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Vita vigilia est : essays in honour of Barbara Levick / edited by Edward Bispham and Greg Rowe, with Elaine Matthews

By: Vita Vigilia Est (2002 : Oxford, England)Contributor(s): Levick, Barbara | Bispham, Edward | Rowe, Greg, 1966- | Matthews, E. (Elaine)Material type: TextTextSeries: Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. Supplement ; ; 100Publication details: London : Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2007 Description: xxvii, 193 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 map ; 25 cmISBN: 1905670141; 9781905670147Subject(s): Pliny, the Elder -- Congresses | Rome -- History -- Flavians, 69-96 -- CongressesLOC classification: PA6614 | .V58 2007
Contents:
Appreciation of Barbara Levick / by Stephen Mitchell -- Publications of Barbara Levick -- The wonderful world of Mucianus / Rhiannon Ash -- Situating nature's wonders in Pliny's Natural History / Mary Beagon -- Pliny the Elder's Italy / Edward Bispham -- Painting and familial and genealogical memory (Pliny, Natural History 35, 1-14) / Mireille Corbier -- The Elder Pliny on philosophers / Miriam Griffin -- Lords of the rings : ring-wearing, status, and identity in the age of Pliny the Elder / Richard Hawley -- Scepticism, superstition, and the stars : astronomical angst in Pliny the Elder / Geraldine Herbert-Brown -- Making a spectacle of oneself : Pliny on Curio's theatre / Clemence Schultze -- Pliny the Elder and archaic Rome / Christopher Smith -- Pliny, antiquarianism, and Roman imperial coinage / Jonathan Williams
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Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 24 - Main Room 		A6 BISPH 27002 Not for loan BOOKS*000000020357

"Most of the papers in this volume were delivered at "Vita Vigilia Est: a conference on the Elder Pliny in honour of Barbara Levick" ... held at St Hilda's College, Oxford, on 9-11 April 2002"--p. ix

Includes bibliographical references and index

Appreciation of Barbara Levick / by Stephen Mitchell -- Publications of Barbara Levick -- The wonderful world of Mucianus / Rhiannon Ash -- Situating nature's wonders in Pliny's Natural History / Mary Beagon -- Pliny the Elder's Italy / Edward Bispham -- Painting and familial and genealogical memory (Pliny, Natural History 35, 1-14) / Mireille Corbier -- The Elder Pliny on philosophers / Miriam Griffin -- Lords of the rings : ring-wearing, status, and identity in the age of Pliny the Elder / Richard Hawley -- Scepticism, superstition, and the stars : astronomical angst in Pliny the Elder / Geraldine Herbert-Brown -- Making a spectacle of oneself : Pliny on Curio's theatre / Clemence Schultze -- Pliny the Elder and archaic Rome / Christopher Smith -- Pliny, antiquarianism, and Roman imperial coinage / Jonathan Williams