‎Language‎

‎A J Jacobs‎

‎The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World‎

‎London: Arrow Books 2006. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Arrow Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 046398 ISBN : 009948174X 9780099481744

‎A Lloyd James‎

‎Our Spoken Language‎

‎London: Thomas Nelson 1944. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Foxing to end papers light bumping to top of spine. Thomas Nelson hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 000353

‎A London Antiquary John Camden Hotten‎

‎A Dictionary of Modern Slang Cant and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament .‎

‎London; Piccadilly: John Camden Hotten 1860. Second Edition Revised 1860 with two thousand additional words. xvi 300 pp including frontis titled A Canter's Map of a Begging District. Bound in publisher's original pebbled brown cloth gilt lettering at spine blind tooled rules and publisher's blind tooled initials center of front and rear covers dark brown end papers. Very Good contemporary ownership signature of R.N. Payne Sheffield 1860 top of title page later owners inked notations top of title page and verso of front end page pencil note bottom verso front end page 2" closed tear fore edge frontis map 1" fore edge tear p. 169 internally clean and bright. SCARCE in today's market in either the 1859 1st or 1860 2nd Editions. One of the most important works on English slang. . Second Edition Revised. Pebbled Cloth . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. John Camden Hotten Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 008436

‎A Pakeha Maori FEManing F. E.‎

‎Korero Maori : First Lessons in Maori Conversation‎

‎Wanganui New Zealand: A D Willis 1915. 8th Ed. Maori phrase book. Not Dated 1915 NZNB K459 Grey card wraps Grey card wraps 40 pages. Toned with some finger marks chipped to spine ends crisp copy. . Re-Issue. Card Covers. Good/N/A. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" tall. A D Willis Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 15699

‎A R Florian‎

‎First French Course‎

‎Rivingtons 1935. "Comprising pronunciation exerciises 88 lessons special vocabularies grammar reproduction exercises French-English and English-French vocabularies." Fifth edition of the text book. Fading to the front cover and one owner's name to the inside front cover otherwise a solid copy. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Rivingtons Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 056050

‎A ron Vanspauwen‎

‎In Defence of Faith, Against the Manichaeans. Critical Edition and Historical, Literary and Theological Study of the Treatise Aduersus Manichaeos, Attributed to Evodius of Uzalis‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, 520 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Language: English. ISBN 9782503589954.‎

‎Summary The subject of this publication is the treatise Aduersus Manichaeos, attributed to Evodius of Uzalis. Evodius was a friend and contemporary of Augustine of Hippo. The treatise Aduersus Manichaeos is an important source on the North African Catholic church and its polemics against the Manichaeans. Although the treatise is strongly influenced by the anti-Manichaean writings of Augustine of Hippo, it also offers much original and likely authentic information on the Manichaean movement. Thus far, however, no systematic study had been conducted on this anti-Manichaean treatise attributed to Evodius. As a result, some of its historical circumstances have been shrouded in mystery. The present volume reconstructs the circumstances in which Aduersus Manichaeos was written, and studies the treatise in relation to its fifth-century North African context. The study offers a literary, historical and theological analysis of Aduersus Manichaeos. The publication also complements the study of Aduersus Manichaeos with a new critical edition of the original Latin text, with a facing English translation.‎

Bookseller reference : 65437

‎A W Hamilton‎

‎Malay Made Easy‎

‎Australasian Publishing Co 1944. The new and enlarged 1944 edition of the beginner's guide to Malay.122pp. Marking to covers otherwise a clean solid copy. Hard Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Australasian Publishing Co Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 055082

‎A. B. Mulder-Bakker (ed.);‎

‎Living Saints of the Thirteenth Century The Lives of Yvette, Anchoress of Huy; Juliana of Cornillon, Author of the Corpus Christi Feast; and Margaret the Lame, Anchoress of Magdeburg,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2012 Hardback, IX+416 p., 156 x 234 mm. ISBN 9782503520773.‎

