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Baciccio's Beata Ludovica Albertoni Distributing Alms, Karen J. Lloyd
Baciccio's Beata Ludovica Albertoni Distributing Alms, Karen J. Lloyd
Art Faculty Articles and Research
This article focuses on the artistic relationship between Baciccio and Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
John Chrysostom, Maruthas And Christian Evangelism In Sasanian Iran, Walter Stevenson
John Chrysostom, Maruthas And Christian Evangelism In Sasanian Iran, Walter Stevenson
Classical Studies Faculty Publications
Neither John Chrysostom’s efforts to evangelize in Sasanid Persia nor the conflict fought between Rome and Persia in 421 have drawn a great deal of attention.1 So this paper will attempt to navigate the 20 years from John’s initial efforts up to the outbreak of the war without much modern support. Beginning from a series of clues in ancient sources I will try to gather apparently unrelated narratives into a story of how John inadvertently contributed to the even that Kenneth Holum called ‘Pulcheria’s Crusade’. Not that this war earned any of the historical significance of the later crusades. …
Summary Report For The 2010 Season, Mark Schuler
Summary Report For The 2010 Season, Mark Schuler
Excavation Reports
In 2010, excavation work concentrated on the area east of the domus of the North-East Church between Cardo 3 North and Cardo 4 North. This area may be the remains of a palatial home of a prominent citizen of the city. If our hypothesis holds true, the house would be some 375 m2 plus a garden to the north.1 In addition to the architecture revealed in 2010, small finds raise interesting questions about the use of the area and about the religious life of the community in the Byzantine period. This report will detail work done in three areas and …
Revealing Iberian Woodcraft: Conserved Wooden Artefacts From South-East Spain, Pablo Rosser
Revealing Iberian Woodcraft: Conserved Wooden Artefacts From South-East Spain, Pablo Rosser
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Yolanda Carrion & Pablo Rosser Six wells at Tossal de les Basses in Spain captured a large assemblage of Iberian woodworking debris. The authors’ analysis distinguishes a wide variety of boxes, handles, staves, pegs and joinery made in different and appropriate types of wood, some – like cypress – imported from some distance away. We have here a glimpse of a sophisticated and little known industry of the fourth century BC.