| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 634 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
The medieval Mediterranean,
0928-5520 ;
v. 80
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Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 80.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-598) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; PART ONE SETTING THE SCENE; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Ancient and Early Christian Europe and Byzantium; PART TWO LOGISTICS AND FASHIONS; Chapter Three Quarrying, Transport and Preparation of Marble in the Middle Ages; Chapter Four Looted and Trophy Marble; Chapter Five The Marble Hit Parade: Marble Members by Type and Destination; PART THREE SURVEYS OF THE ISLAMIC AND CHRISTIAN WORLDS; Chapter Six Byzantium; Chapter Seven Earlier Islam; Chapter Eight King, Pope, Emir and Caliph: Europe and the Islamic Building-Boom; Chapter Nine Italy and Sicily. |
| Summary |
A broad survey of the various structural and decorative uses of marble and antiquities throughout the Mediterranean during the Millennium following the Emperor Constantine. It argues that marble-rich sites and cities around this lake were linked at various times and in varying degrees by trade, pilgrimage, war and diplomacy. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Marble buildings -- Mediterranean Region.
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Marble buildings. |
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Mediterranean Region. |
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Architecture, Medieval -- Mediterranean Region.
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Architecture, Medieval. |
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Mediterranean Region -- Antiquities, Roman.
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Classical antiquities. |
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Marble -- Recycling -- Mediterranean Region.
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Marble. |
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Recycling (Waste, etc.) |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 500-1000 |
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Geschichte 1000-1500 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Greenhalgh, Michael. Marble past, monumental present. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 (DLC) 2008026654 (OCoLC)232656268 |
| ISBN |
9789047424147 (electronic book) |
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904742414X (electronic book) |
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9789004170834 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004170839 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004170834.i-634 |
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