Analecta Gorgiana
Analecta Gorgiana is a collection of long essays and short monographs which are consistently cited by modern scholars but previously difficult to find because of their original appearance in obscure publications. Carefully selected by a team of scholars based on their relevance to modern scholarship, these essays can now be fully utilized by scholars and proudly owned by libraries.
Erbe christlicher Antike im Bildschmuck eines arabischen Evangelienbuches des 14. Jarhunderts
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 510
ISBN: 978-1-60724-989-4
In the present article, Anton Baumstark describes the decorative illustrations found in an Arabic gospel text of the fourteenth century and concludes that they represent antique artistic features that were preserved only in the Oriental manuscript tradition.
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Die syrische Anaphora der zwölf Apostel und ihre Paralleltexte
Edited with an Introduction by Hieronymus Engberding
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 505
ISBN: 978-1-60724-984-9
Hieronymus Engberding publishes here a comparison of the Syriac-Antiochene Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles with portions of the Marionite tradition of the Anaphora and the Greek liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, including parallel texts and concluding discussion.
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On Lepsius's Standard Alphabet
A Letter of Explanations from Prof. Lepsius
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 774
ISBN: 978-1-61143-152-0
Professor Lepsius’ goal in this article is to analyze the comments made in the article William Whitney wrote on his “Standard Alphabet” in 1861.
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The Early History of Pelagianism
By Anonymous
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 796
ISBN: 978-1-61143-174-2
The author presents the history of Pelagius and his position against original sin. He reviews the positions for and against the doctrine of original sin, concluding that original sin cannot be proven true.
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Shamanism in Siberia and European Russia
By V. M. Mikhailovskii; Translated by Oliver Wardrop
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 972
ISBN: 978-1-61143-905-2
This work presents a detailed first-hand account of shamanic songs, rituals, and healing and initiatory ceremonies from all over Siberia, arranged by tribe.
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Jacob of Serugh and His Influence on John of Dara as Exemplified by the Use of Two Verse-Homilies
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 1049
ISBN: 978-1-4632-0097-8
Some of John of Dara’s 9th century treatises survive in Codex 356 in Mardin, in which Jacob of Serugh is called “Jacob of Batnan”, “Jacob”, and titles of respect. This article describes Jacob’s significant influence, comparing two-verse homilies in detail.
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La Mas’alat al-kana’is de Ibn Taymiyya
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 1031
ISBN: 978-1-4632-0020-6
An extract from Collectanea Christiana Orientalia (2008)
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The Contested History of a Book
The German Bible of the Later Middle Ages and Reformation in Legend, Ideology, and Scholarship
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 1079
ISBN: 978-1-4632-0126-5
This paper explores the common misconception that vernacular translations of the Bible were not available prior to Luther. In fact, Luther may have relied on these to accomplish his own work toward what became a more preferable translation.
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Egyptian Origin of the Ionic Capital and of the Anthemion
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 203
ISBN: 978-1-60724-432-5
An article tracing the development of the Ionic column from Egyptian lotus motifs through Assyrian rosettes and Cypriot pottery motifs.
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The epigraphic sources of the writings of Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 258
ISBN: 978-1-60724-487-5
In this dissertation Dennison links the text of Suetonius to surviving epigraphical texts. This piece includes texts and commentaries and is an invaluable article for any study of Suetonius, particularly in a classroom setting.
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Notes on Roman Artists of the Middle Ages
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 264
ISBN: 978-1-60724-493-6
In this series, A. J. Frothingham Jr. reviews previously unstudied papal buildings, suggesting new members of the schools of Laurentius and Paulus and linking specific artists to various buildings.
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Excavations by the American School at the Theatre of Sikyon.
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 265
ISBN: 978-1-60724-494-3
McMurtry's original site report on the excavation of the Theater of Sikyon near Corinth. Sikyon (or Sicyon) boasts a well preserved Greek theater whose excavation illuminates the structures which supported Greek drama.
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Studies in the Lives of Roman Empresses
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 274
ISBN: 978-1-60724-503-2
In this piece Mary Gilmore Williams uses literary and epigraphic evidence to reconstruct a portrait of two key women of the second century AD, Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus and mother of Cara-calla, and her niece Julia Mamaea.
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Die Geschichte Josefs von Mar Narses
Edited and Translated by Victor Grabowski
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 494
ISBN: 978-1-60724-972-6
This volume contains an edition, with annotated translation, of one of Narsai’s poems on the Joseph story from Genesis.
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St. Peter in Gallicantu
By A.M. Schneider & P. Power
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 474
ISBN: 978-1-60724-929-0
In the first of two articles published here together, A.M. Scheneider challenges the work of P. Power on the location of the house of Caiphas at the church of St. Peter in Gallicantu, and in the second article Power responds.
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Zwei syrische Dichtungen auf das Entschlafen der allerseligsten Jungfrau
Edited and Translated by Anton Baumstark
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 419
ISBN: 978-1-60724-710-4
Anton Baumstark publishes two memre on the subject of Mary’s passing. The first is attributed to Jacob of Serug and the second to John of Birta. Baumstark also provides a brief introduction to the texts.
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Un chapiteau et une imposte provenants d'une ville morte
Etude sur l'origine et l'époque des chapiteaux-corbeille
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 434
ISBN: 978-1-60724-771-5
Wladimir de Grüneisen surveys the history of the basket-design in art and architecture in the Greco-Roman world based on a column capital and transom discovered at Tusculum.
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Eine aegyptische Mess- und Taufliturgie verrmutlich des 6 Jahrhunderts
Edited with an Introduction by Anton Baumstark
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 400
ISBN: 978-1-60724-674-9
Anton Baumstark presents the Arabic text and Latin translation of an Egyptian version of the Testamentum Domini Nostri Jesu Christi. Baumstark discusses the date of the text and compares the content of the liturgical prayers with various contemporary sources.
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Caesar, Cicero and Ferrero
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 369
ISBN: 978-1-60724-656-5
Sihler's critique of Ferrero's history of Rome, using Cicero and Caesar's work to evaluate the Italian scholar's use of source material.
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Ecclesiastes
By Paul Haupt
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 382
ISBN: 978-1-60724-631-2
Paul Haupt's introduction, translation, and commentary on the controversial book of Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Bible.
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Servius and the Scholia of Daniel
By R. B. Steele
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 334
ISBN: 978-1-60724-616-9
Steele suggests a division in the longer edition of Servius' commentary on Vergil between Servius and the work of later commentators.
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The Third Class of Weak Verbs in Primitive Teutonic, with Special Reference to Its Development in An
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 338
ISBN: 978-1-60724-592-6
In this paper Marguerite Sweet offers a tentative explanation by showing parallels not in Latin (as was previously suggested) but in Gothic.
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The Imperfect and the Aorist in Greek
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 348
ISBN: 978-1-60724-602-2
Prof. Miller provides an in-depth examination of the use and meaning of the Aorist and Imperfect tenses in Ancient Greek.
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The Neronian Sacra Via
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 223
ISBN: 978-1-60724-452-3
Esther van Deman reconstructs the structure of the Neronian Via Sacra (one of the arterial roads leading through the Roman Forum), which was refurbished during his reign with colonnades.
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The 'Ablaut' of Greek Roots Which Show Variation between e and o
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 306
ISBN: 978-1-60724-538-4
Maurice Bloomfield applies the principles of linguistics to find the proper root forms for Ancient Greek words, a task complicated by the vowel shift that occurs when Greek words (particularly verbs) are inflected.
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