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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"Antique"”.
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Mapping a Late Antique Republic of Letters
This is a study of how the letters of Procopius of Gaza, Aeneas of Gaza, Synesius of Cyrene, and Isidore of Pelusium, created circuits of intellectual sociability and exchange transcending the territorial limits of Empire and thereby affirmed their participation in a common culture of Learning. The …
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Totalising Rhetoric in Late Antique Greek Poetry
… corpus defined by classical scholars as ‘Late Antique Greek poetry’. The phrase refers to the work of (primarily Christian) poets from the Greek-speaking Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire roughly between 4th-7th c. AD, at the critical juncture between the Classical Era and the Middle Ages. This …
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Late Antique Basilicas on Cyprus sources, contexts, histories
It is commonly accepted that Late Antiquity Cyprus emerged from relative isolation to greater engagement with Constantinople. This thesis reverses the paradigm and offers a contextual account of the island’s basilicas in support of the proposition. Located between New Rome and New Jerusalem, …
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How the Apions became wealthy: finding the money on a late antique estate
The Flavii Apiones, owners of a large estate in Byzantine Egypt (fourth to seventh centuries), appear to become quite wealthy, yet the means by which they acquired that wealth is not always clear. Peter Sarris has argued that profit was derived from a category of land called the autourgia, …
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State aristocracy : resident senators and absent emperors in Late-Antique Rome, c. 320-400
… Roman state. Imperial withdrawal and the late-antique strenghthening of imperial institutions did not lead to the outbreak of a fierce ideological conflict between resident senators and court, but rather intensified divisions within aristocratic society. New fiscal pressures, a rise in …
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A Missing Piece: Monasteries as Centers for a Literate Christian Education in Late Antique Palestine
… available within Christian monasteries of Late Antique Palestine. It then goes further, exploring the impact literate monks had on the Christianization of Byzantine society, and recursively, the impact this newly Christian society had on monasticism. This thesis contributes significantly to an …
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Understanding and supporting pricing decisions using multicriteria decision analysis: an application to antique silver in South Africa
… specific application area of this research is antique silver objects, where a complete iteration of the multicritia decision process is performed. This includes two problem structurings using SODA which provide rich detail into this application area. Multi-attribute additive models are …
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Romans and Goths in late antique Gaul: asepcts of political and cultural assimilation in the Fifth Century AD
ABSTRACT: The thesis focuses on the socio-cultural interaction between Gallo-Romans and barbarians in fifth century Gaul. Its aim is to investigate how both Romans and barbarians, particularly the Gothic people, shared a common living space within imperial territory, how this space was created, and …
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A Study of Dares Phrygius and Dictys Cretensis as Early Imperial Greek Texts and Late Antique Latin Translations
… with statistics. Chapter 4 investigates late antique Greek-to-Latin translations, arguing for strong similarities between the Latin Dictys and Julius Valerius’ Alexander Romance in translation style, character portrayal, and the use of allusion to add new emphases to the original. It also …
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"Venari, lavari, ludere, ridere, occ est vivere" : les fonctions des mosaïques à scènes de chasse de l'Afrique du Nord antique
L'Afrique du Nord regorge de mosaïques en tout genre et d'époques diverses. Après que cette région soit progressivement tombée sous domination romaine, cette production artistique monta en flèche à partir du IIe siècle ap. J.-C. De nouveaux thèmes iconographiques sont ajoutés aux motifs locaux. …
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An Archaeology of the Fragment: The Transition from the Antique Fragment to the Historical Fragment in French Architecture Between 1750 and 1850
… followed three stages: it changed from the antique, to the elemental, to the historical fragment. Through the course of this transformation, design also changed, it came to be understood as composition. This dissertation describes the history of this transformation in consideration of …
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Angels in the Qur’ān: An Examination of Their Portrayal in the Light of Late Antique, Jewish and Christian Beliefs about Heavenly Beings
… remains the same as, or differs from, late antique, Jewish and Christian beliefs about them. The central role angels appear to play in the Qur’ān suggests their presence there is neither incidental, nor accidental. Although angels are undoubtedly pre-qur’ānic figures, their portrayal in the …
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Visualizing Ancient Empire in Tudor England: Imperial Monarchy, Reformation, and the Antique Soldier in the Title Page to Richard Grafton’s Large Chronicle (1569)
… century; the entry of the ‘classicizing’ or ‘antique’ designs of continental prints into local English production; emergent Protestant symbolism; and the typological reading of British history. Essential to the title page’s visual rhetoric is the employment of the Renaissance stock image of …
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Changes in nature connection: A study of the effects on the participants of taking part in an antique seed, natural farming, and seed balls workshop
… examines the impact of workshops about antique seeds, natural farming, and seed balls as agents of change for individuals’ connections to nature. The research investigates whether these workshops, using a combination of theoretical and practical teaching methods, can enhance …
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Childhood and Christianity from Paul to the Council of Chalcedon.
… between children and the rituals practices of antique Christianity. The thesis is framed firmly as a piece of cultural . - - history and it takes as its evidence the writings of the church fathers, complemented by antique Christian art. It has sought to show that Christianity made a …
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Journeys in the Palimpsest: British women's travel to Greece,1840-1914
… contemporary Greeks were Orientalised, while antique Greece was personified as a captive Greek woman on the brink of compromise by the Ottomans, or a cadaver. Throughout the nineteenth century this antique vista was employed by the tourist industry. This thesis offers a consideration of the …
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