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Seals - Making and Marking Connections across the Medieval World : Making and Marking Connections across the Medieval World /
By placing medieval sealing practices in a global and comparative perspective, the essays gathered in this volume challenge the traditional understanding of seals as tools of closure and validation in use since the dawn of civilization. Far from being a universal technique, sealing is revealed as a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2019
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| Colección: | Medieval globe ;
v. 4. Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | By placing medieval sealing practices in a global and comparative perspective, the essays gathered in this volume challenge the traditional understanding of seals as tools of closure and validation in use since the dawn of civilization. Far from being a universal technique, sealing is revealed as a flexible idiom, selectively deployed to mediate entangled identities: the introduction of Buddhism in early medieval China; the Islamization of Sasanian and Byzantine cultures; even the advancement of diplomacy from northern Europe to Indonesia. |
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| Notas: | Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781641892575 |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |