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Opowieść o koniu, który ani piękny, ani duży, ale wytrzymały był (HA., Prob., 8)

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Baranowski M.

Historia i Świat

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2014

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issue 3

9-17

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The present paper discusses a peculiar fragment in ”Historia Augusta” (v. Probi 8) concerning the gift of a horse to Probus from his soldiers. According to former scholars, it represents nothing else than a literary topos. Consequently, the passage has not been the object of much interest to contemporary historians. However, the author argues that, irrespectful of its authenticity, this anecdote may constitute a key to proper understanding of Probus’s image created in “Historia Augusta”. Thus, on one level of analysis, the story serves as a means of presenting an idealised image of the emperor. On the other hand, it may also be considered as an omen imperii.

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Johannes von Epiphaneia – Klassizismus und Literarische Tradition in der Spätantiken Geschichtsschreibung

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Brodka D.

Classica Cracoviensia

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2013

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issue 16

19-28

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The article discusses the historical work of a late 6th century Greek historian John of Epiphania. He wrote a history of Roman-Persian war from its outbreak in 572 to the Khosrau’s restoration to the Persian throne by the emperor Maurice in 591. The work is lost but one fragment survives containing the preface and first five chapters. The analysis of the preserved text shows the impact of the classical authors on John’ approach to history and on his modes of thought.

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Świat „Quidama” i peryferyjna perspektywa syna Aleksandra z Epiru a obraz Rzymu we francuskiej historiografii połowy XIX wieku (Jean-Jacques Ampère, Amédée Thierry)

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Van Nieukerken A.

Pamiętnik Literacki

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2021

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vol. 112

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issue 3

67-89

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Cyprian Norwid (1821–1883), polski późnoromantyczny poeta, jest autorem długiego i interesującego poematu epickiego (napisanego między rokiem 1854 a 1859), w którym opisuje Rzym za panowania cesarza Hadriana. Wiele uwagi poświęca Norwid związkowi między starym, chylącym się ku upadkowi światem pogańskim (Grecji i Rzymowi) a dwiema wschodnimi religiami objawionymi (judaizmowi i chrześcijaństwu). Ten utwór Norwida traktujący o czasie przemiany duchowej i intelektualnej zawdzięcza swoją oryginalność temu, że przyjmuje typowo polski (środkowoeuropejski) punkt widzenia. Wydaje się, że szczególną atmosferę panującą w Rzymie Hadriana i relację między starym a nowym dobrze odzwierciedla tytułowa postać Quidama (tutaj – syna Aleksandra), która przybywa z peryferii do centrum imperium. Podobną „prowincjonalną” perspektywę, mającą jednak odmienny sens, można czasem odnaleźć we współczesnej francuskiej historiografii (Amadeé Thierry). Francuscy historycy, w pewnym sensie świadomie aktualizując historię Rzymu, skłaniają się ku utożsamianiu losu imperium z współczesną Francją (choć Galia była przecież prowincją Rzymu). Bardziej złożony stosunek Norwida do tej kwestii ujawnia się w sposobie konstrukcji głównego bohatera – syna Aleksandra: ze względu na swoje pochodzenie nigdy nie utożsamia się on z Rzymem, a czuje silny związek ze starożytną Grecją, choć zauważa również brak witalności typowej dla „ekskluzywnego” ducha Grecji. Syn Aleksandra to postać egzystencjalnie uprzywilejowana, ponieważ rozumie pustkę czasu, w którym żyje, ale jednocześnie brak mu zdolności wypełnienia tej pustki nowym życiem. Możliwe staje się przeniesienie relacji między peryferiami imperium (prowincją) a centrum (Rzymem) do czasów Norwida i połączenie jej ze statusem poety na emigracji w Paryżu, chociaż nie istnieje pełna symetria obu tych światów. Perspektywa narratora „Quidam” często łączy się z punktem widzenia syna Aleksandra, z tą jednak różnicą, że większą wiedzę ma tutaj narrator: może zrozumieć los swojego bohatera w perspektywie „historii zbawienia” (Heilsgeschichte). Z drugiej natomiast strony podobieństwo tych postaci przyczynia się do aktualizacji wiersza poza sferą polityczną (wychodząc poza alegorię Polski, można mówić o Grecji ciemiężonej przez jej sąsiadów, a o Rosji jako o Rzymie. Epoka Norwida z „peryferyjnego” punktu widzenia odznaczała się podobną pustką intelektualną i duchową jak w Rzym za czasów Hadriana.

