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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 325-349, August 2022., 2022 This article explores how and why Gregory of Tours encoded the fear of God into the architecture of Tours cathedral and the Basilica of St Martin. Using Gregory’s writings, in combination with the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus and the inscriptions that adorned the interior walls of the basilica, this paper argues that Gregory followed the church ...
Catherine‐Rose Hailstone
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Micro‐CT guided illustration of the head anatomy of penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes: Spheniscidae)
Journal of Morphology, Volume 283, Issue 6, Page 827-851, June 2022., 2022 This illustration is a composite left lateral view of the deeper muscles of the head of a little penguin (Eudyptula minor) and a micro‐computed tomography image of the skull from which the bony elements were drawn, demonstrating the usefulness of traditional illustration, informed by more modern methods as well as dissection, in understanding the ...
Peter W. Hadden +6 more
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A Detailed Structural Classification of Cross Vault in Ostia [PDF]
Athens Journal of ArchitectureIn ancient Rome, the use of vaulted structures built by using Roman concrete allowed for the construction of high-rise buildings. This architectural influence can be evident in Ostia, the Roman port city.
Takuro Ogawa
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Imaging multi-age construction settlement behaviour by advanced SAR interferometry [PDF]
, 2018 This paper focuses on the application of Advanced Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (A-DInSAR) to subsidence-related issues, with particular reference to ground settlements due to external loads.
Bozzano, Francesca +4 more
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Groundwater monitoring in the archaeological site of Ostia Antica (Rome, Italy): first results
Acque Sotterranee, 2016 The archaeological site of Ostia Antica hosts the ruins of the ancient roman city called Ostia founded in the VII century B.C. near the mouth of Tiber River.
Lucia Mastrorillo +4 more
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Of mice and men : financial and occupational differentiation among *Augustales [PDF]
, 2015 What was the economic role of *augustales in the large commercial hubs of the Roman Empire? Inscriptions offer us some insight in the structure, size, and usage of the economic capital gathered by them.
Vandevoorde, Lindsey
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The orientation of the Mithraea in Ostia Antica [PDF]
, 2016 We conducted an investigation on the orientations and geometrical content of the Mithraea of Ostia Antica. A geometrical CAD study based on the most reliable plans from the Archives of the Sovrintendenza Speciale per il Colosseo, il MNR e l’Area ...
Carnevale, Flavio +6 more
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National and Private Ambitions in the Patronage of French Cardinals at the Papal Court (Fifteenth to Sixteenth centuries) [PDF]
, 2017 Few French cardinals left important traces in the form of architectural patronage in Rome during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, a period characterised by the alternation of times of strong tension between the French kings and the Papacy, and ...
Bardati, Flaminia
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Roman citizenship of Italian *Augustales : evidence, problems, competitive advantages [PDF]
, 2017 The title * augustalis was used during the first three centuries A. D., to refer to an honorary position in local society. It was mostly bestowed on wealthy freedmen who, because of their servile birth, could not partake in the official cursus honorum ...
Vandevoorde, Lindsey
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Analyzing an Ancient City: Non-invasive Studies of Ostia Antica Archeological Park’ s Wall Paintings
Proceedings of the 2022 IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 2023 Roman wall paintings at the archaeological site of Ostia Antica dating from the 1st century BCE to the 4th century CE were studied in an integrated non-invasive approach using portable instrumentation, namely: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Visible Induced Luminescence (VIL), External ...
Tomassini, Paolo +1 more
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