Material Aspects of Reading in Ancient and Medieval Cultures: Materiality, Presence and Performance 9783110639247, 9783110635850

Material Aspects of Reading in Ancient and Medieval Cultures: Materiality, Presence and Performance 9783110639247, 9783110635850

Open Access This publication seeks to endeavour the relationship between material artefacts and reading practices in a

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Medieval literary voices: Embodiment, materiality and performance 9781526149503

Medieval literary voices explores literary voice in relation to its authorial, scribal and socio-political settings. It

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Looking Upwards: Stars in Ancient and Medieval Cultures 9781536103304, 9781536103496

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The Value of Colour: Material and Economic Aspects in the Ancient World 3982067014, 9783982067018

In 'The Value of Colour', an interdisciplinary group of scholars come together to examine economically relevan

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Material Connections in the Ancient Mediterranean: Mobility, Materiality and Identity 0203842111, 9780415586689, 9780415586696, 9780203842119

Material Connections eschews outdated theory, tainted by colonialist attitudes, and develops a new cultural and historic

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Material Remains: Reading the Past in Medieval and Early Modern British Literature 0814214746, 9780814214749, 0814281370, 9780814281376

Medieval and early modern literature was fascinated with the material remains of the past. Scenes involving the discover

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The Materiality of Text - Placement, Perception, and Presence of Inscribed Texts in Classical Antiquity 9004375503, 9789004375505

Written by an international cast of experts,The Materiality of Textshowcases a wide range of innovative methodologies fr

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Materiality and Religious Practice in Medieval Denmark 2503594166, 9782503594163

From bread and wine to holy water, and from oils and incense to the relics of saints, the material objects of religion s

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Visual and Material Cultures in Middle Period China 9004349375, 9789004349377

Eight studies examine key features of Chinese visual and material cultures, ranging from tombs and ceramics to Buddhist

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Materielle Kulturen des Bergbaus | Material Cultures of Mining: Zugänge, Aspekte und Beispiele | Approaches, Aspects and Examples 9783110729955, 9783110734751

Modern mining history is still predominantly concerned with archival and written sources. Nevertheless, the potential of

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