‎This volume presents translations, with accompanying introductions, of the Lives of three thirteenth-century figures: Yvette of Huy, Margaret the Lame of Magdeburg, and the anchoress Juliana of Cornillon. This volume presents the Lives of three women of the thirteenth century, all written by contemporaries. In the late Middle Ages, almost every town in Northern Europe had its own anchoress, who would keep in touch with the citizens through a window looking onto the churchyard or through a door and window looking into the church (as shown in the cover illustration). Such women, along with the beguines, Cistercian nuns and monks, reform-minded clergy, and devout laywomen, formed what Barbara Newman has termed 'close-knit networks of spiritual friendship that easily crossed the boundaries of gender, religious status, and even language'. This volume presents the lives of two recluses, Yvette of Huy, whose life was recorded by her spiritual friend, the Premonstratensian Hugh of Floreffe, and Margaret the Lame of Magdeburg, whose lessons were recorded by her confessor, the Dominican John of Magdeburg (introduced and translated by Jo Ann McNamara, and Gertrud Jaron Lewis and Tilman Lewis respectively). The anchoress Eve of Saint-Martin was an author herself. Her memoir in French on her friend Juliana's and her own labour for the new Feast of Corpus Christi forms the basis of the Latin Life of Juliana of Cornillon (introduced and translated by Barbara Newman). Languages : English, Latin.‎

Bookseller reference : 40041

‎A. B. Mulder-Bakker (ed.);‎

‎Seeing and Knowing Women and Learning in Medieval Europe, 1200-1550,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2004 Hardback, X+205 p., 1 b/w ill., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503514482.‎

‎The studies within this volume apply insights gained from gender studies to re-consider the way knowledge and learning was transmitted in medieval Europe 1200-1550. Traditional scholarship has largely concentrated on the clerical and academic context of conventional learning. It tended to focus on the contents and methods of formal education, as well as on a small group of educational institutions from which women were excluded. In this volume, authors consider how learning was transmitted outside the schools, in particular within women's communities. They raise a range of questions: how was knowledge transmitted in an oral context, what varieties of knowledge were available to communities of women? What kinds of learning are characteristic of such communities? What techniques did women develop to preserve and transmit their knowledge and how was it valorized both within their communities, and by 'authoritative' outsiders? Under what circumstances could women themselves gain authority in passing on knowledge to a wider audience? Languages : English.‎

Bookseller reference : 40033

‎A. Bardoux‎

‎LA JEUNESSE DE LA FAYETTE AND LES DERNIERS ANNESS DE LA FAYETTE - 2 VOL. SET‎

‎Paris: Calmann Levy Editeur 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9 in. Half red morocco with marbled paper boards. Raised spine bands gilt upper text block marbled endpapers. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean with mild shelf wear spines darkened. No cracks joints very good bindings tight. Text bright and unmarked. Text in French. Stax. <br/><br/> Calmann Levy, Editeur hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 39852

‎A. Barratt;‎

‎Knowing of Woman's Kind in Childing A Middle English Trotula-Text,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2002 Hardback, XII+169 p., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503510736.‎

‎This study comprises a critical edition, using all the five extant MSS, of the most popular of the Middle English gynaecological texts deriving from the Latin Trotula-text. This study comprises a critical edition, using all the five extant MSS, of the most popular of the Middle English gynaecological texts deriving from the Latin Trotula-text. The Knowing of Women's Kind in Childing is a short fifteenth-century prose treatise which claims to be translated from Latin texts (or Latin and French, according to some manuscripts) that derive ultimately from the Greek. It has a unique importance as it was written by a woman, for a female audience, and on the subject of women. The text considers women's physical constitution, what makes them different from men (primarily the possession of a womb) and, in particular, the three types of problem that the womb causes. That it was written for a female audience is made explicit in the Prologue where the writer explains that he has translated this text out of French and Latin into English because literate women are more likely to read English than any other language and can then pass on the information it contains to illiterate women. More controversial must be the claim that this text was written by a woman. The text is a translation, no doubt by a man, but one of his ultimate sources was a text attributed to 'Trotula', in the Middle Ages believed to be the name of a midwife or gynaecologist from Salerno, who wrote extensively on women's ailments, childbirth and beauty care. Recent work shows that such a woman, probably named Trota, did exist and that she did write a gynaecological treatise, the Trotula or 'little Trota', which became closely associated with two other texts not by her. All three however became very popular and were widely disseminated under her name. Large sections of The Knowing of Woman's Kind come, via an Old French translation, from a version of the Liber de Sinthomatibus Mulierum (the Cum auctor), the first element in this Trotula ensemble. Languages : English.‎

