Scrinium Classical Antiquity

DUROISIN, P., and A. GEHU, Lucerna. Latin: Quatrième Année. Dessain, Bruxelles, 1993. 260p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Paperback. With gift intention from P. Duroisin. 'Lucerna sera en quelque sorte le 'locus', le 'lieu commun', où chacun (...) trouvera un peu de ce qu'il doit enseigner et de ce qu'il aime. Ce parti pris (...) nous permaittait aussi d'aborder toutes sortes de sujets: la guerre, intestine ou extéieure, la politique, l'amour, la condition sociale, la vie quottidienne, ... et toutes sortes de genres littéraires: l'histoire, l'éloquence (...), l'élégie, l'épopée, l'épigramme, etc. Mais de là aussi notre second objectif, qui fut d'associer aux textes deux types de rubriques (...) 'Pour en savoir plus sur ...', rassemble des notices sur l'histoire du monde romain. 'Au fil du temps' propose des textes en français et qui embrassent tout le champ de la littérature, depuis la Bible jusquá R. Queneau, en passant par Hésiode, Villon, Montaigne, Molière, etc. (...) Il n'est pas de langue sans grammaire. C'est par elle qu'on élucide le texte. C'est aussi la raison du 'Mémento grammatical'qui vient en fin de volume (...). Il ne remplace pas une grammaire, il ne reprend pas non plus toute la syntaxe, il s'efforce d'en rappeler l'essentiel.' (P. DUROISIN and A. GEHU, pp. 3-4). From the library of Professor Carl Deroux. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

DURRY, M., (ed.), Lucain. Sept exposés suivis de discussions par B.M. Marti, P. Grimal, F.L. Bastet, H. Le Bonnec, O. Steen Due, W. Rutz, and M. von Albrecht. Vandoeuvres, Genève, 1968. (II),342p. Original blue cloth with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Dust wrps a little bit worn. Fore edge a little bit rust stained. Series: Entretiens sur l'Antiquité Classique, Tome XV. Contents: B.M. MARTI: La structure de la Pharsale; P. GRIMAL: Le poète et l'histoire; F.L. BASTET: Lucain et les arts; H. LE BONNEC: Lucain et la religion; O. STEEN DUE: Lucain et la philosophie; W. RUTZ: Lucan und die Rhetorik; M. von ALBRECHT; Der Dichter Lucan und die epische Tradition. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

DURUY, V., Histoire des Grecs depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à la réduction de la Grèce en Province Romaine. Tome premier. Tome second. Hachette, Paris, 1883. Nouvel édition. XXXII,484;520p. Nice red leather bindings. Gilt lettering on spine. Raised bands. € 100.50 (Antiquarian)

DUVAL, N., and F. BARATTE, Les ruines de Sufetula SBEÏTLA. Société Tunisienne de Diffusion, Tunis, 1973. 117p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Sewn. Errata leaflet glued to inside free endpaper. From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

DUVAL, P.-M., Gallia. Fouilles et monuments archéologiques en France métropolitaine. Tables décennales des tomes 31 à 40 - 1973-1982. Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 1986. 351p. Sewn. From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

