Search results for " Antiquity"
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De Praepositione: The Emerging of Donatus’s Thought on Syntax?
2020
The paper aims at investigating the syntax treatment in late Antiquity through the analysis of the description of prepositions within Donatus’s Artes. As far as an organic and dedicated description of syntax is concerned, the Roman tradition of grammatical studies in late Antiquity shows an overall gap. However, reflections on syntax emerge from the parts of speech descriptions made by grammarians. The ultimate purpose of this paper is to understand if, and to what extent, traces of emerging thought on syntax can be found in Donatus’s description of prepositions. These are regarded as a syntactic object of study by the modern linguistic theory. To that end, the paper focuses on the textual …
Note sull'embriologia nella tarda antichità e la prima età bizantina
2019
This paper deals with the outcomes of Galenism in Greek Late Antiquity and in the first period of the Byzantine era, considering particularly the rare but significant elements of novelty which are present in the rereading of the ancient tradition by John of Alexandria, in the Alexandrian Summaries of the Galenic Canon, and by Stephanus and Theophilus Protospatharius.
La necrópolis tardo-antigua del Tossal de les Basses (Alicante, España): tipología y primera aproximación interpretativa y cronológica
2015
Se presenta en este artículo un resumen del estudio pormenorizado que hemos realizado sobre una importante necrópolis tardo-antigua que, hoy por hoy y pese a su extensión y número total de individuos (cerca del millar), no puede vincularse con ningún núcleo urbano de importancia. Su desarrollo desde mediados del s. IV hasta la llegada de los musulmanes a inicios del s. VIII, y la aparición de un nuevo asentamiento y necrópolis alto-medieval en sus cercanías, hacen a esta necrópolis fundamental para entender la evolución de la zona con posterioridad a la desaparición en el s. III de la ciudad romana de Lucentum. Summary of detailed study we performed on a late ancient cementery were unable t…
Antigüedad clásica y cultura nobiliaria en la España de finales del siglo XVIII. Autores y ediciones greco-romanas en la biblioteca de José Alvarez d…
2019
This article analyzes the reception of the classical world in the Spanish nobiliary culture at the end of the 18th century. Our objective is materialized through the study of the Greco-Roman books present in the unpublished catalog of the library of José Álvarez de Toledo, 11th Marqués de villafranca. From the examination of the authors and the different editions conserved by the aristocrat, the work tries to examine the influence of the classical world and its actuality in the development of the most advanced nobiliary culture of eighteenth- century Spain.
Luminescence dating applied to Saint-Irénée’s church (Lyon, France)
2014
The aim of the study presented here is to propose a new view on the chronology of early medieval buildings in Europe and on the related building modes. If several studies have proved the efficiency of this multidisciplinary process, the case of St. Irenee’s church is very representative of the contributions of such an approach. This church is one of the oldest witnesses of the Christianization in Lyon, capital city of Gauls, and of its evolution under the aegis of Burgonds. However the small number of preserved remains of its early states has shown uncertainties in the interpretation of the chronology of the building use. There are two possibilities: is it the monument described by Gregory …
La tragedia española del Siglo de Oro en su contexto europeo: el canon trágico en Francia e Inglaterra
2017
Tragedy was born in Greece and was subsequently claimed and defended in Europe during the Renaissance and Baroque but, this being a gender as orthodox as changeable, it will be necessary to resort to a new reading of its components in order to adapt them to the reality of the Golden Age. Humanism promotes this recovery of the classical world and generates a significant literature on drama precepts that will not develop the same way in all European countries. While Italy and France opt for the acceptance and conversion of the ideas of Aristotle and Horace into style rules, Spain and England cannot fail to point out the dramatic dissonance between stage theory and practice, and, the aim of pl…
Rewriting antiquity, renewing Rome. The Identity of the Eternal City through Visual Art, Monumental Inscriptions and the Mirabilia
2011
AbstractDuring the eleventh and twelfth centuries the Church began a process of renovation (renovatio) and the city of Rome was given new meanings. Antiquity is part of the identity of the Eternal City; the reuse or reframing of aspects of antiquity inevitably transformed the image of Rome. Public spaces, architecture and objects were given new Christian readings. Inscriptions, present both in sacred and secular settings, played an important role. A similar rewriting can also be found in travel literature and descriptions of the city, such as in the Mirabilia urbis Rome, where ancient monuments were re-interpreted to demonstrate the superiority of Christianity. Inscriptions were used as sym…
Searching for Syntax in the Early Medieval Commentaries on Donatus
2023
This study aims at contributing to the reconstruction of the metalanguage and the specific terminology used by grammarians with reference to the reflection on syntax, as it emerges from the analysis of Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages grammar texts. The study focuses on the description of prepositions within the commentaries on Donatus’s Artes. Despite the overall lack of a systematic treatment of syntax within the Greek-Latin grammatical tradition, the description of specific partes orationis, e.g. praepositio, shows actually traces of a certain reflection on syntax. The metaterminology used by grammarians to describe the mutual relation between linguistic elements seems to go even bey…
Ephesian Imports in Cadiz: New Finds from Punta del Nao (La Caleta)
2017
Recientes prospecciones subacuáticas, llevadas a cabo en la zona de La Caleta de Cádiz entre 2008 y 2010, han sacado a la luz interesantes materiales relacionados con las distintas fases de la historia de la Bahía de Cádiz. Dentro del estudio general de dichos materiales, este artículo presenta unas pequeñas ánforas producidas en el hinterland de Éfeso, que constituyen las primeras nuestras conocidas hasta ahora de este tipo de importaciones en la ciudad de Cádiz. Dichas ánforas pueden considerarse un indicio representativo del comercio de larga distancia y del consumo de productos de alta gama por parte de las élites gaditanas durante el periodo imperial romano y la tardía Antigüedad. En r…
Eudocia Augusta: fra leggenda, politica e religione
2016
La complessa personalità di Eudocia emerge nelle fonti come figura emblematica ed al tempo stesso peculiare, in cui interagiscono le componenti politica, religiosa, culturale della sua epoca. La ricostruzione della sua vicenda biografica, in alcuni casi dagli intrecci romanzeschi, dal matrimonio con Teodosio II alla caduta in disgrazia e al ritiro in Terra santa, apre una prospettiva di lettura sull’età di Teodosio. Legami familiari e rapporti di amicizia con uomini di spicco della corte la inseriscono nella rete politica del palazzo, di cui infine cade vittima. La sua produzione letteraria riflette la commistione fra cultura classica e finalità pubbliche o religiose delle opere, segnando l…