Scrinium Classical Antiquity

PEETERS, J., P.C. SUTTON, a.o., The Royal Palace of Amsterdam in Paintings of the Golden Age. [Exhibition Catalogue]. Waanders, Zwolle, n.d.(1997).107p. ills. Paperback. € 15.50 (Antiquarian)

PETRIE, W. M. F., The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2013. 176p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology. A pioneering Egyptologist, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. His meticulous recording of artefacts and his sequence dating of pottery types found in Egypt and Palestine made Near Eastern archaeology a more rigorous and scientific discipline. This fully illustrated follow-up report of 1901 on the royal tombs at Abydos, capital of Upper Egypt, covers the early dynastic period (c.3100–c.2700 BCE). Petrie gives detailed descriptions of eight tombs and the associated finds. A chapter on the inscriptions is provided by Francis Llewellyn Griffith (1862–1934). Petrie wrote prolifically throughout his long career for both specialists and non-specialists. His preliminary report, The Royal Tombs of the First Dynasty (1900), and the three-part Abydos (1902–4) are among those works also reissued in this series. (Publisher's information). € 29.12 (New) (MD)

PETRIE, W. M. F., The Royal Tombs of the First Dynasty: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2013. 136p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology. A pioneering Egyptologist, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. His meticulous recording of artefacts and his sequence dating of pottery types found in Egypt and Palestine made Near Eastern archaeology a more rigorous and scientific discipline. This fully illustrated report of 1900 on the royal tombs at Abydos, capital of Upper Egypt, covers the first dynasty (c.3100–c.2900 BCE). Although Petrie acknowledges that it is only a preliminary report of ongoing work, he gives detailed descriptions of six tombs and the associated finds. A chapter on the inscriptions is provided by Francis Llewellyn Griffith (1862–1934). Petrie wrote prolifically throughout his long career for both specialists and non-specialists. His follow-up report, The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties (1901), and the three-part Abydos (1902–4) are among those works also reissued in this series. (Publisher's information). € 27.90 (New) (MD)

PRIESTLEY, J., The Rudiments of English Grammar: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2013. 230p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics. The English polymath Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) defined grammar as nothing more complicated than a system of rules for the correct use of language. This enlarged second edition of his influential 1761 textbook first appeared in 1769; it had by then established him as one of the major grammarians of his age. With little patience for the confusing and superfluous application of Latin rules to English, Priestley champions a simple style of grammatical explanation here, questioning even such fundamental concepts as an English future tense. The text follows a clear question-and-answer structure designed for students. Priestley's determination to modernise the teaching of English and to promote usage as the crucial linguistic standard remain relevant today. A companion work, A Course of Lectures on the Theory of Language and Universal Grammar (1762), is also reissued in this series, along with other works by Priestley ranging in coverage from oratory to oxygen. (Publisher's information). € 29.12 (New) (MD)

KARMON, D., The Ruin of the Eternal City. Antiquity and Preservation in Renaissance Rome. Oxford University Press, 2011. 336p. Hardback. ... attractive and well-illustrated ... T. Corey Brennan, Times Literary Supplement 08/06/2012 (Publisher's information). € 125.01 (New) (MD)

HARRIS, E. M., The Rule of Law in Action in Democratic Athens. Oxford University Press, 2013. 496p. Hardback. Did the Athenian courts render purely ad hoc judgments, paying little attention to the letter of the laws? Did ancient Athens experience the tyranny of an elite minority that used justice to satisfy their own interests? Could we even say that Athens was in fact a stateless community where justice had nothing to do with what we designate by that name in contemporary practice? In this superb book Edward Harris provides clear and well-argued answers to these and many other questions. The Rule of Law in Action in Democratic Athens will find an audience not only among specialists of the ancient world but among all those who take interest in the role of law in any ancient or modern society. Alain Bresson, University of Chicago (Publisher's information). € 131.80 (New) (MD)

ISMAIL, S., The Rule of Violence: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2018. 240p. Hardback. Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies, 50. Over much of its rule, the regime of Hafez al-Asad and his successor Bashar al-Asad deployed violence on a massive scale to maintain its grip on political power. In this book, Salwa Ismail examines the rationalities and mechanisms of governing through violence. In a detailed and compelling account, Ismail shows how the political prison and the massacre, in particular, developed as apparatuses of government, shaping Syrians' political subjectivities, defining their understanding of the terms of rule and structuring their relations and interactions with the regime and with one another. Examining ordinary citizens' everyday life experiences and memories of violence across diverse sites, from the internment camp and the massacre to the family and school, The Rule of Violence demonstrates how practices of violence, both in their routine and spectacular forms, fashioned Syrians' affective life, inciting in them feelings of humiliation and abjection, and infusing their lived environment with dread and horror. This form of rule is revealed to be constraining of citizens' political engagement, while also demanding of their action. (Publisher's information). € 95.89 (New) (MD)

ISMAIL, S., The Rule of Violence: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2018. 240p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies, 50. Over much of its rule, the regime of Hafez al-Asad and his successor Bashar al-Asad deployed violence on a massive scale to maintain its grip on political power. In this book, Salwa Ismail examines the rationalities and mechanisms of governing through violence. In a detailed and compelling account, Ismail shows how the political prison and the massacre, in particular, developed as apparatuses of government, shaping Syrians' political subjectivities, defining their understanding of the terms of rule and structuring their relations and interactions with the regime and with one another. Examining ordinary citizens' everyday life experiences and memories of violence across diverse sites, from the internment camp and the massacre to the family and school, The Rule of Violence demonstrates how practices of violence, both in their routine and spectacular forms, fashioned Syrians' affective life, inciting in them feelings of humiliation and abjection, and infusing their lived environment with dread and horror. This form of rule is revealed to be constraining of citizens' political engagement, while also demanding of their action. (Publisher's information). € 26.69 (New)

ICHIKAWA, J. J. J., The Rules of Thought. Oxford University Press, 2016. 368p. Paperback. € 40.07 (New) (MD)

YOUNG, G. M., The Russian Cosmists. The Esoteric Futurism of Nikolai Fedorov and His Followers. Oxford University Press, 2012. 296p. Hardback. concise and engaging Eric Naiman, The Times Literary Supplement 22/11/13 (Publisher's information). € 56.37 (New) (TO)