Scrinium Classical Antiquity

FREEMAN, T. B. and BEECHAM, J., Journal of Various Visits to the Kingdoms of Ashanti, Aku, and Dahomi, in Western Africa. Cambridge University Press, 2010. 326p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Religion. Methodist missionary Thomas Birch Freeman (1809–1890) was one of the most successful missionaries of his day, founding churches in Nigeria and the Gold Coast. The son of an African father and English mother, he possessed great diplomatic skills in dealing with colonial administrators and native rulers, and Methodist churches spread rapidly using literate converts as lay preachers, particularly among freed and repatriated slaves. His resignation was caused by financial problems due to poor accounting. His Journal was serialised in a Methodist periodical between 1840 and 1843, published as a book in 1843, and revised the following year. His attempts to get the slave trade and the practice of human sacrifice abolished in Dahomey were frustrated, but he was much more successful in founding missions. The book is a fascinating picture of life in West Africa in the mid-nineteenth century. (Publisher's information). € 31.54 (New) (MD)

FREGE, G., Conceptual Notation and Related Articles. Clarendon Press, 1972. 304p. Hardback. € 156.26 (New) (MD)

FREI, H. W., Theology and Narrative. Selected Essays. Oxford University Press, 1993. 280p. Hardback. € 130.44 (New) (MD)

FREI-KORSUNSKY, Susanna, Griechische Wörter aus lateinischer Überlieferung. Juris, Zürich, 1969. 95p. Sewn. (Rare). ‘Ce livre est le fruit d’un travail de séminaire sous la direction du Professeur M. leumann. Le but de l’enquête est de retrouver, grâce aux emprunt latins, des mots ou des acceptions non attestés eb grec mais qui ont dû exister. Leur reconstitution n’est évidemment plausible que si elle est en accord avec les données de l’étymologie, de la phonétique, de la morphologie et de la sémantique. (…) L’auteur considère successivement: 1) les mots non attestés en grec (p. 9-42) (…); 2) Mots latins issus du grec et attestés dans cette langue mais à une époque postérieure à leur attestation latine (p.43-69) (…); 3) Mots latins issus du grec mais attestés en latin avec une signification qu’ils n’ont pas dans les textes grecs (…) ou des mots latins d’origine grecque attestés dams les deux langues avec la même signification mais plus tard en grec qu’en latin.’ (C. DEROUX in Latomus, 1975, p.557). From the library of Professor Carl Deroux. € 39.50 (Antiquarian)

FREIBERGER, O., Asceticism and Its Critics. Historical Accounts and Comparative Perspectives. Oxford University Press, 2006. 268p. Hardback. Series: AAR Cultural Criticism Series. € 173.24 (New) (MD)

FREIRE JR, O. B., The Oxford Handbook of the History of Quantum Interpretations. Oxford University Press, 2022. 1,312p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Physics. It emphasizes the strange nature of quantum theory, which is remarkably productive despite seeming unstable and fractured. Its mysteries are clearly not going to be resolved in the near future, which makes this handbook a launching point for future work rather than a summary of past efforts. Matthew Stanley, Physics Today Feb 2023 |a 20/02/2023 (Publisher's information). € 217.40 (New)

FREIS, H., (ed. and transl.), Historische Inschriften zur römischen Kaiserzeit von Augustus bis Konstantin. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1984. XVII,270p. Paperback.spine a bit yellowed. Else fine. Series: Texte zur Forschung, Band 49. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

FREISENBRUCH, A., Vrouwen van Rome. Seks, macht & politiek in het Romeinse rijk. Vertaald door Mieke Lindenburg. Atheneum-Polak & Van Gennep, Amsterdam, 2011. 463p. Paperback. Nice copy. 'This book takes the reader through the times when emperors were fairly happy with their wives, and into later times, when there were even signs of affection. After the watershed of 35 BC, the next big change for women is the acceptance of Christianity: by then, prominent women are allowed to be chaste and ascetic, rather than obedient breeders, and the new church gave them new roles. In the Eastern empire, they became admired for the incursions they made into orthodox theology: when Pulcheria, sister of Theodosius II, decided that Mary was not just mother of Christ, but mother of God, she could find a bishop to fix it for her. The author is quick to see the far-reaching consequences of such stories and to apply the lessons to modern times; the comparisons with, for example, American presidents aren't fanciful. At one point, she suggests that it goes deeper even than that. Referring to the Roman habit of turning luminaries into gods, Freisenbruch points out that 'divine honours (for a woman) were less of a personal tribute than a routine benefit intended more for the glorification of her ruling emperor than the recipient'. Even so, in this colourful, pacy survey of dominant Roman women, we can admire them in their own right.' (TOM PAYNE on the English edition in The Telegraph 2010-08-02). € 45.00 (Antiquarian)

FREMANTLE, K., Beelden kijken/Focus on sculpture. De kunst van Quellien in het Paleis op de Dam. Stichting Koninklijk Paleis, Amsterdam, 1977. 85p. ills.(B&W). Sewn. € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

FREMERSDORF, F., Ältestes Christentum. Mit besonderer berücksichtigung der Grabungsergebnisse unter der Severinskirche in Köln. Mann, Berlin, 1956. 23,20p. ills. Sewn. Back cover bit damaged, causing some damage on preceding pages. € 7.50 (Antiquarian)