DUVAL, P.-M., and Chr. HAWKES, (eds.), Celtic Art in Ancient Europe. Five Protohistoric Centuries. Proceedings of the Colloquy held in 1972 at the Oxford Maison Française. L'Art Celtique en Europe Protohistorique. Débuts, développements, styles, techniques. Seminar Press, London (...), 1976. XIII,316p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). ‘The book is not intended to be a succinct introduction to the arts of the La Tène Iron Age for the general reader, but it should be read by all who wish to discover how much has been achieved since the pioneering, but now very dated, studies of Jacobsthal (…) and Fox (…). For it affords an invaluable, indeed fascinating, insight into the state of knowledge of the subject, and into the attitudes and views held by most of its leading students, at the beginning of this decade. Yet the reader should not expect to find here an even coverage of the whole range of problems concerning the arts of the early Celts. Attention is concentrated on three topics - the fifth and fourth centuries, with papers by Frey, Krtua, Sandars, and Schwappach on various aspects of the ‘Early’ and ‘Waldaggesheim’ phases of Celtic art (…) A more widely-ranging paper by Hawkes, though placed at the head of the volume, links this group with the next four papers which are concerned with Britain and Ireland (Jope and Savory on shields, Duignan on the Turoe Stone, and Lowery and Savage on the construction of the pattern on the Holcombe mirror). The third topic is the much neglected one of design on celtic coins, which is tackled in a pair of papers by Allen and Duval. The volume is rounded off with a study of the use of coral by S. Champion (…); a brief examination by Clint-Jensen of the stylistic relationship of certain later La Tène pieces, with specific reference to the influence of Dacian silverware on objects from Scandinavia and elsewhere; and a characteristically thoughtful and eclectic conclusion by Piggott.’ (M.G. SPRATLING in Britannia, 1978, p.488). € 40.00 (Antiquarian)

DUVOSQUEL, J-M., and I. VANDEVIVERE, Luister van Spanje en de Belgische steden 1500-1700. Deel I. Deel II. Gemeentekrediet, n.p., 1985. 2 vols. 358,362-695p. Richly ills. Sewn. Large paperback. Spine with light reading traces. Upper edge slightly rust stained. Upper corner slightly bumped. Dit werk verscheen naar aanlediing van de gelijknamige tentoonstelling georganiseerd in het kader van Europlaia 85 Espana, door het Gemeentekrediet van België ter gelegenheid van zijn 125ste verjaardag, Brussen, Paleis voor Schone KUnsten 25 september - 22 december 1985. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

DÜWEL, K., Runenkunde. Metzlersche Verlag, Stuttgart, 1968. XIII,124p. ill. Paperback. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

DYSON, S.L., The Creation of the Roman Frontier. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1985. XII,324p. Paperback. Spine discoloured. Name and date on free endpaper. Initials stamp, date and personal library mark on free endpaper. 'The unwary reader might expect, from the title of this book, that its subject matter would be the development of Roman frontier defences under the Empire, and so constitute a further contribution to the burgeoning genre of 'Limesstudien'. (...) the term 'frontier' is employed here in the sense familiar from the American 'west', of a sizeable zone of newly won, partially pacified territory, where the indigennous population and incoming settlers live in a wary proximity. In essence this book is a detailed survey of Roman expansion in the middle and later Republic, with a strong archaeological component. There is an emphasis, where the evidence will allow it, on trade patterns and acculturation. (...) The breadth of the author's reading is reflected in the very substantial bibliography, which includes not only important secondary literature in Italian, French and Spanish journals, but also modern studies in imperialism and the frontier phenomenon. Yet some nagging doubts remain. The author is perhaps too ready to accept earlier interpretations of often precarious archaeological evidence.' (LAWRENCE KEPPIE in The Classical Review (New Series), 1986, p.273). € 27.50 (Antiquarian)

DZIELSKA, M., Hypatia of Alexandria. Translated by F. Lyra. Harvard University Press, Cambrindge (Mass.) / London, 1996. 3rd impr. X,157p. Paperback. Ex libris glued to free endpaper. Series: Revealing Antiquity, 8. 'The survey is divided into three sections: The Literary Legend of Hypatia, Hypatia and her Circle, and The Life and Death of Hypatia. (...) This book is a splendid corrective to the myths about Hypatia and deserves to be read by anyone studying ancient gender or her time period. It joins an increasing number of books which aim to deconstruct received images of ancient women. (...) Thanks to D. we can now distinguish and appreciate appearance and reality in the story of this influential, if enigmatic philosopher.' (RICHARD HAWLEY in The Classical Review (New Series, 1996, pp.119-120). € 30.00 (Antiquarian)