The Invention of Saintliness
The Invention of Saintliness

Author: Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-08-29

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1134498659

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Interest in late antique saints is growing Takes an approach which combines historical and literary studies - will appeal cross disciplines to both groups, as well as appealing to scholars of religion International range of eminent contributors

From Latin to Portuguese
From Latin to Portuguese

Author: Edwin B. Williams

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1512808954

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Widely recognized as the standard work in its field, this volume traces in systematic form the history of the development of the sounds and forms of the Portuguese language from its Latin beginnings. Based upon years of research and painstaking consideration of all the significant publications on the subject, it clarifies a great deal that has been obscure in the transition from Latin to Old Portuguese, to modern Portuguese, and to Brazilian Portuguese. It also helps resolve many of the complex problems of Spanish and general Romance philology. For the second edition of From Latin to Portuguese, the author, Edwin B. Williams, has made substantial additions and revisions, has brought the bibliography up to date, and has utilized the latest research to reevaluate and confirm his original conclusions. In the light of these adjustments and the new material made available by Williams, this extraordinary synthesis must be classified as an indispensable handbook for the student and scholar working in the areas of Portuguese, Hispanic, and Romance philology.

The Tradition of the Image of Edessa
The Tradition of the Image of Edessa

Author: Mark Guscin

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2016-02-08

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1443888753

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The Image of Edessa was an image of Christ, which, according to tradition, was of miraculous origin. It was taken from Edessa to Constantinople in 944, and disappeared from known history in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. It generated, however, a vast amount of literature and hundreds of copies in churches all over the Byzantine world. This book is a study of the literature, paintings, icons and other aspects related to the Image of Edessa. It examines how it was used as a tool to express Christ’s humanity and for various other purposes, and how some of the related literature became completely decontextualised and used as a magical charm, especially in the West.

From Linguistics to Literature
From Linguistics to Literature

Author: Bernard H. Bichakjian

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 9027220077

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Francis M. Rogers, to whom the current volume is in honor of, may be a modest man in principle, but not in his academic pursuits. To call his interests broad in scope is no exaggeration as they cover the fields of linguistics, literature, philology, bibliography, travel narratives and celestial navigation, which is nicely reflected in this volume. Part I concerns general and Luso-Brazilian linguistics (Bernard H. Bichakjian, John B. Jensen, Anthony J. Naro, Joseph M. Piel, Cléa Rameh); Part II Medieval studies: Sheila R. Ackerlind, Donald Stone Jr., Paolo Valesio, Joan B. Williamson; Part III Luso-Brazilian literature (Memória de Lázaro, Frederick C.H. Garcia, David T. Haberly, Jane M. Malinoff, Noami Hoki Moniz, Maria Luisa Nunes, Noêl W. Ortega, Raymond S. Sayers, Nelson H. Vieira); and Part IV on travel literature (Mary M. Rowan, Charity Cannon Willard). This volume also contains a complete bibliography of the writings of Francis M. Rogers.

The formation and evolution of the French nasal vowels
The formation and evolution of the French nasal vowels

Author: Bernard L. Rochet

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2015-08-31

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 3111328287

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Die Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie zählen zu den renommiertesten Fachpublikationen der Romanistik. Sie pflegen ein gesamtromanisches Profil, das neben den Nationalsprachen auch die weniger im Fokus stehenden romanischen Sprachen mit einschließt. In der Reihe erscheinen ausgewählte Monographien und Sammelbände zur Sprachwissenschaft in ihrer ganzen Breite, zur mediävistischen Literaturwissenschaft und zur Editionsphilologie.