Small tear to head of spine (2 cm). Some minor rubbing and creasing. ; 142pp, illustrated. Front cover has: "Essai pour servir a la comprehension d'un chef - d'oeuvre" ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 142 pages View More...
Lower corner very lightly bumped else book is fine. Light shelfwear to DJ. ; In this bold work, Thomas Habinek offers an entirely new theoretical perspective on Roman cultural history. Although English words such as "literature" and "religion" have their origins in Latin, the Romans had no such specific concepts. Rather, much of the sense of these words was captured in the Latin word carmen, usually translated into English as "song." Habinek argues that for the Romans, "song" encompassed a wide range of ritualized speech, including elements of poetry, storytelling, and even the casting of spel... View More...
Faint scratches to front wrap else fine. ; Xli, 87pp. Medieval Latin. Selection of Latin choral music spanning the medieval, Renaissance and modern periods. ; 87 pages View More...
Review of book (draft) tipped in (by Richard Hamilton) with post-it note thanking Slater/Dunbabin for lending it. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Minor staining to half-title. Light wear to corners of wraps and faint yellowing to wraps. ; Quellen Und Forschungen Zur Antiken Welt Band 8; 301 pages View More...
Book is fine. DJ has minor edgewear. ; In private and in public life, the ancient Greeks danced to express divine adoration and human festivity. They danced at feasts and choral competitions, at weddings and funerals, in observance of the cycles of both nature and human existence. Formal and informal dances marked the rhythms of life and death. In Dance and Ritual Play in Greek Religion, Steven Lonsdale looks at how the Greeks themselves regarded the act of dance, and how dance and related forms of ritual play in Greek religious festivals served a wide variety of functions in Greek society. Th... View More...
Corners very slightly bumped else book is fine. Light shelfwear to DJ. ; Viii, 204pp, illustrated. Following the success of Horace's Odes and the Mystery of Do-Re-Mi in which he proposed that Horace's Odes were truly carmina (songs) , Stuart Lyons further explores the orality of the Odes in both the Augustan Age and their early medieval reception. Challenging the perception of the Odes as purely literary works and drawing on extensive evidence in Horace and other ancient sources, Lyons argues that Horace's objective was to produce a unique type of performance art, a Latin re-interpretation of ... View More...
Boards are tired and worn. Front inner hinge cracked. Scholar's name to inner cover (Emmet Robbins). Minor pencilling to a few pages. Fair to good. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 509 pages View More...
Light discoloration to spine. Mild shelfwear. Foxing to ffeps. Gift inscription on ffep: "L. W. Hudson from M. T. Tatham"-- M. T. Tatham, a classics scholar at the end of the 19th C. ; Scarce First edition. ; 145 pages View More...
Light discoloration to spine. Mild shelfwear. Gift inscription with Greek text in black ink to ffep: "J. B. Stoughton Holborn from J. Godfrey Luard. Pau. [? ] January, 1908" pencil name of scholar to ffep (E. Kerr Borthwick). Light foxing to endpages ; Scarce First edition. ; 145 pages View More...
Large blue Stamp to titlepage. Former classics scholar's name to ffep (E. Kerr Borthwick). Minor shelfwear to wraps. Wraps have DJ with minor shelfwear and slight edgewear. ; Questo studio affronta il problema della stretta interconnessione fra musica e poesia nel teatro di Aristofane, con l?intento di indagare gli aspetti, le qualità, le caratteristiche del commento musicale che accompagnava I brani lirici. ; Letteratura Classica, 9; 138 pages View More...
Chipping and tears to head of spine and upper corners of wraps. Tear to part of spine cover. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Pages tanned. ; Thesis/dissertation; 125 pages View More...
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and institution label. Spine a bit sunned and discolored. 2 Corners bumped ; Unchanged Reprint of 1939 Edition. ; 577 pages; Classic and scarce study on Greek Music. View More...
Scholars' name to ffep (Mark Golden). Very light bump to 1 corner. DJ spine is sunned and discolored. ; A new way to interpret the musical design underlying the music and choreography of Sophoclean theater. ; 352 pages View More...
Front hinge is broken and has been crudely repaired with clear tape. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Minor edgewear to boards. Some ink and pencil marginalia (by Slater). Rear hinge is strained. 1 corner a bit edgeworn. ; 616 pages View More...
