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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 MaterGlass, 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.
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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
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The Modern Law Review, Volume 86, Issue 1, Page 85-121, January 2023., 2023 The notion of ‘equity’ is undergoing conceptual repositioning in international law today, embracing individuals as well as states and gaining an association with human rights and the politics of protest. In the context of these developments, the present paper enquires into the premodern roots of this ancient and rich term through three historical ...
Stephen Humphreys
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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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The building projects and the Histories of Gregory of Tours
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 159-184, May 2022., 2022 This article offers a fresh perspective on the life and works of the sixth‐century bishop Gregory of Tours by analysing Gregory’s magnum opus, the Histories, alongside a frequently overlooked aspect of his episcopal career: his restoration of the cathedral church of Tours and St Martin’s basilica following their devastation by fire in the time of his ...
John Merrington
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The Royal Prayerbook’s blood‐staunching charms and early Insular scribal communities
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 181-200, May 2021., 2021 The Royal Prayerbook contains a variety of entries aimed at staunching a flow of blood, three of which are related by a shared poetic motif. An examination of the elements in these texts suggests that all three are a meditation on a scene from the gospels, the healing of the woman with the issue of blood.
Emily Kesling
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Meri-dies according to Latin authors from Cicero to Anthony of Padua : the various uses of a commonplace etymology [PDF]
, 2017 The etymology of meridies stands as a commonplace in the Latin literary tradition. The present article aims to expand on the evidence collected by Maltby in his 1991 A Lexicon of Ancient Latin Etymologies - primarily by extending its historical scope ...
Denecker, Tim
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Sacerdos vs. Episcopus. The employment of the Treatise de septem ordinibus ecclesiae by Isidore of Seville (a source study) [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2018 The aim of this article is to reveal the methods and characteristic features of Isidore of Seville’s interpretation of the anonymous text De septem ordinibus ecclesiae (5th — early 7th centuries). This text, traditionally attributed to St.
Elena Marey
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E-Spania, 2009 La Vita ss. Leandri, Isidori Hispalensis, Fulgentii Astigitani et Braulionis Caesaraugustani ep. (bhl 4810) est un long récit hagiographique d’auteur inconnu composé à Saragosse au xiiie siècle.
Jose Carlos MARTÍN
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Le Saint-Sépulcre de Constance du XIIIe siècle, réceptacle eucharistique au service du "pèlerinage intérieur" [PDF]
, 2016 Érigé autour de 1260, l’édifice dodécagonal qui s’élève au milieu de la rotonde Saint-Maurice, située près de la cathédrale de Constance, est le successeur d’un Saint-Sépulcre architectonique contemporain de la rotonde construite vers le milieu du Xe ...
Kurmann, Peter
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