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The Polish Late Romantic poet Cyprian Norwid (1821–1883) is the author of a long and captivating narrative poem “Quidam” (written between 1854 and 1859) in which he focuses on Rome during the reign of the emperor Hadrian. In this poem Norwid devotes much attention to the relation between the old, gradually declining pagan world (Greece and Rome) and the revealed religions from the Orient (Christianity and Judaism). This narrative about the time of intellectual and spiritual transition owes its originality to a particularly Polish (East Central European) perspective. It appears that the specific ambience of Hadrian’s Rome, the interdependence between old and new is illustriously shown by the title quidam (meaning Alexander’s son) who has arrived from the periphery of the Empire to its centre. A similar “provincial” perspective is sometimes found in contemporary French historiography (Amédée Thierry), but it has a different sense. French historians, while somewhat deliberately actualising Roman history, tend to identify the fate of the Empire with contemporary France (although Gaul was Rome’s province). Norwid’s more complicated attitude is reflected in the construction of the main protagonist (Alexander’s son). Due to his origin, he never identifies with Rome, but he feels strongly attracted to ancient Greece, although he also notices the absence of vitality of the “exclusive” Greek spirit. Alexander’s son is existentially privileged since he understands the emptiness of his times, but he lacks the ability to fill this void with a new life. It is possible to transfer the relation between the Empire’s periphery (the province) and its centre (Rome) to Norwid’s times and to link it with his status as a Polish emigré in France, although there exists no full symmetry between these two worlds. The perspective of the narrator of “Quidam” often merges with the point of view of Alexander’s son, but the difference is that the former knows more: he can grasp the fate of his main character in the context of “holy history” (Heilsgeschichte). Their closeness contributes – on the other hand – to the possibility of a non-political actualisation of the poem (going beyond the allegory of Poland: Greece oppressed by its neighbours, and Russia as Rome). Norwid’s epoch was—from his “peripheral” point of view—characterised by similar intellectual and spiritual emptiness as that in Hadrian’s Rome.

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Św. Piotr biskupem Rzymu?

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Pałucki J.

Vox Patrum

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2008

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vol. 52

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issue 2

819-826

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The primacy of the Bishop of Rome is an essential, if not a fundamental element of the unity of Church and belongs to the mainstream of ecclesiology throughout its whole history. It is anchored in the study of the doctrine of the New Testament and from the very beginning, starting from the oldest patristic sources, such as the Epistle of Saint Clement of Rome to Corinthians and Ignatius of Antioch’s Epistles, there have been utterances indicating Saint Peters extraordinary role in the universal Church and the significance of his stay in Rome and the foundation of the local Christian community there. The Church Fathers also emphasize that Peter is present in all fundamental events related to the foundation of the Church and it was him who was entrusted with the care for its unity by Jesus. The first writers who start to describe Peter as the Bishop of Rome are Tertullian and Cyprian, who teaches that the Bishop’s authority is like the Apostles’ authority and uses the term cathedra Petri referring to Rome. Although Saint Irenaeus attributes the foundation of the Roman Church to Peter and Paul, in the course of years, especially after the transfer of the Capital of the Empire to Constantinople, he also puts the name of Peter at the top of the list of Roman Bishops. Many biblical scholars and patrologists also emphasize that Paul never laid claim to be the Bishop of Rome.