Bookseller reference : 40026

‎A. Berteloot, G. Claassens, W. Kuiper (eds.);‎

‎Petrus Naghel Gulden Legende De Middelnederlandse vertaling van de 'Legenda aurea' door Petrus Naghel, uitgegeven naar handschrift Brussel, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 15140. Deel I.‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2012 Hardback, 411 pages ., 156 x 234 mm. *volume 1 only ISBN 9782503544618.‎

‎The importance of the Legenda aurea for the Late Middle Ages can hardly be overestimated, as witness the impressive manuscript tradition of the original Latin text as well the different vernacular versions. This huge hagiographic collection, organised per circulum anni, can be considered as a compendium of the medieval religious worldview: it offers insights into the (deuterocanonic) tradition of the New Testament, the lives and deaths of the most important saints, the history of the church of Rome, and it can be read as a catechism in narrative form. But the Legenda aurea is also a treasure-trove of stories, motifs and themes splendidly reflecting medieval mentality in its entirety. The influence of the Legenda aurea on literature and iconography is so far-reaching, that the book is an indispensable aid for the 'reading' of countless medieval texts, paintings and sculptures. The text was translated several times into Middle Dutch and of the first southern Dutch translation (ca. 1357), made by Petrus Naghel (? 1395) in the Charterhouse of Herne, a modern edition is now available. This edition of the Gulden legende - the second volume of a set of two - contains the legends of Pope Urban to the Feast of Church Dedication, and carries a concise introduction. The first volume of the set will appear in print in 2013; it contains the remaining legends and an expansive introduction comprising an introduction of text and translator, a description of the manuscript used for the edition, a statement of editorial policy and indices of names. Het belang van de Legenda aurea in de late Middeleeuwen kan moeilijk overschat worden, getuige de indrukwekkende handschriftelijke overlevering van zowel de oorspronkelijke Latijnse tekst als van de verschillende volkstalige versies. Deze omvangrijke hagiografische verzameling, georganiseerd per circulum anni, kan beschouwd worden als een compendium van het middeleeuwse religieuze wereldbeeld: het biedt inzicht in de (deuterocanonieke) traditie van het Nieuwe Testament, het leven en sterven van de belangrijkste heiligen, de geschiedenis van de Kerk van Rome en het kan gelezen worden als een catechismus in narratieve vorm. Maar de Legenda aurea is ook een schatkamer van verhalen, motieven en themata waarin de gehele middeleeuwse mentaliteit een schitterende weerspiegeling vindt. De invloed van de Legenda aurea op de literatuur en de beeldende kunsten is zo verregaand dat het boek een onmisbaar hulpmiddel is voor het ?lezen? van talloze middeleeuwse teksten, schilderijen en sculpturen. De tekst werd meermaals in het Middelnederlands vertaald en van de eerste, Zuidnederlandse vertaling, rond 1357 vervaardigd door de Hernse kartuizer Petrus Naghel (?1395) is nu een kritische uitgave beschikbaar. Deze editie van de Gulden legende - het tweede deel van wat een tweedelige uitgave wordt - bevat de legenden van paus Urbanus tot en met Kerkwijding, en wordt voorafgegaan door een beknopte inleiding. Het eerste deel zal volgens plan in 2013 verschijnen en de resterende legenden bevatten, maar ook een uitvoerige inleiding met, onder andere, een introductie van tekst en vertaler, een beschrijving van het gebruikte basishandschrift, editieprincipes en indices op namen. Languages : Dutch, Middle Dutch.‎

