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Title: Historical sketch and essay on the resources of Montana: including a business directory of the metropolis.Author: Henry N MaguirePublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in ori...

The twelve studies contained in this second collection by Henry Maguire are linked together by a common theme, namely the relationship of Byzantine art to the imaginary. They show how art enabled the Byzantines not only to imagine the sacred events of the past, but also to visualize the invisible present by manifesting the spiritual world that they could not see. Particular topics are the depiction of nature, the social functions and theologic...

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Excerpt from The Black Hills of Dakota: A Miniature History of Their Settlement, Resources, Population, and Prospects, With Accurate Tables of Local Distances, and a General Business Directory of the Principal TownsThe Black Hills of Dakota were first visited by white men in 1810, when Wilson P. Hunt, of the American Fur Company, skirted them on the north while leading an expedition overland to the mouth of the Columbia.About the PublisherForg...

The imperial court in Constantinople is central to the outsider's vision of Byzantium. However, in spite of its fame in literature and scholarship, there have been few attempts to analyze the court in its entirety as a phenomenon. These studies provide a unified composition by presenting Byzantine courtly life in all its interconnected facets.

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Nature and Illusion is the first extended study of the portrayal of nature in Byzantine art and literature. It provides a new view of Byzantine art in relation to the medieval art of Western Europe.

Nature and Illusion is the first extended study of the portrayal of nature in Byzantine art and literature. It provides a new view of Byzantine art in relation to the medieval art of Western Europe.

Excerpt from The Black Hills of Dakota: A Miniature History of Their Settlement, Resources, Population, and Prospects, With Accurate Tables of Local Distances, and a General Business Directory of the Principal TownsThe Black Hills of Dakota were first visited by white men in 1810, when Wilson P. Hunt, of the American Fur Company, skirted them on the north while leading an expedition overland to the mouth of the Columbia.About the PublisherForg...

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These seven chapters, originally given as lectures honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Dumbarton Oaks, cover a wide range of topics, from the relationship of Byzantium with its Islamic, Slavic, and Western European neighbors to the modern reception of Byzantine art.

Written by specialists in several disciplines, this volume explores the parameters and significance of magic in Byzantine society, from the fourth century to after the empire's fall. The authors address a wide variety of questions, some of which are common to all historical research into magic, and some of which are peculiar to the Byzantine context.The authors reveal the scope, the forms, and the functioning of magic in Byzantine society, thr...