The early medieval Vulgate Bible had no fixed textual form - multiple copying resulted in a multitude of forms. Examination of the complex patterns of variation may illuminate important aspects of monastic, ecclesiastical and intellectual history. This book is the first to tackl…
Review text: "Die stets sorgfältig abgewogenen Urteile von S. tragen das Ihre dazu bei, dem Buch Vorbildcharakter zuzuweisen. Auch aus allgemeinhistorischer Sicht kann die Lektüre daher nur nachdrücklich empfohlen werden."Andrea Jördens in: Gnomon 8/2009.
The undertaken work about the archive of letters from familiy-members and friends of Claudius Tiberianus, soon a speculator, a kind of secret-service man, and later a veteran of the Roman army, gives an inside vision of the social and economic life in 2nd century A.D. Egypt. All…
"This book discusses eight critical issues in the history of Latin and Arabic alchemy and chemistry, which are currently accepted without concrete evidence, and are based mainly on conjecture. The essays in the book are based on extensive research into Arabic manuscripts and Lat…
"This book discusses eight critical issues in the history of Latin and Arabic alchemy and chemistry, which are currently accepted without concrete evidence, and are based mainly on conjecture. The essays in the book are based on extensive research into Arabic manuscripts and Lat…
This work, by the greatest living authority on medieval palaeography, offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date account in any language of the history of Latin script. It also contains a detailed account of the role of the book in cultural history from antiquity to the Renais…
This work, by the greatest living authority on medieval palaeography, offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date account in any language of the history of Latin script. It also contains a detailed account of the role of the book in cultural history from antiquity to the Renais…