Author Archives: RMBLF

North of the Alps, King Manfred is more of an unknown. A Sicilian king with such a name? Yes, the great-grandson of Frederick Barbarossa. Oh, aha. South of Rome, on the other hand, the memory of Re Manfredi is alive. … Lire la suite →

On the Virgin Birth and On the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary are two key Mariological treatises by the ninth-century Carolingian theologian Paschasius Radbertus. Written at a time when scholarship and erudition during the Carolingian Renaissance were at their … Lire la suite →

Les ghazavatname, épopées populaires ottomanes, racontent les ghaza, guerres contre les chrétiens. Construits autour d’un ghazi, ils forment trois groupes. Certains, consacrés aux ghaza d’un sultan, forment un genre distinct. D’autres célèbrent un vizir ou un commandant. Enfin d’autres se … Lire la suite →

This volume regarding all the coinage of the Comnenian Dynasty, also the ones of the usurpers. Introduction: The “anonymous” folles of Constanti. Informations pratiques : Alberto D’Andrea, Domenico Luciano Moretti, Andrea Torno Ginnasi, Byzantine Coinage of the Comnenian Dynasty, Roseto … Lire la suite →

To perform a musical score implies the transformation of a symbolically coded text into vibrant sound. In Performing by the Book? a carefully selected cadre of artist-researchers dissects this delicate act in critical ways. Offering first-hand insights into the notational, … Lire la suite →