est essentiellement gothique et occidental par le choix des profils et des formes archi-tectoniques, mais les motifs ornementaux perpétuent des thèmes byzantins : dents de scie, billettes, étoiles à quatre branches, pointes de diamant, rinceaux et feuillages stylisés.»
E. de Boccard, 1921. — 209 p. «Au cours d'un premier voyage à Rhodes, à la fin de l'été de 1909, j'éprouvai quelque surprise devant l'importance et l'état de conservation des monuments du moyen âge; il me sembla que les publications parues jusqu'à ce jour n'en donnaient qu'une idée incomplète, et je conçus le projet d'effectuer une étude méthodique de la Cité des Chevaliers de...
Archaeopress, 2016. — 222 p. — (South American Archaeology Series 27). El presente libro tiene como objetivo estudiar el uso de las materias primas líticas en la costa del golfo San Matías (Río Negro, Argentina) durante el Holoceno medio y tardío. El entendimiento de este aspecto de la tecnología de los grupos humanos es de fundamental importancia ya que los principales...
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2011. — 786 p. Se bem que a temática central da obra seja a arte edificatória, baseada, em parte, na análise histórica dos edifícios antigos estes são, no entanto e quase sempre, apresentados de forma geral e pouco pormenorizada, exceto no Livro VIII, que se refere aos ornamentos de edifícios públicos, apesar de o autor fazer uma chamada de...