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Record Nr.

UNINA9910774786003321

Titolo

Ravenna and the traditions of late antique and early byzantine craftsmanship : labour, culture, and the economy / / Salvatore Cosentino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-11-068434-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 331 p.)

Collana

Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies ; ; 85

Disciplina

945.01

Soggetti

Architecture - Ravenna (Exarchate)

Handicraft - Ravenna (Exarchate) - History - To 1500

Ravenna (Exarchate) Buildings, structures, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Changing Geography of Artefact Production in the Late Antique and Early Byzantine Mediterranean -- 2 Late Antique Making and Wonder -- 3 The Structural Features of Ravenna’s Socioeconomic History in Late Antiquity -- 4 The Toilsome Journey of Marbles and Stones -- 5 Ivory Production: Commerce, Culture and Power -- 6 Bricks for Ravenna: Materials and the Construction of a Late Antique Imperial Residence -- 7 The Social Sphere of Writing: Manuscripts, Inscriptions and Papyri -- 8 Grave Goods and Burial Typologies: Funerary Customs in Ravenna -- 9 Ravenna, Classe and its Surroundings: Pottery as a Mirror of Everyday Life -- 10 Notes on the Production and Circulation of the Byzantine Ravennate Coinage -- 11 Concluding Remarks. One -- 12 Concluding Remarks. Two -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the last twenty years scholarship on late antique and early medieval Ravenna has resulted in a certain number of publications mainly focused on the fields of architecture, mosaics and archaeology. On the contrary, much less attention has been paid on labour – both manual and intellectual – as well as the structure of production and objects derived from manufacturing activities, despite the fact that Ravenna is



the place which preserves the highest number of historical evidence among all centres of the late Roman Mediterranean. Its cultural heritage is vast and composite, ranging from papyri to inscriptions, from ivories to marbles, as well as luxury objects, pottery, and coins. Starting from concrete typologies of hand-manufactured goods existing in the Ravennate milieu, the book aims at exploring the multifaceted traditions of late antique and early Byzantine handicraft from the fourth to the eighth century AD. Its perspective is to pay attention more on patronage, social taste, acculturation, workers and the economic industry of production which supported the demand, circulation and distribution of artefacts, than on the artistic evaluation of the objects themselves.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777957703321

Autore

Ferrell Lori Anne <1957->

Titolo

The Bible and the people [[electronic resource] /] / Lori Anne Ferrell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2008

ISBN

9786612352324

0-300-14261-7

1-282-35232-6

1-282-08850-5

9786612088506

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

220.5

Soggetti

RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The Bible and the people -- The eye of the beholder : the English Bible, c. 1066-1200 -- On the road and in the street : the English Bible, c. 1200-1500 -- The politics of translation : the Bible in English, c. 1500-1700 -- Missions and markets : the Bible in America, c. 1600-1800 -- On not understanding the Bible -- Extra-illustrating the Bible -- Traveling companion : the Bible in the nineteenth century



-- Old wine in new wineskins : the Bible in the twentieth century.

Sommario/riassunto

In the eleventh century, the Bible was available only in expensive and rare hand-copied manuscripts. Today, millions of people from all walks of life seek guidance, inspiration, entertainment, and answers from their own editions of the Bible. This illustrated book tells the story of what happened to the ancient set of writings we call the Bible during those thousand years. Anchoring the story in material evidence-hundreds of different translations and versions of the Bible-Lori Anne Ferrell discusses how the Bible has been endlessly retailored to meet the changing needs of religion, politics, and the reading public while retaining its special status as a sacred text. Focusing on the English-speaking world, The Bible and the People charts the extraordinary voyage of the Bible from manuscript Bibles to the Gutenberg volumes, Bibles commissioned by kings and queens, the Eliot Indian Bible, salesmen's door-to-door Bibles, children's Bibles, Gideon Bibles, teen magazine Bibles, and more. Ferrell discusses the Bible's profound impact on readers over the centuries, and, in turn, the mark those readers made upon it. Enjoyable and informative, this book takes a fresh look at the fascinating and little-recognized connections among Christian, political, and book history.