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Topics in Iranian Linguistics

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The 13 chapters of this volume represent a selection of the papers presented at the “Third International Conference on Iranian Linguistics”, held in September 2009 at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. This series of conferences brings together scholars from …

The Persian language in history

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Fourteen papers on a diversity of themes relating to the grammar and the vocabulary of Persian, Middle Persian texts, non-standard and early varieties of Persian, and dialects of Iran. Editions of so far unpublished texts are also included. Contributions by …

Deutsche Wortfeldetymologie in europäischem Kontext (DWEE)

Band 5: Wirtschaft

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An der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig läuft seit 2007 das Projekt „Deutsche Wortfeldetymologie in europäischem Kontext - Der Mensch in Natur und Kultur“ (DWEE). In diesem Projekt wird der auf den Menschen bezogene Substantiv-Wortschatz des Deutschen vom Althochdeutschen …

Sei mutig wie ein Leopard...

Bildgewordener jüdischer Glaube zwischen Krakau und Czernowitz

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In no other region has the Jewish faith found such graphic expression in the synagogues as in the historical landscapes of Galicia and Bukovina. Since the end of the Middle Ages the living conditions of the Jewish population had deteriorated, …

The Life and Works of Karma ’phrin las pa (1456–1539)

Non­sectarian Scholar Mystic of Southern Tibet

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Among the so-called learned and accomplished masters of Tibet’s “long 15th century”, the First Karma ’phrin las pa stands out as influential commentator on Saraha’s Dohā, great poet, and key figure in the rise of Central Tibetan block printing workshops. …

Re-enacting the Past

A Cultural History of the School of gTsang smyon Heruka

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This book is devoted to the study of the so-called “School of gTsang smyon,” i.e. the religious community that gathered around the Tibetan master gTsang smyon Heruka (1452–1507). Looking at a broad range of historical sources and reconstructing the religious …

A Turquoise Coronet

Studies in Persian language and literature in honour of Paola Orsatti

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Paola Orsatti is currently professor at La Sapienza University in Rome. In the course of a long and distinguished academic career combined with an impressive record of dedicated teaching, she has made significant contributions to the study of classical Persian …

Darstellungen von Wagenlenkern in der römischen Kaiserzeit und frühen Spätantike

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Epigrams, passing remarks, and treatises dealing with the chariot races in the Roman circus and their participants have been handed down by numerous ancient authors. Whether described by Pliny, Martial, Juvenal, Ammianus Marcellinus, or Tertullian, charioteers are frequently viewed in …

Musiktherapie in der Neurorehabilitation

Beobachtungen, Untersuchungen, Forschung

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In this book, research papers are published that describe the music therapy work with neurologically ill patients in the field of communication initiation, early rehabilitation and disease processing after brain injuries.
As pilot studies, they take up aspects that remain current …

Die Könige der Parnawasiden

Georgien in der Weltgeschichte

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Zwei Herrscherdynastien haben den Verlauf der Geschichte Georgiens entscheidend mitgeprägt. Die erste ist die der Parnawasiden, die vom 4. Jh. v. Chr. bis in das 8. nachchristliche Jahrhundert herrschte, die andere die Dynastie der aus der Südwestprovinz Speri stammenden Bagratiden, …

Figures

Lettres, chiffres, notes et symboles au Moyen Âge

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Dedicated to the question of the sign, this volume brings together the three plenary lectures given by Daniel Heller-Roazen (Philosophy and Comparative Literature, Princeton), Michel Pastoureau (History and History of Art, EPHE Paris) and Susan Rankin (Musicology, Cambridge), at the …

De l’homme à l’univers

Conceptions anthropologiques et image du monde selon Pierre d’Ailly

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The work of Pierre d'Ailly (1350-1420) is a reflection of the intellectual questions of the late Middle Ages. His texts reveal a pronounced interest in the comprehensive order that connects man with the universe. This study reconstructs the intellectual approach …

Der frühchristliche Kirchenraum

Ikonographie – Ausstattung – Liturgie

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Die Architektur des Kirchenbaus ist zunächst eine leere Hülle. Hier wird für die frühchristliche Zeit der Versuch unternommen, diesen Raum mit seiner bildlichen und liturgischen Ausstattung zu füllen, um darin Gottesdienst zu feiern. Anhand archäologischer Zeugnisse und altkirchlicher Quellen wird …

Deutsche Gedichte zweisprachig

(Kurmanji-Kurdisch / Deutsch)

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In Deutschland leben mittlerweile 1.5 Millionen Menschen kurdischer Herkunft, doch ist der Austausch zwischen den beiden Sprachen Deutsch und Kurdisch auf künstlerisch-literarischer Ebene nur marginal. Erste literarische Werke kurdischer Autoren wurden in den letzten Jahren ins Deutsche übersetzt, eine Seltenheit …

Miniaturen mittelalterlicher Kalpasutra-Handschriften

Eine ikonographische Betrachtung mit kultur- und religionsgeschichtlichen Anmerkungen

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The focus of this study on Indian book illumination are the miniatures of six Jain Kalpasūtra manuscripts produced in western India (Gujarat and Rajasthan) as well as in Jaunpur, the capital of a Sultanate located further to the northeast, during …

Petrus de Alvernia. Scriptum super III-VIII libros Politicorum Aristotelis

Edizione, introduzione e note

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This is the first critical edition of the most significant medieval commentary on Books III-VIII of Aristotle’s Politics. This commentary was intended as a continuation of Thomas Aquinas’s literal commentary on Books I-III of the Politics. It was highly influential …

Bücher und Identitäten

Literarische Reproduktionskulturen der Vormoderne. Überstorfer Colloquium 2016

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Das Format der Literatur, ihre materielle und mediale Erscheinung im handgeschriebenen Codex oder im gedruckten Buch, sind in den letzten Jahrzehnten zunehmend in den Fokus der mediävistischen Forschung gerückt. Der material turn in den Literaturwissenschaften bedeutete die Überwindung der Dichotomie …

Die Gebete Johanns von Neumarkt und die deutschsprachige Gebetbuchkultur des Spätmittelalters

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Johann von Neumarkt (ca. 1310-1380) created a corpus of German-language prayers that is reconstructed on the basis of the manuscript tradition. A stylistic study as well as detailed interpretations of the contents, taking into account the source material, outline the …

Wege in die Geschichte durch Erzählen von Vergangenheit in der Frühen Neuzeit

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The examination of historical images in selected works from the 16th century offers a fundamental insight into how the Early Modern Period related to the past, especially the High Middle Ages; it shows, among other things, the coexistence of both …

Die Farbigkeit der antiken Skulptur

Die griechischen und lateinischen Schriftquellen zur Polychromie

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As a contribution to the archaeological research on polychromy, this study analyses the written sources on the colouration of ancient sculpture. It addresses all types of materials, from clay to chryselephantine works. The texts refer not only to techniques of …