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Chłopcy nazwani pueri w inskrypcjach chrześcijańskich Rzymu

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Stawoska-Jundziłł B.

Vox Patrum

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2008

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vol. 52

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issue 2

1027-1038

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The paper relates to the information contained in the Early Christian inscriptions from Rome (IC V R v. 1 - 1 0 ), from the fourth to sixth century, concerning boys below 8 years of age and referred to in the epitaphs by the term puer. The age was selected so that the information concerned children and not teenagers when the overtone of such expression could have sexual connotations. There are only 38 such epitaphs for 1962 children in the above mentioned age (1.9% ). More than a half of them (20) are very modest containing only name, age and sometimes the simplest epithet and motto (bm, in pace). The rest however include the information typical of other children’s epitaphs, posthumous descriptions, baptism details and allusions to the social background. The founders of the tomb stones are parents (10) and then the term puer is additional, even tender but also anonymous people (28) when the term could signify a slave (only one sure case) or a foster child, a boy who knew the faith (puer in fide). In my opinion they must have been orphans brought up by the community, sometimes assigned to serve in the Church (especially boys called puer nomine X ).

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Rome in 63 BC and electing Cicero as a consul

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Aftyka W.

Humanum. Międzynarodowe Studia Społeczno-Humanistyczne

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2012

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issue 2(9)

7-13

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The analyzed election campaign, which is so distant from the contemporary era and so different from the campaigns nowadays, presents the process of historical evolution: from campaigns which were “simple”, but demanding and requiring enormous effort from the candidate, to campaigns which are technologically and organizationally advanced. Nowadays the presence of electronics, psychology, political science and marketing reduces the number of candidate’s responsibilities in the process of election strategy. The candidate has a team of specialists who take over such responsibilities. Creating a candidate is not such a big problem as it was in Rome two thousand years ago.

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William Horbury, Jewish War under Trajan and Hadrian (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014).

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Rosik M.

The Biblical Annals

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2015

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vol. 5

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issue 2

447-448

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Book review: William Horbury, Jewish War under Trajan and Hadrian (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014). Pp. 501 + X. 4 maps. $110. ISBN 978-0-521-62296-7 (Hardcover).

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Apoloniusz z Tiany. Święty czy szarlatan?

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Gębura K.

Historia i Świat

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2014

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issue 3

19-34

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The present paper examines the life of Apollonius of Tyana, who lived in the Greek territory in the first century AD, a famous pagan Phytagorean philosopher and, allegedly, a man of numerous miracles. The text is divided into three parts. In the first one the sources of information about Apollonius are discussed. Many of them come from debates between pagan and Christian intellectuals, who lived after his death. The most important testimony is the biography of Apollonius by Flavius Philostratos, a sophist connected with the court of Julia Domna, wife of emperor Septimius Sever. In the second part of this paper Apollonius’s unusual life is shown with an aim of evaluating which of the events reported in the sage’s biographies contain some element of historical truth and which are only implausible anecdotes. The third part of the article attempts to provide an answer to the question raised in the title. It seems that Apollonius of Tyana was neither a saint nor a charlatan in the Christian nomenclature but rather a figure who could be named theos aner (divine man) in the Hellenic(?) sense of this term. He was an eminent pagan holy man who throughout his entire life held intellectual discussions with Christians.

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Textiles in cultural relations between the Roman Empire and the Barbaricum (1st-3rd cent. AD)

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Kaczmarek Z.

Studia Europaea Gnesnensia

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2015

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issue 11

399-407

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Textiles in cultural relations between the Roman Empire and the Barbaricum (1st-3rd cent. AD) - autoreferat rozprawy doktorskiej

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"Wieczny, wieczny Rzym!..." Uwagi na marginesie "Veneri et Romae" Jerzego Żuławskiego

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Robak E.

