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De Re Metallica
The Uses of Metal in the Middle Ages
Av Robert Bork, Scott Montogmery m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
2578 kr
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De Re Metallica brings together a wide variety of perspectives on metal use in the Middle Ages, a topic that has received less systematic scholarly attention than it deserves, given its central importance for medieval culture. Because of its strength, beauty, and prestige, metal figured prominently …
Villard's Legacy
Studies in Medieval Technology, Science and Art in Memory of Jean Gimpel
Inbunden, 2004
2578 kr
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Villard's Legacy is in memory of the celebrated iconoclastic historian, Jean Gimpel, and represents a fundamental contribution to the new AVISTA series with Ashgate Publishing. AVISTA was the brainchild of Gimpel, a genius at making the right people meet to advance knowledge through a confluence of …
Ad Quadratum
The Practical Application of Geometry in Medieval Architecture
Av Nancy Y. Wu
Inbunden, 2002
3262 kr
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The purpose of the project is to provide the most up-to-date survey on issues dealing with practical geometry and how it might have been applied in the design of medieval architecture. Chronologically, the topics cover a wide span - from early Medieval through Late Gothic. Geographically, the …
Medieval Hospital and Medical Practice
Inbunden, 2007
2578 kr
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Using an innovative approach to evidence for the medieval hospital and medical practice, this collection of essays presents new research by leading international scholars in creating a holistic look at the hospital as an environment within a social and intellectual context. The research presented …
Visualizing Medieval Medicine and Natural History, 1200–1550
Av Jean A. Givens, Karen M. Reeds m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
2578 kr
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Images in medieval and early modern treatises on medicine, pharmacy, and natural history often confound our expectations about the functions of medical and scientific illustrations. They do not look very much like the things they purport to portray; and their actual usefulness in everyday medical …
Working with Limestone
The Science, Technology and Art of Medieval Limestone Monuments
Av Vibeke Olson
Inbunden, 2011
2818 kr
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This new volume in the AVISTA series focuses on the study of medieval limestone. As the principal building material in the Middle Ages and a prized medium for architectural sculpture, limestone played a significant role in medieval artistic manufacture. The choice of material inherently informed …
Art, Science, and Technology of Medieval Travel
Inbunden, 2008
2578 kr
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This sixth volume in the AVISTA series considers "The Art, Science, and Technology of Medieval Travel". In recent years, scholarship has increasingly emphasized the importance of travel and intercultural exchange in the Middle Ages. The notable medieval phenomena of pilgrimage and crusade obviously …
Long Lives of Medieval Art and Architecture
Av Jennifer M. Feltman, Sarah Thompson
Inbunden, 2019
2578 kr
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Traditional histories of medieval art and architecture often privilege the moment of a work’s creation, yet surviving works designated as "medieval" have long and expansive lives. Many have extended prehistories emerging from their sites and contexts of creation, and most have undergone a variety …
Ad Quadratum
The Practical Application of Geometry in Medieval Architecture
Av Nancy Y. Wu
Häftad, 2016
889 kr
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The purpose of the project is to provide the most up-to-date survey on issues dealing with practical geometry and how it might have been applied in the design of medieval architecture. Chronologically, the topics cover a wide span - from early Medieval through Late Gothic. Geographically, the …
Art, Science, and Technology of Medieval Travel
Häftad, 2017
949 kr
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This sixth volume in the AVISTA series considers "The Art, Science, and Technology of Medieval Travel". In recent years, scholarship has increasingly emphasized the importance of travel and intercultural exchange in the Middle Ages. The notable medieval phenomena of pilgrimage and crusade obviously …
Medieval Hospital and Medical Practice
Häftad, 2017
889 kr
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Using an innovative approach to evidence for the medieval hospital and medical practice, this collection of essays presents new research by leading international scholars in creating a holistic look at the hospital as an environment within a social and intellectual context. The research presented …
Visualizing Medieval Medicine and Natural History, 1200–1550
Av Jean A. Givens, Karen M. Reeds m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
949 kr
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Images in medieval and early modern treatises on medicine, pharmacy, and natural history often confound our expectations about the functions of medical and scientific illustrations. They do not look very much like the things they purport to portray; and their actual usefulness in everyday medical …
Villard's Legacy
Studies in Medieval Technology, Science and Art in Memory of Jean Gimpel
Häftad, 2017
949 kr
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Villard's Legacy is in memory of the celebrated iconoclastic historian, Jean Gimpel, and represents a fundamental contribution to the new AVISTA series with Ashgate Publishing. AVISTA was the brainchild of Gimpel, a genius at making the right people meet to advance knowledge through a confluence of …
De Re Metallica
The Uses of Metal in the Middle Ages
Av Robert Bork, Scott Montogmery m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
889 kr
Lägg i varukorg
De Re Metallica brings together a wide variety of perspectives on metal use in the Middle Ages, a topic that has received less systematic scholarly attention than it deserves, given its central importance for medieval culture. Because of its strength, beauty, and prestige, metal figured prominently …
New Approaches to Medieval Architecture
Av Robert Bork, William W. Clark m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
2818 kr
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This collection of essays presents the exciting and innovative work being done in the field of medieval architectural history by scholars affiliated with AVISTA, one of the most active sponsors of such research in the Anglo-American scholarly community. These studies constitute a snapshot of the …
Arts of the Medieval Cathedrals
Studies on Architecture, Stained Glass and Sculpture in Honor of Anne Prache
Av Kathleen Nolan, Dany Sandron
Inbunden, 2015
2542 kr
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The touchstones of Gothic monumental art in France - the abbey church of Saint-Denis and the cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, and Bourges - form the core of this collection dedicated to the memory of Anne Prache. The essays reflect the impact of Prache’s career, both as a scholar of wide-ranging …
Sacred and the Secular in Medieval Healing
Sites, Objects, and Texts
Av Barbara S. Bowers, Linda Migl Keyser
Inbunden, 2016
2879 kr
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This volume challenges and redefines the traditional distinction made between the sacred and the secular in medieval healing, medical practice, and theory as evidenced in the historic, text record, and by material culture (sites and objects). The studies here are interdisciplinary and are grouped …
North Transept of Reims Cathedral
Design, Construction, and Visual Programs
Inbunden, 2016
2818 kr
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This interdisciplinary volume in the AVISTA series is the first book to focus solely on the north transept of Reims Cathedral, the portion of the gothic building that served as the canons' primary entrance to the cathedral from their adjoining cloister in the thirteenth century. Despite the …
Fifty Years of Medieval Technology and Social Change
Inbunden, 2019
2190 kr
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This volume brings together a series of papers at Kalamazoo as well as some contributed papers inspired by the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Lynn White Jr.’s, Medieval Technology and Social Change (1962), a slim study which catalyzed the study of technology in the Middle Ages in the …
