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Mosaics as History: The Near East from Late Antiquity to Islam
by Bowersock, G.W
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Nea Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006. Hardcover. Nea Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Revealing Antiquity Series, #16. vii, 146 p.p. Bugundy cloth boards with gilt titling and device to front board. Dust jacket has light bumping to extremities, else fine. 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.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002829
- Title
- Mosaics as History: The Near East from Late Antiquity to Islam
- Author
- Bowersock, G.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Nea Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Mosaics, Antiquity, Near East, Islam, Religion, Religious Art, Art, G.W. Bowersock, History, Middle East, Myths, Mythology, Maps, Cities, Iconoclasms, Iconoclastic, Iconography, Ancient Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Art;
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