Scrinium Classical Antiquity

BAKKER, C., Volksgeneeskunde in Waterland. Een vergelijkende studie met de geneeskunde der Grieken en Romeinen. Paris, Amsterdam, 1928. XIII,(3),631p. Half cloth. Pages p.578-79,82-83,86-87,90-91 photokopied and glued in. Some library marks on free endpaper. € 79.50 (Antiquarian)

BALSDON, J.P.V.D., Roman Women. Their History and Habits. The Bodley Head, London, 1962. 1st ed. 355p. ills. Original blue cloth with dust wrps. Dust wrps a bit edge worn.'This is an urbane and - to the women - charitable book; it should stimulate much interest in Roman society in readers of many types. (...) We are (...) much in Mr. Balsdon's debt for this look at Roman History from the women's side.' ((W.K. LACEY in The Classical Review (New Series), 1964, pp.87-89). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

BANDINELLI, R.B., (ed.), Storia e Civiltà dei Greci. Vols.1,2,3,5,7-10. Lacking vols.4 and 6. Tascabili Bompiani, Milano, 2000. 8 vols. ills. Paperback. Pages a little bit yellowed due to paper quality. € 50.00 (Antiquarian)

BARING, A., and J. CASHFORD, The Myth of the Goddess. Evolution of an Image. BCA, London (...), 1991. XV,779p. ills. Bound wrps. Wrps bit worn. Name on free endpaper.'This is the ultimate that has been written on the myth of the Goddess so far, a powerful and most complete synthesis of what we know about the goddess between the Upper Palaeolithic and modern times. The book is a clear and masterful presentation in fifteen chapters of the flourishing Goddess religion in Upper Palaeolithic and Neolithic times; its demise during the Bronze Age caused by the infiltration's of patriarchal Indo-Europeans and Semitic peoples in the Near East and Europe; a cruel and total dethronement during the Iron Age; and ultimately, the irresistible rise of the goddess as Sophia and Virgin Mary as an indestructible archetype needed for the fullness of life in an unbalanced patriarchal society. Each chapter is an indispensable part of the whole and yet each can be read as a separate book. This Magnum Opus will serve as a sourcebook and a guide for many coming years. It will be an indispensable source work for historians of religion, philosophers, anthropologists, archaeologists, and everyone else interested in this very important development of religious ideas. The learned and unbiased presentation of the problem will help to overcome the fear of the Goddess. Most of all this book will serve as a torch for the future, directing us to an understanding of female and male, goddess and god, not in terms of opposition, but as complementarity.' (MARIJA GIMBUTAS). € 34.50 (Antiquarian)

BARLOEWEN, W.-D. von, Abriss der Geschichte antiker Randkulturen. Oldenbourg, München, n.d.(>1961) VII,315p. With (folding)maps. Bound wrps. € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

BARNS, J.W.B., Egyptians and Greeks. Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, Bruxelles, 1978. 23p. Sewn. Cardboard. Series: Papyrologica Bruxellensia, 14. From the library of the late Prof. Dr. Tony Reekmans. € 16.00 (Antiquarian)

BARTELINK, G.J.M., Het vroege christendom en de antieke cultuur. Coutinho, Muiderberg, 1986. 188p. ills. Paperback. Small name stamp on free endpaper. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

BARTELINK, G.J.M., De geboorte van Europa. Van Laat-Romeins Imperium naar Vroege Middeleeuwen. Coutinho, Muiderberg, 1989. 166p. Paperback. Plastic front cover to lower corner loosening. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

BAUMAN, R.A., Political Trials in Ancient Greece. Routledge, London / New York, 1990. XIII,222p. Original black silver titled cloth with dust wrps. Nice copy. 'R.A. Bauman has spent much of his career working on 'impietas' and 'maiestas' in rome, exploring the connection between religious and political offences, and in this book he tries to pursue a similar investigation for 'asebeia' and political trials in Greece (...). After a short introduction he devotes three chapters to Athens in the fifth century, two to Athens in the fourth century, one to Alexander the Great, and one to the first generation of the Successors. (...) B. 'deserves full marks for ingenuity', (...), but he is unlikely to persuade. There are sensible things in his discussions of particular issues, but there are also signs that he is not entirely at home with the Greek material.' (P.J. RHODES in The Classical Review (New Series), 1992, p.462). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 35.00 (Antiquarian)

BAUMAN, R.A., Women and Politics in Ancient Rome. Routledge, London / New York, 1994. 1st paperback ed. XVI,294p. Paperback. Spine with light reading trace. Else fine. ‘B.’s declared subject is to trace the expansion of women’s role in Roman public life from the fourth century B.C. to the early Empire, under two main headings, the politics of protest and later the emergence of the great political matrons. Unfortunately earlier stages almost defy comment. B.’s attempt to erect an imposing edifice from a handful of scraps of inadequate and oracular information is foredoomed to failure (….). In short then an enterprise gravely flawed in conception and execution, but with a number of interesting features, particularly in its later stages.’ (ROBIN SEAGER in The classical Review (New Series), 1994, pp.358-359). € 40.00 (Antiquarian)