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IMPLICIT COMPARISONS: VISUALITY AND THE INTERLINEAR MANUSCRIPT PAGE
ABSTRACT A central question for European philology, informed by various agendas and ideologies, concerned comparison and the positing of hierarchies among languages. With this “traditional” question of philology in mind, but hoping to think in less traditional ways, this article asks how comparative understandings of Arabic and local languages of the ...
RONIT RICCI
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A Baronial Aljama: The Jews Of Empúries In The Thirteenth Century
The county of Empuries in Catalonia provides an historical laboratory in which to examine the formation of a small Jewish community (aljama) in an independent baronial enclave.
Bensch, Stephen P.
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Flower symbolism and the cult of relics in medieval Serbia [PDF]
The Life of archbishop Eustathios I [Jevstatije] (1279-1286), deserving head of the medieval Serbian Church and a saint, is a very interesting source for studying the cult of relics with the Serbs.
Popović Danica
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Commemorating Festive Performances in Popular Print in Sixteenth‐Century Italy☆
Abstract The aim of this article is to show that the popular print sold and distributed during and after festive events, such as Carnival, had an impact on the commemoration and shaping of festive culture in early modern Italy. That is, the mass medium of print that had begun to shape European cultures, especially in Italy where Venice was one of ...
Rozanne Versendaal
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Corresponding with Infidels: Rome, the Almohads, and the Christians of Thirteenth-Century Morocco
Under Popes Honorius III, Gregory IX, and Innocent IV, the thirteenth-century papacy opened an unprecedented diplomatic dialogue with the Almohad dynasty in northern Africa.
Brett Edward Whalen
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Gender and Segregation: An Introduction
ABSTRACT This introduction to the Special Issue explores the ways in which a gendered analysis illuminates histories of segregation. It argues three key points. First, it is essential to understand segregation from an intersectional perspective, one that fully integrates gender alongside other factors and dynamics in order to fully understand the ...
Lisa Hellman +3 more
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The Stela of Neferhotep from the Sanctuary of Heqaib on Elephantine Island
Report of the discovery on Elephantine of a Thirteenth Dynasty limestone stela from the Sanctuary of Heqaib. The owner, the Elder of the Portal Neferhotep, born of Nubhertjen, is otherwise unknown.
Michael R. Jenkins
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Intersectional identity of 13th-century Javanese women in the novel "Tutur Dedes"
Within thirteenth-century Javanese tradition in Southeast Asia, women are frequently marginalized. Women who had significant influence were often omitted from historical records, such as Ken Dedes.
Dwi Budiyanto +3 more
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Theatrical writing is remarkably concerned with rewriting strategies. In the eighteenth century, due to the deepening exchanges between Europe and the rest of the world, French literature was influenced by various external factors, such as The Orphan of ...
Guo Tang
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Malek Bennabi (1903-73) was an Algerian scholar who received his education in Algiers and Paris. An engineer by training, his concern about the ummah 's decadence led him to analyze the causes of this decay and to provide solutions.
Kokab Arif
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