Bookseller reference : 62770

‎A. Bisogno;‎

‎metodo carolingio Identita culturale e dibattito teologico nel secolo nono,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2009 Paperback, II+428 p., 2 colour ill., 16 x 24. ISBN 9782503528625.‎

‎Lo stretto nodo che congiunge il progressivo formarsi dell'identita culturale all'evoluzione dinamica del sapere in eta carolingia viene evidenzato in questo studio mediante una serrata analisi critica e storiografica delle diverse opere di argomento teologico scritte dai pensatori che furono piu coinvolti nei dibattiti sull'ortodossia cristiana tra i primi anni di regno di Carlo Magno (dal 780 in poi) e la seconda meta del secolo IX. La lettura, il commento e l'esegesi dei testi che documentano tali discussioni consentono l'accesso piu efficace e sostanziale all'evoluzione della teologia carolingia, che trovo proprio nel confronto con tesi ritenute eterodosse la spinta a chiarire i temi piu delicati della dottrina cristiana. Da Beato di Libana, Alcuino e Rabano Mauro, fino a Ratramno di Corbie e Giovanni Scoto Eriugena, gli intellettuali carolingi si impegnarono nel comporre opere tendenzialmente ispirate dalla volonta di confutare argomentazioni estranee all'ortodossia e di specificare dottrine non ancora stabilmente definite. Il patrimonio patristico, la lettura assidua e consapevole delle Scritture e lo studio delle artes profane, tutti elementi che si ponevano alla base della loro formazione sapienziale, vennero cosi rielaborati in una comune identita teologica: in essa prese forma e concretezza la stessa ossatura culturale della nuova entita civile che con gli strumenti della politica, dell'azione militare e del controllo economico si andava creando e consolidando nell'Occidente latino in quegli stessi anni. Le fasi piu intense del complesso quadro di dibattiti ricostruito nel presente volume evidenziano il duplice ruolo rivestito in eta carolingia dalla discussione su temi teologici: funzionale a contenere e delimitare deviazioni dalla ortodossia di autori contemporanei, e, al contempo, utile ad una progressiva definizione della dottrina e dell'identita culturale del nuovo impero barbaro-cristiano. Languages : Italian.‎

Bookseller reference : 40426

‎A. BORJAKOV.‎

‎Türk dillerinin gunorta-gunbatar togarinda isligic buyruk formasi.‎

‎Very Good Turkmen Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkmen (Cyrillic script). 123, [5] p. Türk dillerinin gunorta-gunbatar togarinda isligic buyruk formasi. ISBN: 5833801831.‎

‎A. Buckley, D. Billy (eds.);‎

‎Etudes de langue et de litterature medievales offertes a Peter T. Ricketts a l'occasion de son 70eme anniversaire,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2005 Paperback, XIV+744 p., 156 x 234 mm. ISBN 9782503516400.‎