Jednak Książki. Gdańskie Czasopismo Humanistyczne

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2015

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issue 4/2015 O Młodej Polsce mniej znanej

121-138

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The main aim of the following article „Wieczny, wieczny Rzym!..”. Uwagi na marginesach Veneri et Romae Jerzego Żuławskiego is to describe Rome, the facts and imaginative world seen through author’s eyes. Żuławski’s “Heartily Rome” is shown as a place where reality and mind creation infiltrate. Described places have the power to encourage author’s imagination and influence his memories to create a unique vision of his own world. Rome as a “dead” city (because of the souvenirs of the past) appeares as a place with its own life, in full bloom, not from Bedeker’s points of view, but from the subjective, very personal position. This paper is divided into three parts: Dead city, Old and contemporary Rome, Alone wanderer. Every single part is related to the distinctive feature which in the end will be helpful to create an interpretation of Jerzy Żuławski’s essay Veneri et Romae which was chosen as the fundamental base. To be able to create accurate analysis and interpretation the author of this paper reached for many information contained in dictionaries, additional literary and methodology output and different sources which are connected with: Rome, journey, city.

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Jezus i jego Kościół wobec państwa w świetle Ewangelii synoptycznych

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Żywica Z.

Studia Elbląskie

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2011

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vol. 12

223-233

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The author of this article looks into Jesus’ attitude towards secular authority and the State as well as their law and institutions in the view of synoptic tradition (Mt 22,15–22; Mk 12,13–17; Łk 20,20–26). After deep exegesis has been completed, the author states that according to Jesus’ teaching presented in selected materials, the relations between the Church and the State should be created and guaranteed in order not to force a religious citizen choose either one or other in a situation in which faith and living according to its rules in everyday life is perceived by laic representatives of authority as opposing the state and rejecting its laws and institutions. It should also be mentioned that Jesus led his wordlylife during divine Caesar’s reign and Pax Roman and was not convicted for any political or state offence. Living in both Caesar’s kingdom and God’s kingdom he led his life according to the rules of Kingdom Gospel. Here is the meaning of His words: „The God’s kingdom is among you” (Łk 17,21).

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Małe dzieci w chrześcijańskiej epigrafice miasta Rzymu i w nauczaniu Jana Chryzostoma

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Stawoska-Jundziłł B.

Vox Patrum

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2009

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vol. 53

233-243

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The paper presents the results of studies of epitaphs for children up to almost eight years of age from the city of Rome (3rd-4th c. – B. Stawoska-Jundziłł, Vixit cum parentibus. Children aged under seven in Christian families from Rome of 3rd-4th c., Bydgoszcz 2008) in comparison with the views of John Chrysostom on the upbringing of small children. The content of over 2000 children from Rome demonstrates a high status of even the youngest offspring in the Christian families from this city. The founders cared for their religious „endowment”, bestowed their love on them and tried to remember them as members of the family even if they had died after a few days or months. It was unquestionably believed that small children are immediately saved, go to God and commune with the saints. Thanks to this the family could hope for their support and prayers. Whereas, John Chrysostom only casually mentions small children and, what is more, ambivalently: on one hand presenting them on the basis of thorough observations of their behavior and looking after them and on the other hand as mindless creatures, a harbinger of valuable person following the Stoics e.g. Seneca. As far as the most important for me question of the death of small children is concerned he takes a stand similar to that of the Romans. The children are really without sins (they did not commit them consciously) so God shall accept them only through the hardships of illness and death. Now they are asleep (unlike in the studied epitaphs) but they will rise from the dead and join their parents. Thus, the despair after their death is pointless; God decided the best for them. The difference lies in the fact that the founders of epitaphs more decidedly see the perfection of posthumous existence of even the smallest children who there reach their full maturity whereas John does not seem to be interested in this issue since he directs his teaching mostly to maturing and mature Christians in the earthly life and not in the beyond.

