Die als Pilotstudie vorgestellte Untersuchung präsentiert die präventiv-musiktherapeutische Arbeit mit gemischt kulturellen Kindergruppen in stadtteilnahen Begegnungszentren in zwei sozialen Brennpunkten. Es wird aufgezeigt, welche Möglichkeiten die „freie musikorientierte Arbeit“ mit „psychotherapeutische(r) Grundhaltung“ bereitstellen kann, um in einem von Deprivation und Marginalisierung geprägten Umfeld Prozesse von Gesundheitsförderung, Empowerment und Integration zu unterstützen.

Jegliche Gestaltung mit künstlerischen Medien „bewegt“ und ändert damit die Psychodynamik des einzelnen Klienten/Patienten bzw. der Dynamik einer Gruppe. Die Verbindung der einzelnen Medien, Musik, Bewegung/Tanz, Sprache, malen, neue digitale Instrumente und Natur als „Co-Therapeuten“ zu intermodalen Schritten werden in diesem Buch vor dem Hintergrund der Zusammenarbeit von Paolo J. Knill (Ausdruckstherapie) und der Musik- und Medientherapie des Autors mitsamt einem Praxisteil neu aufbereitet und im Auftrag des Herausgebers aktuell bezogen auf soziale Berufe.

The unique architecture of the Hagia Sophia Church in Sofia, Bulgaria, gives it a prominent role not only in the history of the city, which assumed the name of the church, but also in the architectural history of the Balkan region and the Byzantine Empire. And yet, a critically urgent and thorough investigation of this monument has so far not taken place. With the full-scale study on the construction history of the Hagia Sophia Church, that gap is now closed in a convincing manner. Making use of a detailed architectural survey, the careful analysis of the findings, and the study of previous structures and the topography of the city, while also taking into account the cultural and geographical interrelationships and application of art historical and archaeological methods, a number of unanswered questions can now be clarified. First, the origin and the original appearance of the monument are determined, followed by a discussion on influences and donors. The result sheds new light on the architectural history of the location of the Hagia Sophia Church, and its importance in the context of Byzantine architecture. Previously unpublished plans, and carefully selected old and new photographs accompany the investigation.

It was thanks to the initiative of well-to-do donors that representative public buildings could be erected, decorated and renovated also during Graeco-Roman times. Who were these donors? What interests motivated them? A precise study of the furnishings of the monuments financed by them can provide answers to these questions. The basis of this work is the unusually large number of mosaic floors which were unearthed on both sides of the river Jordan. They decorated churches, synagogues and private houses and can be dated back to the time of the 6th to the 8th century AD. The figured representations and the abundantly available inscriptions bear witness to the undiminished meaning of the donor system in this region on the border of the Eastern Roman Empire. A systematic synopsis of these testimonies makes it possible to be able to determine basic aspects of the ”view of the world” of these local elite persons.

Der römische Tempel von Evora, heute das Wahrzeichen der Stadt, wird in dieser Publikation in größter Vielfältigkeit vorgelegt. Die detaillierte Bauaufnahme und Besprechung des verwendeten Materials bildet die Basis für die Interpretation des Grundrisses mit den die Cella umgebenden Säulenstellungen, der besonderen Lage des Wasserbeckens um den Tempel sowie die den Tempelbezirk umschließende Portikus. Von dem dazugehörigen Forum wurden Teile des einst mit Marmorplatten belegten Bodens erfasst, der sich bis zu einer gegenüberliegenden Basilika erstreckt. Die Keramik- und Münzfunde sowie die herangezogene Literatur sprechen von der Geschichte des Monumentes. Funde von Statuen und Architekturteilen unterstreichen die hohe Qualität dieses herausragenden römischen Tempels des 1. Jhs. n. Chr.

The volume contains 221 inscriptions of the Osterode area up to the year 1650. The precise edition of the inscriptions has been supplemented by commentaries and 10 indexes. Thus a vast stock of inscriptions on funeral monuments, on bells, buildings and church fittings is presented to research in local and regional history. As in more than 100 volumes of the series „Die Deutschen Inschriften“ (German Inscriptions) researchers in the history of piety, erudition and mentalities, of arts, philology and other humanities will find rich and sometimes hitherto unknown materials.

The first article in this volume presents 17 bronzes that came to light among the ruins of an enwalled settlement atop the Jabal al-‘Awd, a nearly 3000-meter high mountain located some 50 km east of Ibb. The figural bronzes encompass Egyptian or Greek-Roman kinds, but also those obviously produced in South Arabia that display the influence of works from the Mediterranean sphere. Residences of rulers and palaces are a well-known occurrence among ancient civilizations. This applies to ancient South Arabia as well, whence a number of such complexes are found, for example, the palace of Gumdan in Sana’a. The description of Gumdan, as documented by al-Hamdani for instance, shows great similarity with the rock paintings at Djarf al-Yahudi, a basolt promontory located ca. 50 km east of Sana’a. The second contribution in this tome provides a description of these rock paintings and compares them with the documentation made by al-Hamdani.