Shafer byron e et al (3 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This copy is FINE; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked; binding is tight, edges show slight shelfwear. Apparent first edition (not noted but earliest appearance of book). Stated FIRST PRINTING. The cover is as FINE: absolutely intact in all ways, including perfect color and design. SIGNED ON FEP with inscription by Byron Shafer. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. We ship all books to U.S. buyers with Delivery Confirmation. We guarantee: NO NASTY SURPRISES. By Editor.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st. Cloth, xii, 335 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. *** Five distinguished scholars here summarize the state of current knowledge about ancient Egyptian temples and the rituals associated with their use. The first volume in English to survey the major types of Egyptian temples from the Old Kingdom to the Roman period, it offers a unique perspective on ritual and its cultural significance. The authors perceive temples as loci for the creative interplay of sacred space and sacred time. They regard as unacceptable the traditional division of the temples into the categories of 'mortuary' and 'divine,' believing that their functions and symbolic representations were, at once, too varied and too intertwined. Both informative to scholars and accessible to students, the book combines descriptions of specific temples with new insights into their development and purposes" - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Temples, priests, and rituals: an overview, by Byron E. Shafer; Royal cult complexes of the old and middle kingdoms, by Dieter Arnold; New kingdom "mortuary temples" and "mansions of millions of years", by Gerhard Haeny; The new kingdom "divine" temple: the example of Luxor, by Lanny Bell; Temples of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods: ancient traditions in new contexts, by Ragnhild Bjerre Finnestad. Size: 8vo. Collectible.…

Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9781566430647.