1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788196203321

Autore

Wolf Nicholas M. <1978->

Titolo

An Irish-speaking island : state, religion, community, and the linguistic landscape in Ireland, 1770-1870 / / Nicholas M. Wolf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wisconsin ; ; London, England : , : The University of Wisconsin Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-299-30273-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (465 pages)

Collana

History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora

Disciplina

491.6/209033

Soggetti

Irish language - History - 18th century

Irish language - History - 19th century

Irish language - Social aspects - Ireland

Irish language - Political aspects - Ireland

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 and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778480603321

Autore

Perry George <b. 1771.>

Titolo

Perry's Arcana [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-31096-8

9786612310966

1-4399-0197-X

Edizione

[A facsimile ed. /]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (577 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PetitRichard E

Disciplina

590.22/2

Soggetti

Natural history illustration

Animals

Plants

Natural history illustrators - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in monthy installments, under the title Arcana, or, The museum of natural history. London : Printed by G. Smeeton for James Stratford. 1810-1811.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

From 1810 to 1811, the English stonemason and amateur naturalist George Perry published a lavishly illustrated magazine on natural history. The Arcana or Museum of Nature ran to 22 monthly parts, with 84 extraordinary hand-colored plates and over 300 text pages describing mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, mollusks, echinoderms, insects, trilobites and plants, alongside travelogues from far-off lands. It presented the first published illustration of the koala and many new genera and species, but astonishingly was then largely forgotten for nearly two hundred years. Perry's work was deliberat



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796328603321

Autore

Ginsburg Elliot K.

Titolo

The Sabbath in the classical Kabbalah / / Elliot K. Ginsburg [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, , 2008

ISBN

1-78694-984-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 341 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

296.4/1

Soggetti

Sabbath

Cabala - History

Judaism - Customs and practices

Jewish art and symbolism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Dec 2019).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-318) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Combining traditional textual analysis with more innovative anthropological approaches, Ginsburg makes an important contribution to the understanding of Jewish spirituality, myth, and ritual.