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Le Jugement dernier de Léon Delmont : déplacements du sacré dans La Modification de Michel Butor

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Guermès S.

Quêtes littéraires

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2013

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issue 3

133-141

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The compartment in A Change of Heart is a secular space. However, the Sacred will gradually invade it through hallucinations of the narrator. Thus an unexpected and fantastic struggle led by the Pope, priests, cardinals, prophets and sibyls against Leon Delmont will cause a change of his initial decision, motivating and justifying the novel’s title.

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Pilgrimage movement in Galicia in the second half of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century in the reports of the Galician press

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Biesiadecka E.

Galicja. Studia i materiały

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2020

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issue 6

121-135

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The subject of the research undertaken in the article is the picture of pilgrimages of Galicians and the inhabitants of other partition in the Galician press. Pilgrimages constituted an important aspect of religious life in Galicia and in the second half of the 19th century they started to become mass events. Galician pilgrims travelled not only to holy places located within the partition but also courageously went on pilgrimages to Rome and the Holy Land. The authors of articles pointed out not only the religious dimension of the described Polish pilgrimages but also showed them as the opportunity to cultivate unity and the national tradition and to become more familiar with the national history.

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Przedmiotem podjętych badań w niniejszym tekście jest obraz pielgrzymowania Galicjan i mieszkańców pozostałych zaborów przedstawiony w prasie galicyjskiej. Pielgrzymki stanowiły ważny aspekt życia religijnego Galicji, a w drugiej połowie XIX w. zaczęły nabierać charakteru masowego. Galicyjscy pielgrzymi podejmowali wyprawy pątnicze nie tylko do miejsc kultu w obrębie zaboru, ale także odważne wyprawy do Rzymu i Ziemi Świętej. Autorzy artykułów zwracali uwagę nie tylko na wymiar religijny opisywanych przez nich pielgrzymek Polaków do miejsc świętych, ale również ukazywali je jako możliwość kultywowania jedności i tradycji narodowej oraz bliższego poznania ojczystej historii.

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The Hvězda Summer Palace in Prague, the Villa Trivulzio in Rome, and Giovanni Maria Stella

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Extermann G., Zapletalová J.

Umění (Art)

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2022

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vol. 70

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issue 4

366-382

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This article focuses on the author of the stucco decoration of the Hvězda [Star] Summer Palace near Prague (1556–1560), one of the most coherent decorative cycles of sixteenth-century Central Europe. With the help of stylistic comparisons, archival data and historical deduction, the article draws attention to the figure of Giovanni Maria Stella, brother of the more famous Paolo Stella, who from 1538 built the Villa del Belvedere, another emblematic building of the Prague Renaissance. Originally from Melide on the shore of Lake Lugano, Giovanni Maria led an successfull career in Italy that took him to Genoa, Rome and Naples, before moving to Bohemia. The high point of this trajectory took him into the service of Cardinal Agostino Trivulzio, for whom he restored the collection of antiquities and directed the stucco decoration of the Villa at Salone outside Rome, under the direction of Baldassarre Peruzzi. The article points precisely to the Salone stuccos which appear to be the most immediate precedent in terms of style and ornamental repertoire to those of Hvězda, and make Giovanni Maria the most likely candidate for the Prague cycle. This proposal places the figure of Antonio Brocco, hitherto thought to be responsible for the decoration, decisively in the background and opens new avenues for further investigation. The close similarities between Hvězda and the stuccos of the Residenzschloss in Dresden made a few years earlier suggest that Giovanni Maria likewise directed this building site and can be identified with the figure of ‘Johann Maria’ mentioned in the documents. Finally, Stella‘s brilliant trajectory in Italy, his acquaintance with artists of importance such as Perino del Vaga, Peruzzi and Vasari, as well as his branching out in the milieu of Prague through his brother Paolo, are new arguments to explain, contextualise and relate the great artistic significance of the Hvězda Summer Palace in the sixteenth-century Habsburg empire.

