Sasanian Cities Historical and Archaeological Perspectives by Meysam Labbaf-haniky

“…The Sasanian cities, presenting the complicated form of the cities during the late antiquity, have been investigated by Reza Mehrafarin in the book entitled ‘Sasanian Cities’. …”
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Les agglomérations de la province de Lyonnaise Troisième (Bretagne et Pays de la Loire) : entre abandon, perduration et nouvelles créations (iiie-vie s. apr. J.-C.) by Martial Monteil

“…The question of the future of the urban network during Late Antiquity is discussed here, identifying the gaps regarding the documentation. …”
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Les procès d’animaux en Lorraine (XIVe-XVIIIe siècles) by Laurent Litzenburger

“…This is part of the long-term revival of antiquity to the humanist tought and the emergence of the Enlightenment. …”
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Les sceaux des abbés et du convent de la Trinité de Fécamp, XIIe-début du XIVe siècle by Michaël Bloche

“…The seals of the Abbots and the convent of the Trinity of Fécamp, interesting from many points of view, in particular certain "contre-sceaux" derived from reused engraved gemstones from antiquity, have never been the subject of any long term study. …”
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The Rape of Lucretia, premier « opéra anglais » de Britten ?  by Gilles Couderc

“…As Britten’s first chamber opera and the only one that retells a story from Roman Antiquity it stands apart in the Britten canon. But the collaboration of designer John Piper for the scenery and of Ronald Duncan for the libretto, the resort to dramatic verse, the borrowings from Blake, Donne and Shakespeare, as well as the musical references to English oratorio and Purcell and to Britten’s own personal questioning contribute to making it Britten’s first “English opera”.…”
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Ulysse à la dérive : de déviations en faux-fuyants, un itinéraire élisabéthain by Charlotte Coffin

“…From Antiquity onwards, the Ulysses myth has been subject to contradictory interpretations, depending on whether his cunning intelligence is seen to indicate wisdom or deceitfulness, and whether the stress is laid on the Greek’s sly speeches or on his painful travels. …”
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L’universalité de la sylloge épigraphique de Gaetano Marini (1742-1815) : le statut philologique des monogrammes du premier millénaire chrétien by Isabelle Mathian

“…In this article, the case of Christian monograms allows us to add a new aspect to his contribution to the knowledge to the imagery of Late Antiquity. Although they were unpublished, the four volumes of his Inscriptiones christianae latinæ et graecæ aevi milliarii see through the prism of epigraphy the nuances of a typological method whose innovations should be appreciated vis à vis a then emerging field of studies.…”
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L’eau, malin génie du jardin by Catherine Chomarat-Ruiz

“…For those who are interested in garden, water is often considered as a principle of life, while it holds an intrinsic death-dealing value, which can be identified in cosmogonies and literary works from Greek Antiquity until our time. This article aims to analyse this assimilation, and to point out that this ambivalence is present in gardens as source of inspiration and as component of landscape work. …”
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The Surgery of Celsus’ De Medicina by James W. Blatchford, III, MD

“…Celsus’ De Medicina (first century ce) is the first comprehensive treatise on medicine and surgery to survive from antiquity. Bridging the gap between the Hippocratic Corpus and the works of Galen, it documents the important advances in anatomy and surgery of the Alexandrian school during the Hellenistic era. …”
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وثائق لجنتى حفظ الاثار المصریة والآثار العربیة فى الفترة من 1881 م / 1956 : دراسة ارشیفیة دبلوماتیة by د. نهال یوسف حمدى

“…The study covered the topic in three aspects as follows The historical aspect: the topic was presented with a historical introductionto the Egyptian antiquities through the ages, and the role that the twocommittees played, explaining the origins, administrative dependence,competencies and financial resources of each. The archive side: An accurate inventory of the documents under discussionwas dealt with from two archival units, the House of Ministers and Ministers,and Abdeen documents. …”
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Obvious Achievements and Light Bites (review of the 4th volume of "Archaeology of the Volga-Urals") by Nikolai A. Krenke

“…The edition retains the discussion points, concerning the interpretation of sites, establishing the origin of influences, the direction of migrations, and the ethno-cultural affiliation of antiquities. The remarks relate to the use and understanding of archaeological terms and the presentation of radiocarbon dates in the publication.…”
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A Review of the Book: “Field Archaeology (Systematic Principals in Excavation) by Mohamad ghomrifatideh

“…This information is usually obtained from the archaeological fieldworks that are divided into two main categories: surface survey and excavation. Since all of the antiquities are endangered in one way or another, all surface evidence should be recorded carefully. …”
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Le portrait royal sculpté en médaillon en France aux xvie et xviie siècles : de François Ier à Louis XIV by Sarah Munoz

“…From Francis Ier to Louis XIV, this motif inspired by roman medals was used to glorify the image of the king, in the same way they celebrated emperors during Antiquity. The use of this type of royal portrait followed the French craze for heads in roundels, which adorned numerous 16th century buildings and 17th century tombs, yet these sculpted medallions outlived this architectural phase. …”
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Un réseau de sources : figures de l’araignée dans Madame Bovary et La Tentation de saint Antoine by Irene Zanot

“…An image that has crossed literature since Antiquity, the spider appears in Flaubert’s pages like a leitmotif that recurs in several scenes where it carries major meanings for the artist’s poetics. …”
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Svědectví „starých obrazů“: kulturní krajina ideální a reálná by Robert Šimůnek

“… Old maps and images – paintings, drawings, graphics, and, in recent centuries, old photographs and postcards – capture the space around us, the proverbial “stage of history”, and have been seen as lucrative antiques for ages. However, the beauty of the old original still has magic in the digital age because the appeal of the old “representations of the landscape” remains. …”
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The Doctrine of Natural Law as the Ideology of the Western Legal Tradition by E. Komleva

“…As the author demonstrates, natural law was inherently linked to the legal traditions of antiquity and the Middle Ages, shaping both the dominant historical type of legal thinking and the models of legal regulation implemented within the respective traditions for the behavior of participants in legal communication. …”
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Belt Mount Sets from the Shekshovo Medieval Burial Ground in the Suzdal Opolie by Irina E. Zaytseva

“…They are connected by their origin with the Saltovo antiquities. Probably, these finds mark the beginning of the use of the burial ground in the first half of the X century, although the greatest activity developed here in the middle of X–XII century.…”
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN CRYOSURGERY ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF TUMORS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT by V. V. Sokolov, D. V. Sokolov, L. V. Telegina, A. L. Nikolaev, A. P. Kirukhin, Yu. L. Kudryavtseva

“…The article presents the history of the development of the cryosurgery method from antiquity to the present day, materials of the clinical use of cryosurgery for endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of tumors of respiratory tract at the present stage, features of modern equipment for cryosurgery. …”
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Les statues de lions des églises romanes, des gardiens de pierre entre espace profane et espace sacré by Sylvain Chardonnet

“…In the Massif Central territories, many lions with funerary purposes can be found, at first without any direct link with architectural structures. Since antiquity these apotropaic statues have nonetheless been part of a sculpted decor whose codes have been repeated during the Middle Ages. …”
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Palaiologan renaissance painting in the Latin-occupied Aegean. Three icons from Hospitaller Leros by Kefala Konstantia

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