‎Peter T. Ricketts, Honorary Professor of French at the University of Birmingham, and Emeritus Professor at Queen Mary and Westfield, University of London, has led a long and distinguished career in the field of Romance Philology, and in Occitan studies in particular. In addition to his leading role in the Association Internationale d'Etudes Occitanes (AIEO), he has devoted many years in the service of Occitan Studies. Peter T. Ricketts is perhaps especially noted for an in-progress edition (with Cyril P. Hershon) of the Breviari d'Amor by Matfre Ermengaud, and for the Concordance of Medieval Occitan (CMO), a vast database the aim of which is to document the entire corpus of medieval Occitan texts and to make them available in electronic format as an active and exhaustive working tool for all scholars in the field. The first tranche of this project, on the poetry of the troubadours (Brepols 2001), has already been received with wide critical acclaim. The present publication includes articles by 63 specialists in fields as wide-ranging as history, literature, linguistics, philology, musicology, metrics and philosophy, addressing sources and topics from a variety of provenances in Old French and Old Occitan, as also in Medieval Latin, Castilian, Catalan, Middle High German, Hispano-Arabic, and Hebrew. It is divided into two major sections. The first is concerned with narrative texts: romance, epic, and religious literature; the second with the poetry of the troubadours: firstly their lyric legacy, its sources and influences, the vidas which accompany their transmission, the troubadours themselves, but also instances of their non-lyric output such as proverbs and ensenhamens. Also among the articles are editions of texts, some hitherto unpublished. Taken together, this collection represents a very broad panorama of current research, and offers a major contribution to the advancement of Medieval Studies. " Honorary Professor " de Francais a l'Universite de Birmingham, et Professeur Emerite a Queen Mary and Westfield, Universite de Londres, Peter T. Ricketts a mene une carriere longue et remarquable dans le domaine de la Philologie Romane, et dans les etudes occitanes en particulier. Outre son role majeur dans l'animation de l'Association Internationale d'Etudes Occitanes (AIEO), Peter T. Ricketts a consacre de nombreuses annees aux etudes occitanes. Son ?uvre est plus specialement marquee par l'edition encore inachevee (avec Cyril P. Hershon) du Breviari d'Amor de Matfre Ermengaud, et l'elaboration de la Concordance de l'Occitan Medieval (COM), vaste banque de donnees appelee a terme a couvrir l'ensemble des textes occitans du moyen age et mettant a la disposition des chercheurs un outil de travail exhaustif et performant. La publication de la premiere tranche consacree a la poesie des troubadours (Brepols 2001) a deja recueilli un accueil tres favorable de la critique. Le present recueil de Melanges reunit les travaux de 63 specialistes de la litterature medievale, dans des domaines aussi varies que l'histoire, la litterature, la linguistique, la philologie, la musicologie, la metrique ou la philosophie, explorant des materiaux et des sources de diverses provenances, en ancien francais et en ancien occitan, mais aussi en latin medieval, castillan, catalan, moyen-haut-allemand, hispano-arabe, hebreux. L'ouvrage est divise en deux sections principales, la premiere etant consacree aux textes non lyriques : roman, epopee et litterature religieuse, la seconde a la poesie des troubadours, soit naturellement a leur production lyrique, a ses sources et son influence, aux vidas qui accompagnent leur transmission, aux troubadours eux-memes, mais aussi a leur production non lyrique tels que textes proverbiaux et ensenhamens. Ces Melanges incluent egalement quelques editions de textes, quelquefois inedits. Leur ensemble constitue un panorama tres complet des recherches actuelles, avec des avancees capitale dans le domaine des etudes medievales. Languages : French, Occitan.‎

Bookseller reference : 39865

‎A. Claridge, I. Herklotz;‎

‎Classical Manuscript Illustrations,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2012 Hardback, 424 p., 46 b/w ill. + 224 colour ill., 22 x 28,5. FINE ISBN 9781905375769.‎

‎The Paper Museum ('Museo Cartaceo') is a collection of some 10,000 drawings and prints assembled during the seventeenth century by the Roman patron and collector, Cassiano dal Pozzo, and his younger brother, Carlo Antonio. It represents one of the most significant attempts before the age of photography to embrace human knowledge in visual form, documenting ancient art and culture, architecture and topography, natural history and social customs. The 160 drawings catalogued in this volume are derived from five ancient manuscripts: the famous Vatican Vergil, the so-called 'Roman' Vergil, the Vatican Terence, and the less well-known Palatine Agrimensores, all in the Vatican Library, and from a fifth codex, now lost, known as the Chronography or Calendar of the year 354. The bulk of the drawings were copied for Cassiano between 1632 and 1634 for the purpose of studying both the characters depicted and the allied evidence of ancient costume and artefacts. By the later seventeenth century, when Pietro Santi Bartoli executed the last group of drawings in the present volume for Carlo Antonio, manuscript illustrations had come to be cherished as much for their rarity as examples of ancient painting as for their documentary value. Introductory essays provide an overview of the dal Pozzo commissions, the manuscripts and their history down to Cassiano's day, as well as their study in the wider context of classical scholarship through to the eighteenth century. All the drawings are reproduced in colour at full page, with accompanying descriptions of the subjects or relevant ancient verses in modern translation and brief commentaries. Languages : English.‎