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Článek se zabývá autorstvím štukové výzdoby letohrádku Hvězda v Praze (1556–1560), jednoho z nejlépe dochovaných a nejkoherentnějších dekorativních cyklů 16. století ve střední Evropě. Pomocí komparací, archivních údajů a dedukcí upozorňuje na málo známou postavu Giovanniho Marii Stelly, bratra slavnějšího Paola Stelly, který od roku 1538 stavěl letohrádek v Královské zahradě na Pražském hradu, emblematickou stavbu pražské renesance. Giovanni Maria pocházel z Melide na břehu Luganského jezera a před svých příchodem do Prahy udělal v Itálii velkou kariéru, která ho zavedla do Janova, Říma a Neapole. Vrcholem jeho umělecké dráhy bylo působení ve službách kardinála Agostina Trivulzia, pro něhož restauroval sbírku starožitností a řídil štukovou výzdobu vily Salone u Říma pod vedením Baldassarra Peruzziho. Článek se věnuje štukovým dekoracím vily Trivulzio del Salone v Římě, které se zdají být stylově i ornamentálním repertoárem nejbližším předchůdcem štuků ve Hvězdě a činí z Giovanniho Marii nejpravděpodobnějšího kandidáta na hlavního autora pražského cyklu. Tento atribuční návrh odsouvá postavu Antonia Brocca, považovaného často za autora výzdoby, do pozadí a otevírá nové cesty pro další bádání. Zaprvé blízká podobnost štuků ve Hvězdě se štuky Residenzschloss v Drážďanech provedenými o několik let dříve naznačuje, že Giovanni Maria mohl řídit i tuto dílnu a lze jej identifikovat s postavou „Johanna Marii“ zmiňovaného v dokumentech. Zadruhé Stellova přímá znalost Baldassarra Peruzziho v Římě a patrně i jeho spolupracovníků Sebastiana Serlia a Pietra Catanea, mimo jiné velkých tvůrců obranných staveb s polygonálními půdorysy, umožňuje hypoteticky uvažovat o tom, že Giovanni Maria Stella, pakliže nebyl přímo architektem stavby, se mohl alespoň podílet na jejím ideovém konceptu. V neposlední řadě Stellova brilantní umělecká kariéra v Itálii, jeho styky s umělci významu Perina del Vagy, Peruzziho a Vasariho, stejně jako jeho propojení s pražským prostředím prostřednictvím jeho bratra Paola mohou sloužit pro lepší porozumění kontextu vzniku letohrádku Hvězda a jeho výjimečnosti a velkého uměleckého významu v 16. století v habsburské monarchii.

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Roman law and principles of the constitution of the Roman Republic of 1849 in the scientific and European constitutional context. The roots of the crisis of constitutionalism

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Vallocchia F.

Journal of Modern Science

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2021

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issue 1/46/2021

225-238

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Objectives: Given that contemporary European constitutionalism has its roots essentially in the "Déclarations" developed during the French Revolution and, to some extent, also in the 19th century experience of the codifications, and that the codes, in turn, are inspired by Roman law, it is worth asking how much of Roman law there is in the constitutions and statutes approved during the 19th century. Material and methods: Therefore, turning the question particularly to the subject of the Constitution of the Roman Republic of 1849, the work of the constituents demonstrates the existence of a sort of laboratory, political and juridical, within which a synthesis between the Roman juridical tradition and the tripartite separation of powers was sought. Results: Given that contemporary European constitutionalism has its roots essentially in the "Déclarations" developed during the French Revolution and, to some extent, also in the 19th century experience of the codifications, and that the codes, in turn, are inspired by Roman law, it is worth asking how much of Roman law there is in the constitutions and statutes approved during the 19th century. Conclusions: Therefore, turning the question particularly to the subject of the Constitution of the Roman Republic of 1849, the work of the constituents demonstrates the existence of a sort of laboratory, political and juridical, within which a synthesis between the Roman juridical tradition and the tripartite separation of powers was sought.

