6th century, c 500 to c 599

Purpur in Byzanz

Privileg und Würdeformel

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As a supplement to the studies mentioned above and in response to the persistent desideratum of the few pictorial sources that have been analysed, this work focuses on the significance of purple fabric and purple colour in pictorial works and …

Spätantikes Kleidungszubehör aus Nordafrika I

Trägerkreis, Mobilität und Ethnos im Spiegel der Funde der spätesten römischen Kaiserzeit und der vandalischen Zeit

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This study is the first to give a comprehensive account of extant dress accessories, especially brooches and belt buckles, from late ancient North Africa. In the first of two volumes, the findings dating from the latest period of Roman rule …

Christliche Archäologie compact

Ein topographischer Überblick. Europa – Asien – Afrika

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“Christian archaeology compact” is the first overview of the whole of the archaeological places and certifications of this discipline. The framework extends geographically from the British islands to Ethiopia and from Morocco to China and temporally from 1. to the …

Die antike Stadt im Umbruch

Kolloquium in Darmstadt, 19. bis 20. Mai 2006

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This volume covers the conference “The Ancient City in Transition,” which was held in May 2006 in Darmstadt, Germany. The central theme is the change and design of urban space during Late Antiquity, a period particularly marked by upheavals. In …

Ehrenstatuen in der Spätantike

Chlamydati und Togati

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The book investigates the iconography and chronology of the late antique toga statue and the late antique Chlamys statue. Both types of honorific statuary can only be observed from the Theodosian period (late-4th century) onwards. The phenomenon will be explained …

Die Wiener Genesis im Rahmen der antiken Buchmalerei

Ikonographie, Darstellung, Illustrationsverfahren und Aussageintention

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In der Spätantike entstand ein neuer Kunstzweig, die malerische Ausstattung prachtvoller Bücher für ein reiches Publikum. Anhand ausführlicher ikonographischer Analysen der einzelnen Miniaturen der weltberühmten „Wiener Genesis“ aus dem 6. Jahrhundert werden Illustrationsverfahren und Entstehungsprozess der Handschrift rekonstruiert. Vor dem …

The Apse, the Image and the Icon

An Historical Perspective of the Apse as a Space for Images

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This book deals with the apse as a showcase for images in the early Christian and early Byzantine periods. Two opposed traditions, harking back to early imperial times, nourished the invention of the Christian apse image: on the one hand …

Spätantike und byzantinische Elfenbeinbildwerke im Diskurs

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Aus dem Inhalt:
Arun Banerjee: Non-destructive Investigation of Ivory by FTIR and Raman Spectroscopy - Gudrun Bühl: The Making of Early-Byzantine Pyxides - Jean-Pierre Caillet: Remarques sur l’iconographie Christo-Mariale des grands diptyques d’ivoire du VIe siècle. Incidences éventuelles quant à leur …

Justinianische Kämpferkapitelle mit einem Dekor aus Paaren von Zweigen und die Nachfolgekapitelle im Veneto

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The capitals in the colonnades of the central room of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul are called `impost capitals with attached volutes'. They are important pieces of stone-mason's art in the sixth century a. C. The book presents a survey …

Late Antique and Early Christian Gems

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Throughout the Middle Ages, Roman gems and cameos were highly valued as intrinsically precious objects or even as possessing magical properties. During the Renaissance, large collections of gems were formed by aristocratic collectors who sought inspiration from the classical images …

Capital continuous

A Study of Vandal Carthage and Central North Africa from an Archaeological Perspective

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The Vandal period in North Africa has aroused the interest of historians since long as an intermediate period in late antique North Africa, spanning over much of the fifth and the early sixth centuries until the Vandal kingdom was conquered …

Die Christianisierung der Städte der Provinz Scythia Minor

Ein Beitrag zum spätantiken Urbanismus auf dem Balkan

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Until the 7th century, the province Scythia Minor, situated between the mouth of the Danube and the Western shore of the Black Sea, was an important military and ecclesiopolitical outpost of Constaninople. At the same time, this region was a …

Frühchristliche Reliquiare im Kontext von Kultstrategien, Heilserwartung und sozialer Selbstdarstellung

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This study for the first time provides a comprehensive analysis of early Christian reliquaries in the context of their meaning and various uses. Taking into account all documented provenances and written sources on the cult of relics, basic conditions of …

Kaiser, Senatoren und Gelehrte

Untersuchungen zum spätantiken männlichen Privatporträt

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Ein wichtiges Phänomen im römischen Porträt ist das „Zeitgesicht“, die Angleichung der Bürger an das Bildnis des Kaisers. Zur Zeit Konstantins des Großen wird jedoch nach 300 Jahren dieser unmittelbar erfahrbare Reflex der zuvor prägenden Prinzipatsideologie aufgegeben und insbesondere die …