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The Holy Name of Jesus in Venetian-Ruled Crete

Bacci, Michele

In: Convivium: Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Mediterreanean, 2014, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 190-205

Focusing on Andreas Ritzos' icon with the monogram IHS in Athens, this article offers insights about the role played by the monogram on Crete and points out that the particular solution shown in Ritzos' image is not in keeping with St. Bernardine's "icon" of the Holy Name of Jesus and indicates an association with the symbolism of the holy host.

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Footprints of past intensive diversification and structuring in the genus Zelkova (Ulmaceae) in south-western Eurasia

Christe, Camille ; Kozlowski, Gregor ; Frey, David ; Bétrisey, Sébastien ; Maharramova, Elmira ; Garfì, Giuseppe ; Pirintsos, Stergios ; Naciri, Yamama

In: Journal of Biogeography, 2014, p. -

Aim: To elucidate the phylogeographical patterns in three Cenozoic relict species: Zelkova sicula, Z. abelicea and Z. carpinifolia (Ulmaceae).Location: Sicily, Crete and Transcaucasia.Methods: Two chloroplast loci (trnH–psbA and trnL) and the nuclear ribosomal markers ITS1 and ITS2 were sequenced for 154 samples collected from 14 populations of Z. abelicea, 16 populations of Z. carpinifolia,...

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The Tertiary relict tree Zelkova abelicea (Ulmaceae): distribution, population structure and conservation status on Crete

Kozlowski, Gregor ; Frey, David ; Fazan, Laurence ; Egli, Bernhard ; Bétrisey, Sébastien ; Gratzfeld, Joachim ; Garfì, Giuseppe ; Pirintsos, Stergios

In: Oryx, 2013, p. -

Relict species provide a unique opportunity to understand past and recent biogeographical and evolutionary processes. Zelkova abelicea (Ulmaceae), which is endemic to the island of Crete (Greece), is one of the most prominent Tertiary relict trees of the Mediterranean region. We collected distribution, threat and population structure data by reviewing literature and herbaria and through field...

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Small does not mean young: Age estimation of severely browsed trees in anthropogenic Mediterranean landscapes

Fazan, Laurence ; Stoffel, Markus ; Frey, David J. ; Pirintsos, Stergios ; Kozlowski, Gregor

In: Biological Conservation, 2012, vol. 153, p. 97-100

The knowledge of the age of individual trees and of population age structure is of great importance for conservation purposes. In Mediterranean areas, however, trees are rarely used for dendroecological studies as ring growth is strongly perturbed by browsing and other disturbances. This study focused on the Tertiary relict tree species Zelkova abelicea (Ulmaceae) endemic to the mountains of...