Scrinium Classical Antiquity

GILLETT, A., Envoys and Political Communication in the Late Antique West, 411–533: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2009. 364p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, 55. Warfare and dislocation are obvious features of the break-up of the late Roman West, but this crucial period of change was characterized also by communication and diplomacy. The great events of the late antique West were determined by the quieter labours of countless envoys, who travelled between emperors, kings, generals, high officials, bishops, provincial councils, and cities. This book examines the role of envoys in the period from the establishment of the first 'barbarian kingdoms' in the West, to the eve of Justinian's wars of re-conquest. It shows how ongoing practices of Roman imperial administration shaped new patterns of political interaction in the novel context of the earliest medieval states. Close analysis of sources with special interest in embassies offers insight into a variety of genres: chronicles, panegyrics, hagiographies, letters and epitaph. This study makes a significant contribution to the developing field of ancient and medieval communications. (Publisher's information). € 46.11 (New) (MD)

GILLETT, A., Envoys and Political Communication in the Late Antique West, 411–533: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2003. 364p. Hardback. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, 55. Warfare and dislocation are obvious features of the break-up of the late Roman West, but this crucial period of change was characterized also by communication and diplomacy. The great events of the late antique West were determined by the quieter labours of countless envoys, who travelled between emperors, kings, generals, high officials, bishops, provincial councils, and cities. This book examines the role of envoys in the period from the establishment of the first 'barbarian kingdoms' in the West, to the eve of Justinian's wars of re-conquest. It shows how ongoing practices of Roman imperial administration shaped new patterns of political interaction in the novel context of the earliest medieval states. Close analysis of sources with special interest in embassies offers insight into a variety of genres: chronicles, panegyrics, hagiographies, letters and epitaph. This study makes a significant contribution to the developing field of ancient and medieval communications. (Publisher's information). € 114.10 (New) (MD)

GILLETT, G., Representation, Meaning, and Thought. Clarendon Press, 1992. 224p. Hardback. € 60.45 (New) (MD)

GILLETT, G., The Mind and its Discontents. Oxford University Press, 2009. 2nd edition. 448p. Paperback. Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry. Overall a great achievement and a substantial contribution to the (ethically) right theorisation of psychiatry. Andrew Hodgkiss, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust June 2010 (Publisher's information). € 88.32 (New)

GILLHAMMER, C. C., The Wycliffite Old Testament Lectionary. Oxford University Press, 2021. 300p. Hardback. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. € 61.14 (New)

GILLI, L., La sillogistica di Allessandro di Afrodisia. Sillogistica categorica e sillogistica modale nel commento agli Analitici Primi di Aristotele. Prefazione di P. thom. Olms, Hildesheim (....), 2011. VI,327p. Paperback. Spine bit yellowed and with soem reading traces. Series: Spudasmata, Band 138. 'Il libro di Gili, in sostanza, rappresenta unimportante contributo alla comprensione di un momento poco studiato, ma assai importante, della storia della logica e della storia dell’aristotelismo. L’analisi lucida e attenta e la ricostruzione storicamente accurata, che guidano il lettore alla comprensione del complesso pensiero logico di Alessandro, costituiscono un pregio notevole di questamonografia.' (CARLO L. CORDASCO in Philosophical Reading, 2012, p.85). € 30.00 (Antiquarian)

GILLIES, D., Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Method. Oxford University Press, 1996. 192p. Paperback. € 40.75 (New) (MD)

GILLIES, D., Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Method. Oxford University Press, 1996. 190p. Hardback. € 169.85 (New) (MD)

GILLIES, J., Shakespeare and the Geography of Difference. Cambridge University Press, 1994. 308p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture, 4. In this engaging book, John Gillies explores Shakespeare's geographic imagination, and discovers an intimate relationship between Renaissance geography and theatre, arising from their shared dependence on the opposing impulses of taboo-laden closure and hubristic expansiveness. Dr Gillies shows that Shakespeare's images of the exotic, the 'barbarous, outlandish or strange', are grounded in concrete historical fact: to be marginalised was not just a matter of social status, but of belonging, quite literally, to the margins of contemporary maps. Through an examination of the icons and emblems of contemporary cartography, Dr Gillies challenges the map-makers' overt intentions, and the attitudes and assumptions that remained below the level of consciousness. His study of map and metaphor raises profound questions about the nature of a map, and of the connections between the semiology of a map and that of the theatre. (Publisher's information). € 46.11 (New) (MD)

GILLINGHAM, S., A Journey of Two Psalms. The Reception of Psalms 1 and 2 in Jewish and Christian Tradition. Oxford University Press, 2013. 366p. Hardback. Gillingham's book is a treasure trove for any exegete and scholar who is interested in these two psalms and who works with them Frank Lothar Hossfield, The Expository Times |a 30/01/15 (Publisher's information). € 97.83 (New) (MD)