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Notes on a Lesser-known Marian Iconography in 13th and 14th century Ethiopian Painting
Aethiopica, 2013 In this article the early evolution of iconic iconography of the Virgin Mary in Ethiopia is discussed. One particular image is postulated to exist on a painted manbar at Lālibalā. The figure of the Child Mary depicted together with her mother, St. Anne, in the wall painting at the Gannata Māryām Church can also be considered iconic.
Stanislaw Chojnacki
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TAXON, Volume 70, Issue 4, Page 842-853, August 2021., 2021 Abstract The establishment of species boundaries has been a difficult task for biologists since the beginning of classifications. Within South American Allioideae (= Alliaceae), the delimitation of genera and species has long been a major challenge. Consequently, species‐level nomenclature in these groups has been difficult to elucidate.
Agostina B. Sassone +4 more
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Parading Staurothekes in Norman Sicily: Relics, Community, and the Conversion of the Other†
Journal of Religious History, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 304-334, June 2021., 2021 This article explores the liturgical functions of cross‐shaped staurothekes, reliquaries of the True Cross, in twelfth‐century Sicily. These luxurious objects were once at the centre of the devotion of the growing Christian communities on an island undergoing dramatic social changes.
Jesús Rodríguez Viejo
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Journal of Jesuit Studies, 2023 Abstract This article contextualizes the emblematic decoration of the main staircase at the Jesuit College in Győr, northwestern Hungary. Painted in 1697, this fresco cycle visualizes the prayer of Salve Regina. The staircase emblems were designed as a visual aid to the Jesuits who wished to meditate on the significance of the Virgin Mary.
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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Lifestyle Impacts the Oral Microbiome of Classical and Post‐Classical Societies in Italy
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 191, Issue 1, September 2026.ABSTRACT Objectives The fall of the Roman Empire (476 CE) profoundly affected the lives of its peoples due to the political, administrative, and territorial changes that occurred. The majority of written records of the time focus on the social élite, leaving larger parts of the population understudied.
Martina Farese +9 more
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(Not) On the Map: Story‐Mapping Uncertainties in Syrians' Displacement Between Syria and Tunisia
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.ABSTRACT One way of challenging hegemonic narratives about migration to Europe is to foreground aspects we do not know for certain. Representations of uncertainties point to a challenge to critical migration researchers: how does human movement exceed predictable responses to borders? This is a conceptual, but also an ethical question, as it compels us
Ann‐Christin Zuntz +3 more
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The Material and Textual Value of Manuscript and Print Binding Waste☆
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 166-189, April 2026.Abstract In 2019, the Foundation of Christ's Hospital at Lincoln made a bequest of early printed books to the Bodleian Library. The collection is rich in sixteenth‐century tooled bindings, many of which preserve manuscript and printed waste in the form of pastedowns, endleaves and endleaf guards.
Tamara Atkin
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History, Volume 111, Issue 394, Page 30-53, January 2026.Abstract The Battel Hall Retable – created around the late fourteenth to early fifteenth century and once belonging to the Dominican nuns of Dartford Priory – offers a rare glimpse into the visual lives of late medieval English nuns, inviting an insight into the intersections of communal identities for these women religious.
ELIZABETH GOODWIN
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Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 11, Issue 6, November/December 2025.Abstract The alpha‐taxonomy of continental giant tortoises (Testudinidae, Titanochelon) from the European Neogene is far from settled, which has implications for inferring their phylogenetic relationships. The diagnosis of the type species (Titanochelon bolivari) is dubious because it considered Titanochelon richardi as a junior subjective synonym ...
Kelly Ann Vega‐Pagán +6 more
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