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Bioclimatic conditions of Paris, Rome and Budapest on the basis of the universal thermal climate index

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Idzikowska D.

Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development

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2010

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vol. 14

103-109

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The aim of this study was to examine the main features of the bioclimatic conditions of three European cities using a new Universal Thermal Climate Index. Daily values of meteorological variables for 12 UTC for the cities for 1990-2001 were used in the study. Using the frequency of UTCI and one-way Anova, the results showed that in all the three cities “no thermal stress” dominated throughout the year. “Extreme” values of heat as well as “cold stress” were observed but in none of the cities “extreme cold stress” occurred. The values of UTCI differed for all the three cities in each studied year. The cities differed from each other in each month during the whole year with the exception of spring - March and April.

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Dynamics in the Creative Sector between Rome and the Sea

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Lelo K.

International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal

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2017

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vol. 19

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issue 1

45-59

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Over the last fifty years the tendency towards a dispersion of productive activities that emerged with globalisation and the advent of telematics have fuelled processes that are changing the structure of metropolitan areas across the world. Against the background of the general process of metropolisation, it is interesting nowadays to study the characteristics, structure and development trends of a vast “hybrid” area that has grown up around the established city of Rome. The subject of this work is an analysis of the creative sector between Rome and the sea, and the potential for future development in this area.

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Marble tombstone. On two poems to Stanisława Hornowska

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Chachulski T.

Studia Norwidiana

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2017

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vol. 35 English Version

151-172

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The article is an attempt at the interpretation of two poems by C. Norwid: [“A Pani cóż ja powiem?... oto, że w tym życiu...”] – [What do I say to you, Lady?… that in this life…] and [„W komnacie, gdzie Stanisław święty zasnął w Bogu...”] – [In the room where St. Stanislaus fell asleep in God’s peace...]. It also clarifies the current state of knowledge about the addressee of both poems, Stanisława Hornowska, the poet’s cousin, and the circumstances in which both works were created. A significant part of this contribution is devoted to the Roman traces of St. Stanislaus Kostka and the places associated with his presence in the Eternal City, as well as the decor of those places which played an important role in the formation of Norwid’s image of St. Stanislaus. The last part of this article points to the perfectly visible tension between the static equilibrium of the real sculpture presenting the death of St. Stanislaus and the image of Tommaso Minardi hanging over it, titled Mary with Angels and Saints Waiting for the Soul of St. Stanislaus Kostka – and the dynamically constructed poetic vision.

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“Nato nella medesima terra irrigua”. D’Annunzio, ultimo erede di Ovidio

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Gagliastro D.

Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka

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2020

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issue 39

113-138

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Throughout Gabriele d’Annunzio’s vast and multiform productions, Ovid’s presence shines through with the strength of a model both ancient and modern. Since his years at the “Cicognini”, he feels bound to Ovid by a similarity “in lyrical ways” and by a relationship of “consanguinity” based on their common origins. The assiduity in Ovid’s readings, testified to by the large number of volumes of the Augustan poet in the library of the Vittoriale, is reflected in a dense network of echoes – some perspicuous, others subtle – that can be found in the Vate’s most famous works. During his twilight years, d’Annunzio’s nocturnal exploration finds singular affinities with the Ovidian elegies of exile to which he feels attracted the most. Even in the nascent silent film industry, d’Annunzio, creator and forerunner of fashions, sees a prodigious form of visual art that has in Ovid a millenary antecedent. Beyond the unavoidable differences separating the two temporally distant authors, the paper attempts to outline an overall profile of the correspondences and possible equations between d’Annunzio and Ovid without pretense of exhaustiveness. In the wake of perspectives inaugurated by distinguished masters, it is an attempt to offer cues for interpreting, from the vestiges of classicism, d’Annunzio’s art within the Ovidian framework.

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