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The book discusses the grave stelai and grave reliefs from the Bosporan kingdom. Occupying the eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the northern shore of the Black Sea, this ancient Greek state was situated in an important contact zone of the ancient Greek world. The permanent interaction of Greeks and indigenous peoples (the Scythians, others and later the Sarmatians) in this region resulted in a dynamic local culture. Subjected to long-term acculturation processes, this culture reflected elements of Greek and indigenous traditions. In this respect, the grave stelai erected in Bosporan necropoleis and their numerous relief depictions dating from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century AD are a unique source: they provide us not only with pictorial evidence for local identities, but are, ultimately, also of great value for our understanding of the development and transformation of this local culture in general.

Sepulchral monuments --- Relief (Sculpture), Greek --- Monuments funéraires --- Relief (Sculpture) grec --- Monuments funéraires

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Un numero eccezionale di sepolcri monumentali in onore di santi e beati è stato costruito nel Trecento nelle regioni che affacciano sull’Adriatico settentrionale, tra Romagna, Veneto, Friuli, Istria e Dalmazia. Imponenti e vistose, preziose per l’impiego di marmi pregiati e la qualità delle loro sculture, queste opere testimoniano di un dinamismo spirituale e artistico che in questo campo non ha equivalenti in Italia, se non in Toscana. Scritto da uno storico dell’arte, ma pensato più largamente per chi s’interessa alla storia, il volume propone per la prima volta un’analisi globale di queste creazioni, attenta non solo alle forme e all’iconografia, ma anche alle funzioni, ai contesti fisici e mentali, alle intenzioni dei committenti, alle vicissitudini secolari. Luogo privilegiato del contatto con il corpo del santo e con la sua virtus taumaturgica, questi monumenti ebbero un’importanza cruciale per i loro contemporanei. Gestirne la produzione, definirne l’aspetto, la collocazione e quindi l’accessibilità, significava controllare l’accesso al santo e orientarne la percezione, e detenere dunque la possibilità di esercitare una forma particolarmente forte e complessa di dominazione simbolica. In questo senso, i sepolcri dei santi costituiscono un osservatorio di prim’ordine per osservare in azione, con i loro interessi variegati, ora convergenti, ora conflittuali, i diversi attori – membri del clero secolare o regolare, autorità politiche, comunità urbane – che hanno scritto la storia politica, religiosa e culturale del Trecento veneto.

Sepulchral monuments, Medieval --- Sarcophagi, Medieval --- Saints --- Monuments funéraires médiévaux --- Sarcophages médiévaux --- Cult --- Culte --- Sculpture --- Aspect politique --- Monuments funéraires médiévaux --- Sarcophages médiévaux --- Tombeaux --- Veneto

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Tombs --- Sepulchral monuments --- Death --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Tombeaux --- Monuments funéraires --- Mort --- Funérailles --- Rites and ceremonies --- Rites et coutumes --- Rites et cérémonies. --- Monuments funéraires --- Funérailles --- Rites et cérémonies. --- Funeral rites and ceremonies.

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Sepulchral monuments --- Burial --- Monuments funéraires --- Sépulture --- History --- History. --- Histoire --- France --- Social life and customs --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Monuments funéraires --- Sépulture --- Funeral monuments --- Funerary monuments --- Graves --- Gravestones --- Memorial tablets --- Tablets, Memorial --- Tombstones --- Monuments --- Burial customs --- Burying-grounds --- Interment --- Archaeology --- Public health --- Coffins --- Dead --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Grave digging