Ancient mosaic pavements : themes, issues, and trends : selected studies / by Rachel Hachlili.

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Hachlili, Rachel

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xxviii, 317 pages, 99 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), mapContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789047442066
9047442067

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ancient mosaic pavements.DDC classification:

738.5/2095694 22

LOC classification:

NA3760 .H33 2009eb

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21.94

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Contents:

List of Color Plates; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter One Mosaic Pavements Adorning Buildings in the Hellenistic-Early Roman Period; Chapter Two The Jewish Symbols Panel; Chapter Three The Zodiac Panel and Its Significance; Chapter Four Biblical Narrative Themes and Images: Representation, Origin, and Meaning; Chapter Five Iconographic Elements of Nilotic Scenes On Byzantine Mosaics Pavements; Chapter Six The 'Inhabited Scrolls' Mosaic Pavements & ndash; A Sixth-Century Trend; Chapter Seven Iconographic Aspects of Rural Life.

Summary: Considers issues, trends, and themes depicted on mosaic pavements discovered in Israel, the Gaza Strip and Petra (the provinces of ancient Palaestina Prima, Secunda and Tertia) with comparable floors in Jordan (Arabia).

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index.

Considers issues, trends, and themes depicted on mosaic pavements discovered in Israel, the Gaza Strip and Petra (the provinces of ancient Palaestina Prima, Secunda and Tertia) with comparable floors in Jordan (Arabia).

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