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The Art of Healing
The author uncovers the relationship between medieval church decoration and ritual practice in caring for the sick.
Золотой Олень Евразии [Golden Deer of Eurasia]
A lavish catalogue of the Hermitage Museum's collection of gold artefacts of the Scythian steppe nomads of the 7th century BC. Illustrated with large number of fabulous colour photographs. Bibliography. Text in Russian. Large format paperback. 64 pages.
Mycenae Archaeological Museum
Attractive illustrated handbook to the Mycenaean galleries. Paperback. 24 pages. Bi-lingual Greek/English. New condition. Cat No 3001
Vodic: Put Pravoslavnih Manastira i Crkava Srbije i Crne Gore – [Guide to the Distribution of Orthodox Monasteries and Churches in Serbia and Montenegro]
Huge illustrated gazetteer of almost 400 ancient and historic churches dating from the C14th each entry includes a detailed description and excellent colour photograph. Location maps assist in finding each church. Text in Serbian. Large paperback. 382 pages.
Guédelon: Fanatics for a Fortress
Large illustrated English guidebook to the project in the heart of Guédelon forest where a team of master-builders is building a 13th-century castle from scratch.
The Vedic Age
This book deals with the period 1500 BC - 700 BC when the sacred Sanskrit Rigveda texts were transmitted orally. It explores aspects of geography, migrations, technology, economy, society, and religion in the Vedic corpus and draws on this to reconstruct the lives of ordinary people.
Herculaneum: The Excavations, Local History and Surroundings
A very attractive official record of the earliest excavations at Herculaneum in the C18th, and its growing fascination to wealthy visitors in the C19th when archaeology was the preserve of the rich dilettante, until more scientific excavation techniques began to be applied in the 1920’s.
Mamluk Enamelled and Gilded Glass in the Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
Sumptuous catalogue published to coincide with the exhibition 'Gilded and Glazed: Mamluk Glass and Iznik Pottery' held at the Sheraton Doha Hotel and featuring ten of the very finest and rarest examples of decorated glass mosque lamps created in Cairo at the craft's apogee in the C14th and C15th.
Collecting the Weaver's Art: The William Claflin Collection of Southwestern Textiles
This book documents a remarkable collection of sixty-six outstanding Pueblo and Navajo textiles donated to the Peabody Museum in the 1980s by William Claflin, Jr., a prominent Boston businessman and patron of Southwestern archaeology.
The Marlborough Downs
Although this book covers all aspects of Marlborough Downs - geology, flora, fauna, villages, and literary associations - the first half deals with its very obvious prehistory and the megalithic monuments of the Neolithic and Bronze Age located on the Downs. Paperback. 190 pages.