Bookseller reference : 40473

‎A. Dandouau‎

‎GEOGRAPHIE DE MADAGASCAR‎

‎Paris: Emile Larose 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 6 x 10 in. Has two large fold-out maps. Bound on Madagascar with calf and some kind of local bark. Condition is GOOD ; spine calf is gone. Binding solid and fold-out maps very good. Text a bit toned. Signed by Dandouau on the title pg. Text in French. Stax. <br/><br/> Emile Larose hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 40078

‎A. Di Paolo Healey, J. Holland, D. Haines, D. McDougall, I. McDougall;‎

‎Dictionary of Old English, Fasc. G,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2009 Microfiche, XVI p., + 35 microfiches, 135 x 215 mm. ISBN 9780888449313.‎

‎Languages : English, Old English.‎

Bookseller reference : 37415

‎A. Geffroy‎

‎Gustav III och Franska Hofvet‎

‎Upsala 1864. Hardcover in three-quarter blue cloth over marbled boards binding not contemporary. Heavy rubbing to boards some rubbing to cloth at extremities; interior is clean and just faintly toned. Text in Swedish. We ship daily. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes not envelopes. A gift card and personalized message can be included upon request. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Upsala Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 626581

‎A. H.‎

‎Heilige Statten Geographische Schilderungen Zur Biblischen Geschichte‎

‎Reading: Pilger 1889. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Uncommon 2nd edn illustrated view of the Holy Land sprache: German stamped from the Carl Schurz Foundation library 182pps VG. Pilger Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 105230

‎A. Hindley (ed.);‎

‎Drama and Community People and Plays in Medieval Europe,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 1999 Hardback, XX+294 p., incl. 8 ills., 1 plan and 2 tables, 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503507675.‎

‎This collection of essays examines various aspects of the inter-relation between a number of different medieval 'European communities' and the plays they performed. There has been a marked revival of interest in medieval drama in recent years, much of it informed by an increasing understanding that drama is not just literature, but a social and indeed commercial event, essentially a communal effort, inextricably bound up with social structures. This collection of essays examines various aspects of the inter-relation between a number of different 'European communities' and the plays they performed, covering a range of theatres and play-types, and providing an international perspective on performance cultures across Europe. Contributors include Alan Hindley, Introduction; Lynette Muir, 'European communities and medieval drama'; Graham A. Runnalls, 'Drama and community in late medieval Paris'; Robert L.A. Clark, 'Community versus subject in late medieval French confraternity drama and ritual'; Frederick W. Langley, 'Community drama and community politics in thirteenth-century Arras: Adam de la Halle's Jeu de la Feuillee'; Alan Hindley, 'Acting companies in late medieval France: Triboulet and his troupe'; Alan E. Knight, 'Processional theatre and the rituals of social unity in Lille'; Wim Husken, 'Cornelis Everaert and the community of late medieval Bruges'; Elsa Strietman, 'A tale of two cities: drama and community in the Low Countries'; John Tailby, 'Drama and community in South Tyrol'; Konrad Schoell, 'Individual and social affiliation in the Nuremberg Shrovetide Plays'; Alan J. Fletcher, 'Performing medieval Irish communities'; Pamela M. King, 'Contemporary cultural models for the trial plays in the York Cycle'; Chris Humphrey, 'Festive drama and community politics in late medieval Coventry'; Philip Butterworth, 'Prompting in full view of the audience: a medieval staging convention'; Alexandra F. Johnston, 'English community drama in crisis: 1535-80'; Jane Oakshott, 'York Guilds' Mystery Plays 1998: the rebuilding of dramatic community'. Languages : English.‎

