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Late Antique Urban Topography: From Architecture to Human Space
Late Antique Archaeology, 2003Writing about the late antique city is dominated by topographical mapping, architectural studies and site syntheses. These approaches operate within a conception of space as the location of points within an imaginary grid. However, other notions of space exist.
Luke Lavan
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Church Architecture of Late Antique Northern Mesopotamia
2021Abstract Church Architecture of Late Antique Northern Mesopotamia examines the church architecture of Northern Mesopotamia between the fourth and eighth centuries. It focuses on settlements, plan types, artistic encounters, the remarkable continuity of the classical tradition in the architectural decoration, the heterogeneity of the ...
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The Roman and Late Antique architectural remains of Tavium (Galatia)
Anatolia Antiqua, 2004Christof Eva, Koiner Gabriele, Puhm Alexandra. The Roman and Late Antique architectural remains of Tavium (Galatia). In: Anatolia Antiqua, Tome 12, 2004. pp. 187-189.
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Veils in Motion: Sacrality, Visuality, and Architectural Textiles in Late Antiquity
The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, 2022Abstract This article examines a small subset of late antique veil imagery – depictions and descriptions of veils in motion – in visual and literary sources including churches, synagogues, and descriptions of the veil of the temple in Jerusalem. Architectural veils played a role in the demarcation of space, the creation of spectacle and sacrality, and ...
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A Late Reverberation of Antiquity in Vernacular Architecture of Moravia
International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 2014This study examines in detail an extinct building tradition in the territory of central and southern Moravia, where the earthen constructions of the Moravian-Pannonian house type were widespread in the lowlands. The greatest attention has been paid to a specific building technology which utilizes cobs, namely mud-lumps called valky.
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Architecture And Church Power In Late Antiquity: Canosa And San Giusto (Apulia)
Late Antique Archaeology, 2006Two Early Christian complexes will be presented here: one urban (San Pietro in Canosa), and one rural (San Giusto in the territory of Lucera). Both cases represent clear evidence of the Christianising policy promoted by the Church in the cities and countryside, especially during the 5th and 6th centuries A.D., which led to a new definition of urban and
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Representations of architecture in late antiquity [PDF]
, 2016 Buildings and architectural metaphors occupy an important place in early Christian literature. Heaven was conceived of as a city, Christ is a cornerstone, apostles and prophets are foundations and pillars, the Virgin Mary is a gateway to salvation and believers are living stones.
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