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Saqqara and the Dynastic Race
Text of a lecture supporting the theory postulated by Flinders Petrie that the shift from a static pre-dynastic culture to one markedly able to construct large monumental structures such as at Saqqara and Abydos, and which initiated the dynastic rule of ancient Egypt, must represent an infl
Excavation of a Traverse of Margidunum
A report of excavations at separate locations across the ditched Roman settlement on the Fosse Way during which a great deal of pottery of high and low grade were recovered. These are illustrated and described in nineteen plates.
Italian Maiolica
Comprehensive introduction to the origins, historical setting, techniques, decoration and Renaissance factories of Italian maiolica ware. Four colour platea and ninety-six in black-and-white. Hardback in very good clean condition in a good original dustjacket. Cat No 3484
Les Portraits Romano-Égyptiens du Louvre
Guide to the collection of Fayum mummy portraits from the Roman Egyptian period held by the Louvre Museum. 24 b&w plates and one colour frontispeice illustrate the variety of male and female portraits.
Farms and Water Mills in Denmark During Two Thousand Years [Bondehuse og Vandmøller i Danmark Gennem 2000 År]
Describes in great detail the techniques used in the excavation of elusive Danish Dark Age and Medieval farm and mill sites focusing principally on carefully stripping back successive floor layers rather than trench excavating and taking account also of post holes and fire-places. Also, con
Latin Liturgical Manuscripts: Guide to an Exhibition held during 1952
Catalogue to an exhbition of missals, breviaries, kalendars, chant books and books of hours. An Introduction to the subject is followed by 117 exhibit descriptions of which twenty are illustrated in b&w plates. Paperback. Good clean condition. Cat No 2082