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Archeo-Inspiration from the Cultural History of Glass: Historic Accounts, Anecdotes and Hard Facts as Challenges to Modern Material Science. [PDF]

Adv Mater
Glass, historically valued for its purity and durability, has long inspired artists and societies. This article introduces the concept of “Archeo‐Inspiration”, drawing on cultural and historical contexts of glass to guide future material innovations.
von Contzen E, von Ditfurth J, Stroth F, Rapp BE.   +3 more
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Św. Izydor z Sewilli, O dniach, nocy i tygodniu (Etymologiae, V, 30-32: De diebus, de nocte, de hebdomada)

Vox Patrum, 2022
Tłumaczenie na język polski niektórych rozdziałów dzieła Izydora z Sewilli Etymologiae sive Origines (V 30–32) poświęconych dniom, nocom oraz tygodniom.
Elwira Kaczyńska
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La guerra e i suoi strumenti nelle “Etimologie” di Isidoro di Siviglia

Nuova Antologia Militare, 2022
Isidore of Seville (559-636) is particularly known for his “Etymologiae”, considered the first encyclopedia of Western culture, which intends to expose the totality of human knowledge. Isidore, from an ancient Roman-Iberian family, archbishop of Seville,
Sergio Masini
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Constructing clandestine communities: oaths of collective secrecy and conceptual boundaries in the late antique Mediterranean

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 171-193, May 2023., 2023
This article explores fourth‐ to seventh‐century narratives about oaths of collective secrecy, which our sources typically frame negatively. By examining the terminology used in reference to these promises, the dynamics inherent in the practice and its relationship to oath‐taking customs in other contexts, and the influence of Christianity on the ...
Michael Wuk
wiley   +1 more source

Re‐examining Hrabanus Maurus’ letter on incest and magic

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 252-273, May 2023., 2023
This article offers a reanalysis of Hrabanus’ mid‐ninth‐century text De magicis artibus. Often read and studied as a complete work, the De magicis artibus is in fact one portion of a longer text that also discusses incest and marriage practices. Furthermore, the single surviving copy of the text is deliberately attached to another work by Hrabanus, his
Matthew B. Edholm
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Assessing place‐based identities in the early Middle Ages: a proposal for post‐Roman Iberia

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 23-50, February 2023., 2023
Sociological models of place‐based identity can be used to better understand the social dynamics of local communities and how they interact with their surroundings. This paper explores how these theoretical models of belonging to a place, in tandem with communal cognitive maps, can be applied to post‐Roman contexts, taking the Iberian Peninsula in the ...
Javier Martínez Jiménez, Carlos Tejerizo‐García   +1 more
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San Isidoro de Sevilla. Las palabras y las cosas

Hallazgos, 2023
El objetivo de este artículo es desarticular dos prejuicios acerca de San Isidoro de Sevilla. El primero, que plana también sobre el conjunto de los pensadores medievales, lo situaría como un individuo absolutamente aislado de los problemas sociales de ...
Abel Miró i Comas
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Law‐books, concomitant texts and ethnically framed legal pluralism on the fringes of post‐Carolingian Europe: northern Italy and Catalonia around 1000

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 536-557, November 2022., 2022
Around 1000, a new type of law‐book emerged in Catalonia and northern Italy that attests to new ways of handling legal material. Incorporating in full the Visigothic and Lombard law codes, respectively, these law‐books provided a base for studying and interpreting old law through comments, glosses etc., addressing new users such as lay judges.
Stefan Esders
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Wiedza o prawie w ujęciu Izydora z Sewilli

Studia Prawnicze KUL, 2022
Przedmiotem artykułu są niektóre aspekty problematyki prawnej w ujęciu Izydora z Sewilli. Punktem wyjścia jest krótka charakterystyka jego Etymologii, dzieła uznawanego za pierwszą encyklopedię chrześcijaństwa.
Antoni Dębiński
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Das Buch De Medicina der Etymologiae Isidors von Sevilla. Kritische Überlegungen zur Wissenorganisation von „moderner” Edition und mittelalterlichen Codices [PDF]

Studia Antiquitatis et Medii Aevi Incohantis
The Book De medicina of the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville. Critical Reflections on the Organization of Knowledge in ‘Modern’ Edition and Medieval Codices): In this article, various Etymologiae codices are contrasted with the basal edition of Wallace ...
Daniel Pfitzer
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