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Ladder of shadows : reflecting on medieval vestige in Provence and Languedoc /
Bits of late Roman coinage, the mutilated torso of a marble Venus, blue debris from an early medieval glassworks, and the powder rasped from the reputed tomb of Mary Magdalene--these tantalizing mementos of human history found scattered throughout the landscape of southeastern France are the points...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
Ã2009.
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| Colección: | Ahmanson Foundation book in the humanities.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Bits of late Roman coinage, the mutilated torso of a marble Venus, blue debris from an early medieval glassworks, and the powder rasped from the reputed tomb of Mary Magdalene--these tantalizing mementos of human history found scattered throughout the landscape of southeastern France are the points of departure for Gustaf Sobin's lyrical narrative. A companion volume to his acclaimed Luminous Debris, Ladder of Shadows picks up where the former left off: with late antiquity, covering a period from roughly the third to the thirteenth century. Here Sobin offers brilliant readings of late Roman and. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 236 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0520253353 9780520253353 0520253345 9780520253346 9780520942417 0520942418 |