Mosaics as history : the Near East from late antiquity to Islam / G.W. Bowersock.

Main entry:

Bowersock, G. W. (Glen Warren), 1936-

Title & Author:

Mosaics as history : the Near East from late antiquity to Islam / G.W. Bowersock.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006.

Description:

vi, 146 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 22 cm.

Series:

Revealing antiquity ; 16

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-133) and index.
Maps -- Myths -- Cities -- Iconoclasms -- Contexts.

Summary:

"Over the past century, exploration and serendipity have uncovered mosaic after mosaic in the Near East--maps, historical images, mythical figures, and religious scenes that constitute an immense treasure of new testimony from antiquity. The stories these mosaics tell unfold in this brief, richly informed book by a preeminent scholar of the classical world."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0674022920 (alk. paper)
9780674022928 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Mosaics, Ancient Middle East.
Mosaïque antique Moyen-Orient.
Antiquities.
Mosaics, Ancient.
Mosaik
Mosaik Naher Osten Geschichte Spätantike.
Mosaik Ikonographie Naher Osten Geschichte 0100-0800.
Middle East Antiquities.
Middle East History To 622.
Moyen-Orient Antiquités.
Moyen-Orient Histoire Jusqu'à 622.
Middle East.
Alter Orient
Naher Osten
Naher Osten Mosaik Geschichte 0100-0800.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Revealing antiquity ; 16.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 256845
Call No.: BIB 187281
Status: Available

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