Scrinium Classical Antiquity

PLATON, (PLATO), Criton ou le devoir du Citoyen. Texte grec accompagné d'une introduction, d'un argument et de notes en français par Ch. Waddington. Hachette, Paris, 1920. 56p. Bound. Pages yellowed. Binding a bit cracked between pp.16-17, but still tight. Name stamp on free endpaper. € 7.00 (Antiquarian)

MADDOLI, G., Cronologia e Storia. Studi comparati sull' 'Athenaion Politeia' di Aristotele. Pubblicazioni degli Istituti di Storia della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Perugia, 1975. 122p. Sewn. Unopened. Small personal library mark, name as well as author’s dedication on free endpaper.The distinguishing of two different types of reckoning seems to offer the key for the solution of the problems of chronolgy presented by Aristotle's Athenaion Politeia. The consequences of this discovery appear on various levels - from the order of the list of archons to a fresh outlook on the origins of Atthidography, from the relationship between local history and great history to the passage from the oral to the written stage and the formation of the 'historical cycle'. Numerous individual aspects besides - such as the chronological structure of the Marmor Parium, the series of the first ostracisms, the Themistocles' Decree from Troizen, etc. - lend themselves to new hypotheses for other solutions. (Editor's information). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 21.50 (Antiquarian)

LORENZI, A. de, Cronologia ed Evoluzione Plautina. Istituto della Stampa, Napoli, 1952. 223p. Sewn. Pages a bit yellowed. (Rare).'There is much (...) that is questionable (...). Some sections are in themselves not devoid of usefulness.' (J.G. GRIFFITH in The Classical Review (New Series), 1957, p.164). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 45.00 (Antiquarian)

STREET, B. V., Cross-Cultural Approaches to Literacy. Cambridge University Press, 1993. 336p. Hardback. Series: Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture, 23. Cross-Cultural Approaches to Literacy, investigates the meanings and uses of literacy in different cultures and societies. In contrast to previous studies, where the focus of research has been on aspects of cognition, education and on the economic 'consequences' of literacy, these largely ethnographic essays bring together anthropological and linguistic work written over the last ten years. Accounts of literacy practices in a variety of locations, including Great Britain, the United States, Africa, the South Pacific and Madagascar, illustrate how these practices vary from one context to another, and challenge the traditional view that literacy is a single, uniform skill, essential to functioning in a modern society. (Publisher's information). € 134.73 (New) (MD)

STREET, B. V., Cross-Cultural Approaches to Literacy. Cambridge University Press, 1993. 336p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture, 23. Cross-Cultural Approaches to Literacy, investigates the meanings and uses of literacy in different cultures and societies. In contrast to previous studies, where the focus of research has been on aspects of cognition, education and on the economic 'consequences' of literacy, these largely ethnographic essays bring together anthropological and linguistic work written over the last ten years. Accounts of literacy practices in a variety of locations, including Great Britain, the United States, Africa, the South Pacific and Madagascar, illustrate how these practices vary from one context to another, and challenge the traditional view that literacy is a single, uniform skill, essential to functioning in a modern society. (Publisher's information). € 63.11 (New) (MD)

FRANDSEN, M., Crossing Confessional Boundaries. The Patronage of Italian Sacred Music in Seventeenth-Century Dresden. Oxford University Press, 2006. 528p. Hardback. Mary Frandsen's remarkable book is a landmark study in the history of 17th-century German court music culture. Peter Wollny, Early Music 30/10/2008 (Publisher's information). € 120.93 (New) (MD)

FRANDSEN, M. E., Crossing Confessional Boundaries. The Patronage of Italian Sacred Music in Seventeenth-Century Dresden. Oxford University Press, 2012. 530p. Paperback. A thorough and fascinating study of liturgical practice, confessional identity, and music's overriding powers in the heartland of 17th-century Lutheranism. This book will be important reading for students of liturgy, princely politics, and music in early modern Europe. Robert L. Kendrick, University of Chicago (Publisher's information). € 57.05 (New) (MD)

CAMP, R. A., Crossing Swords. Politics and Religion in Mexico. Oxford University Press, 1997. 352p. Hardback. € 244.58 (New) (MD)

SATHAYE, A. A., Crossing the Lines of Caste. Visvamitra and the Construction of Brahmin Power in Hindu Mythology. Oxford University Press, 2015. 334p. Paperback. This book makes us appreciate how fortunate we are to have reached a point where a single young author can show command of texts from multiple periods, genres, and South Asian languages to present an inside story that never stops retelling itself from the Rig Veda into modern times. For a class, or for the general reader, I can think of no better introduction to the peccadillos of Hinduism. Alf Hiltebeitel, Professor of Religion, George Washington University (Publisher's information). € 48.22 (New) (MD)

GOFF, B. S., Crossroads in the Black Aegean. Oedipus, Antigone, and Dramas of the African Diaspora. Oxford University Press, 2007. 414p. Hardback. Series: Classical Presences. In its sophisticated readings of six dramas and one epic poem from across the African diaspora, this book is a profound meditation upon the inheritance of civilization and the politics of cultural transmission. Daniel Orrells, Gurminder K. Bhambra, and Tessa Roynon, African Athena: New Agendas October, 2011 (Publisher's information). € 173.24 (New) (MD)