Bookseller reference : 39883

‎A. J. Ayer‎

‎The Concept of a Person and Other Essays‎

‎MacMillan London 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Size: 8vo - over 7.75 - 9.75" tall. viii 272pp. Binding firm. Dust jacket slightly marked worn and creased. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges slightly marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Philosophy; Language & Linguistics. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 21297. . MacMillan hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 21297

‎A. M. Silvas;‎

‎Macrina the Younger Philosopher of God,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2008 Hardback, XIV+264 p., 1 b/w line art, 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503523903.‎

‎This book presents new translations and introductions to all sources related to the life of St Macrina the Younger (c. 327-379). This book presents St Macrina the Younger (c. 327-379), eldest sister of Ss Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. All the sources of Macrina's life are gathered together, translated afresh into English, and provided with up-to-date introductions and notes. Documents include: Testimonies of St Basil, St Gregory Nazianzen's epigrams on Macrina and her siblings; Gregory of Nyssa's letter 19 which appears in English for the first time; The Life of Macrina, a jewel of fourth-century Christian biography; and the dialogue On the Soul and Resurrection in which Macrina appears as the Teacher expounding Christian doctrine with reasoned argument. The introductory shows how Macrina gradually changed the family household of Annisa into the proto-monastic community that became model of the monasticism that has come down under Basil's name. A specially commissioned icon, a map of Central Anatolia, and a report of the author's expeditions to ancient Pontus are included. Languages : English, Greek.‎

Bookseller reference : 40042

‎A. M. Villon and P. Guichard‎

‎DICTIONNAIRE DE CHIME INDUSTRIELLE 2 VOL SET - COMPLETE‎

‎Paris: Bernard Tignol c. 1902. Hardcover. Good. 7 1/2 x 11 in. Not paginated. Quarter brown morocco with five raised bands and gilt on spine marbled paper boards. Vol 1 has intro by Guichard dated 1902 Vol 2 staes Guichard as the co-author. Condition of the books is GOOD ; edges worn with cardboard visible at corners. Vol 1 has a bowed front cover and detached but present title pg. Both have some wear and rubbing to marbled boards with rubbing to spine leather which is supple. Vol 2 the spine tail is quite worn with small tears. Both have excellent bindings tight and solid and clean text with age-yellowing Vol 2 has crack at inner front hinge that does not harm the solidity of the binding. PO's name on both ffeps text otherwise unmarked. Text in French. RGR. Paris: Bernard Tignol hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 12498

‎A. Mand;‎

‎Urban Carnival Festive Culture in the Hanseatic Cities of the Eastern Baltic, 1350-1550,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2005 Hardback, XXVI+374 p., 17 b/w ill., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503515212.‎

‎This is a significant new study of the festival culture of northern Europe in the later Middle Ages: more specifically of the German-speaking communities of the great cities of the eastern Baltic littoral in what was then called Livonia, corresponding roughly to the territories of present-day Estonia and Latvia. While subject to a degree of Scandinavian influence, the festival culture of Livonian cities such as Riga, Reval (Tallinn), and Dorpat (Tartu), which were members of the Hanseatic League, substantially overlapped with that of other German-speaking areas, not least the Hanseatic cities of northern Germany. The major part of the book is devoted to the main annual festivals of the merchants' guilds: Christmas, Carnival, the popinjay shoot, and the May Count celebrations. There follows an analysis of specific aspects of the festivals: spatial contexts, finances, food and drink, entertainments (dances, jousts, games), customs and rituals. There is also a concluding glance at changes in festival culture after the Reformation. The study combines close scrutiny of local customs (made possible by the almost miraculous survival of uniquely detailed documentation), contextualization within the wider comparative context of festival culture in late-medieval Europe, and an alterness to significant recent scholarship in both English and German. Languages : English.‎

Bookseller reference : 39897