Commemorating the dead [[electronic resource] ] : texts and artifacts in context : studies of Roman, Jewish, and Christian burials / / edited by Laurie Brink and Deborah Green ; with an introduction by Richard Saller
| Commemorating the dead [[electronic resource] ] : texts and artifacts in context : studies of Roman, Jewish, and Christian burials / / edited by Laurie Brink and Deborah Green ; with an introduction by Richard Saller |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
| Disciplina | 393/.10937 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BrinkLaurie <1961->
GreenDeborah A |
| Soggetto topico |
Burial
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Rome Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies Funeral rites and ceremonies Funeral service |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-99939-3
9786611999391 3-11-021157-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Archaeology and Artifacts -- Chapter 1. An Overview of the Intellectual History of Catacomb Archaeology -- Chapter 2. Housing the Dead: The Tomb as House in Roman Italy -- Chapter 3. Commemorating the Dead in the Communal Cemeteries of Carthage -- Ritual and Religious Rites -- Chapter 4. Dining with the Dead: From the Mensa to the Altar in Christian Late Antiquity -- Chapter 5. Sweet Spices in the Tomb: An Initial Study on the Use of Perfume in Jewish Burials -- Patronal Relations and Changes in Burial Practices -- Chapter 6. From Columbaria to Catacombs: Collective Burial in Pagan and Christian Rome -- Chapter 7. Roman and Christian Burial Practices and the Patronage of Women -- Envisioning Context and Meaning -- Chapter 8. From Endymion in Roman Domus to Jonah in Christian Catacombs: From Houses of the Living to Houses for the Dead. Iconography and Religion in Transition -- Chapter 9. Looking for Abercius: Reimagining Contexts of Interpretation of the "Earliest Christian Inscription" -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454639803321 |
| Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Commemorating the dead [[electronic resource] ] : texts and artifacts in context : studies of Roman, Jewish, and Christian burials / / edited by Laurie Brink and Deborah Green ; with an introduction by Richard Saller
| Commemorating the dead [[electronic resource] ] : texts and artifacts in context : studies of Roman, Jewish, and Christian burials / / edited by Laurie Brink and Deborah Green ; with an introduction by Richard Saller |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
| Disciplina | 393/.10937 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BrinkLaurie <1961->
GreenDeborah A |
| Soggetto topico |
Burial
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Rome Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies Funeral rites and ceremonies Funeral service |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Art (Early Christian, Jewish)
Burial |
| ISBN |
1-281-99939-3
9786611999391 3-11-021157-2 |
| Classificazione | 15.51 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Archaeology and Artifacts -- Chapter 1. An Overview of the Intellectual History of Catacomb Archaeology -- Chapter 2. Housing the Dead: The Tomb as House in Roman Italy -- Chapter 3. Commemorating the Dead in the Communal Cemeteries of Carthage -- Ritual and Religious Rites -- Chapter 4. Dining with the Dead: From the Mensa to the Altar in Christian Late Antiquity -- Chapter 5. Sweet Spices in the Tomb: An Initial Study on the Use of Perfume in Jewish Burials -- Patronal Relations and Changes in Burial Practices -- Chapter 6. From Columbaria to Catacombs: Collective Burial in Pagan and Christian Rome -- Chapter 7. Roman and Christian Burial Practices and the Patronage of Women -- Envisioning Context and Meaning -- Chapter 8. From Endymion in Roman Domus to Jonah in Christian Catacombs: From Houses of the Living to Houses for the Dead. Iconography and Religion in Transition -- Chapter 9. Looking for Abercius: Reimagining Contexts of Interpretation of the "Earliest Christian Inscription" -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782769403321 |
| Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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