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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Maps, w/ more than 43 black-and-white illustrations & 18 color plates (illustratore). 1st Edition. SUPERB: BEAUTIFUL: BRILLIANT: FINE hardcover, almost certainly First Edition / First Printing (although unstated as is the practice at the Belknap Press), AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket, SUPERB silk-finish crimson linen-over-boards cover w/ titles gilt-stamped on spine, EXCELLENT smooth-cut text-block exterior BUT w/ top-edge showing slightest shelf-dust soiling & faintest spotting, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, NEW perfect binding w/ tight signatures & crimson-gold-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior printed w/ ELEGANCE & CLARITY between generous margins on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 8.25" x 10.5" x 1.78", 1.82 kg, xvi+780 (796) pp. * Maps, w/ more than 43 b-w illustrations, 12 pp. of gloss-laminated stock inserted between pp. 272-273 presenting 18 superbly reproduced full-color plates * CONTENTS: Introduction (vii-xiii), Essay Contributions (1-272), Alphabetical Guide (273-758), Abbreviations (759-762), Contributors (763-768), Illustration Credits (769-770), Index (771-780) * ABOUT THE BOOK: The first book of its kind, this richly informative guide to the world of late antiquity offers the most recent scholarship to the researcher along w/ sheer reading pleasure to the browser. In 11 in-depth essays and more than 500 encyclopedia entries, an international cast of experts provides essential information & fresh perspectives on the history & culture of an era marked by the rise of 2 world religions, unprecedented political upheavals that remade the map of the known world, & the creation of art of enduring glory. Extending commonly accepted chronological & territorial boundaries of the period (encompassing Roman, Byzantine, Sassanian & early Islamic cultures, from the middle of the 3rd century to the end of the 8th), this guide makes new connections & revealing comparisons. Consult the article on "Angels" & discover their meaning in Islamic as well as classical & Judeo-Christian traditions. Refer to "Children," "Concubinage," & "Divorce" for a fascinating interweaving of information on the family. Read the essay on "Barbarians & Ethnicity" & see how a topic as current as the construction of identity played out in earlier times, from the Greeks & Romans to the Turks, Huns & Saxons. Turn to "Empire Building" to learn how the empire of Constantine was supported by architecture & ceremony. Or follow your own path through the broad range of entries on politics, commerce & manufacturing, the arts, philosophy, religion, geography, ethnicity, & domestic life. Each entry introduces readers to another facet of the post-classical world: historic figures & places, institutions, burial customs, food, money, public life, amusements. A splendid selection of illustrations enhances the portrait. The intriguing era of late antiquity emerges completely & clearly, viewed in a new light & from new vantage points, in a guide that will be relished by scholars & general readers alike. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a nominal additional 14.00 fee & via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL to all international shipments at our posted rates.