Dumbarton Oaks Papers 63

Klappentext This volume of "Dumbarton Oaks Papers" includes a study of military and diplomatic initiatives in the northwestern Balkans during the reign of Justinian I! with a focus on the role of the Germanic tribe of Gepids! and an analysis of descriptions of motherhood in Byzantine literature. Other articles treat the illustration of ninth-century marginal psalters! re-evaluate the so-called Frame Group of twelfth-century ivories! suggesting a possible provenance from the Holy Land! and discuss the tombs in the Monastery of the Lips in Constantinople. The volume concludes with a fieldwork report on the Monastery of Shenute at Suhag in Upper Egypt (the "White Monastery")! a fieldwork report on the recent restoration of the Zeyrek Camii (Pantokrator Monastery) in Constantinople! and a bioarchaeological analysis of skeletal material from Sourtara in northern Greece.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alice-Mary Talbot
• Con la collaborazione di: Alice-Mary Talbot (Editore)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 06.02.2010, ritardato
• EAN: 9780884023579
• ISBN: 978-0-88402-357-9
• Serie: Dumbarton Oaks Papers; Dumbarton Oaks Papers; Dumbarton Oaks Papers (HUP)
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie