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The Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards: A Portrayal of 15th Century Courtly Society
, 2021 Thesis (B.A. in Art History, Minor in Political Science and Legal Studies)--John Cabot University, Spring 2021.This thesis studies the Visconti-Sforza luxury cards, three illuminated tarot decks realized between Cremona and Milan during 15th century for ...
Schembri, Elena
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Crossroads of the Life of Vittorio Alfieri
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines Vittorio Alfieri's Life as a deliberately constructed narrative of cultural, linguistic, and political self‐fashioning within eighteenth‐century European intellectual networks. Rather than treating the autobiography as a transparent record of experience, the article argues that Alfieri retrospectively reorganizes his ...
Sara Gallegati
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Some remarks on the history of the Karaites in Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 15th century
Karaite Archives, 2013 The articles deals with the medieval sources on the history of the Karaites who appeared in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the reign of duke Vitold (Vytautas). Many of them were already analyzed by researchers, whoever some questions still remained unanswered or presented not always in fully critical way.
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Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Ceramics From Ḥattā Oasis in the Emirate of Dubai
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study presents the ceramic finds from archaeological investigations conducted in 2024 at two settlements: ‘Islamic Village' and Suhaila 2, one of a number of mountain villages of the Late Islamic period within the Ḥattā Oasis: a high‐altitude exclave in the Emirate of Dubai. The sites are located on the northeastern slopes of Jabal Qallāt
Seth M. N. Priestman +3 more
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Annali Online dell'Università di Ferrara. Sezione Lettere, 2015 The essay focuses on an issue of the history of maritime contacts between Europe and Far East Asia in the early modern period, analyzing the phenomenon of large scale maritime expansion both of the Chinese junks in the Indian Ocean at the beginning of ...
Tiziana Iannello
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Some Issues Related to Chinese Ceramics of the 15th Century
, 2017 文是擬在以往有關十五世紀中國陶瓷的諸多研究中，歸納設定出幾點應予留意的課題，一方面介紹近年來的新的研究結果，同時嘗試以筆者自身的體會來設想當今學者在研究該課題時所可能遭遇到的困境。這些課題包括了所謂暗黑期官窯為何不書寫年號款識？永樂、宣德官窯上的楷書年款與「館閣體」書風之關係；成化「天」字罐之天字涵義；以及十五世紀墓葬出土陶瓷及其在文化史上的意義等等。此外，本文還認為劉新園景德鎮珠山遺址出土永樂、至成化時期的編年雖有創意，但證據薄弱，不宜輕易採信。This paper aims to offer a ...
Hsieh, M.L., 謝明良
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Intelligence on Threats—Municipal Management of Maritime Warnings in 15th-Century Catalonia
Since the early 14th century, the Mediterranean coasts of the Crown of Aragon had mechanisms in place to alert populations of incoming threats from the sea. In addition to maritime surveillance systems strategically positioned at elevated vantage points,
Victòria A. Burguera i Puigserver
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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Elora Chambraud +4 more
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The estate of La Zarzuela. New primary sources in its history
Anales de Historia del Arte, 2007 Contribution of primary sources for the history of the Royal Site of La Zarzuela from the end of 15th century until 1625, when this agricultural estate was bought by Cardenal Infante Fernando de Austria and then used by his brother, king Felipe IV, as a ...
Mª Ángeles Toajas Roger
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Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
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