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Université de Fribourg

Local Cults and their Integration into Bethlehem's Sacred Landscape in the Late Medieval and Modern Periods

Bacci, Michele

In: Bethlehem. A Sociocultural History, 2020, p. 25-40

The paper is a post-print version of an article originally published in Mitri Raheb (ed.), "Bethlehem. A Sociocultural History", Bethlehem: Diyar Publishers, 2020, p. 25-40, though without the illustrations presented here. It analyses the dynamics by which the kinetic dimension of pilgrimage contributed to invest the landscape associated with the way leading from Jerusalem to Bethlehem with...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Furtum sacrilegum : the "Holy Heads" of Peter and Paul and their reliquaries in the Lateran

Mondini, Daniela

In: The Basilica of Saint John Lateran to 1600, 2020, p. 345-378

The “Holy Heads” of Peter and Paul, attested in the 11th century within a secondary altar of the Laurentius-Oratory in the Patriarchium Lateranense and later on inside the main altar of the Sancta Sanctorum, increased their status exponentially after having been transferred by Pope Urban V (1368-70) into the Lateran Basilica. Embedded in two huge, lavishly decorated anthropomorphic...

Université de Fribourg

The Architecture of the Armenian Church and Convent

Kaffenberger, Thomas

In: The Armenian Church of Famagusta and the Complexity of Cypriot Heritage., 2017, p. 143–167

Université de Fribourg

Techniques and designs of church expansions in Cyprus under Latin rule. A preliminary report on a building archaeology project.

Kaffenberger, Thomas

In: Approaching Cyprus. Proceedings of the Post-Graduate Conference of Cypriot Archaeology (PoCA) held at the University of East Anglia Norwich 2013., 2016, p. 203–226

Université de Fribourg

Cubic Dice: Archaeological Material for Understanding Historical Processes

Voogt, Alexander J. de ; Eerkens, Jelmer W.

In: Kentron, 2018, vol. 34, p. 99-108

The characteristics of dice found in archaeological contexts assist in the understanding of historical processes and human behavior. The dice attributes of configuration and dot pattern are regionally and/or temporally specific and can be used to help date dice themselves or the context in which they are found. As well, dice have been used to decipher Etruscan words and may identify novice...

Université de Fribourg

Remarks on the Visual Experience of Holy Sites in the Middle Ages

Bacci, Michele

In: Mobile Eyes. Peripatetisches Sehen in den Bildkulturen der Vormoderne, 2013, p. 175-197

Université de Fribourg

Anatomical terms: towards development of terminologies (terminogenesis)

Sprumont, Pierre

In: European Journal of Anatomy, 2016, vol. 20, no. 3, p. 249-280

Anatomy is older than its name that means "cutting out" in Greek. The cut out parts must bear a name. This historical review is an attempt to investigate the evolution of the anatomical names from the prehistorical times when humans had no handwriting to record anatomy until the discovery of printing when anatomical names could become disseminated in printed books.Throughout indeterminately...