The Debrecen Book of Plants and Animals, a fifteenth-century manuscript in the Library of the Reformed Theological University in Debrecen (Hungary), is the only illustrated German tranlsation of the most broadly disseminated corpus of herbal medicine from the Latin Middle Ages. The facsimile (with pen-and-ink drawings of exceptional quality) has a facing-page edition and translation, and is preceded by essays on the Latin source transmission, the translation, and the medical and pharmacological implications of the illnesses and their treatment in the context of medieval medicine.

Mit dem Zusammenbruch des Vielvölkerreiches Sowjetunion geriet kaum eine andere Region der ehemaligen UdSSR so stark in den Blickpunkt der Weltöffentlichkeit wie die südlichen (muslimischen) Republiken in Kaukasien und in Mittelasien. Hier stellen sich dem Betrachter nicht nur Fragen nach Ursachen, Triebkräften und Trägern von Auflösungsprozessen polyethnischer Imperien und deren globalen Konsequenzen, sondern angesichts der immer wieder ausbrechenden bewaffneten Konflikte ist die Frage nach der Tragfähigkeit des mitteleuropäischen Modells nationalstaatlicher Institutionalisierung von aktueller Bedeutung. Die vorliegende Arbeit gehört zu den ersten deutschsprachigen Monographien zur neuzeitlichen Geschichte Aserbaidschans und legt exemplarisch eine historische Untersuchung zur Herausbildung von neuzeitlichen Gruppenidentitäten an einer Schnittstelle zwischen Europa und Asien vor. Vor dem Hintergrund der Auswirkungen russischer Kolonialpolitik in den muslimischen Provinzen Südostkaukasiens vom Ende des 18. bis zum beginnenden 20. Jahrhundert werden Ursachen, Einflussfaktoren und Äußerungsformen von Selbstvergewisserung und Vergemeinschaftungsprozessen unter den aserbaidschanischen Muslimen dargestellt.

Part I presents at an very early stage a wide choice of proverbs and texts. The first emphases stimulates the fluency of reading, because if you readi a text again and again you will understand it better and better. The second emphesis completes the inflexion of the noun. The third extends the knowledge of the verb. Only Sg. 3. m; Imperativ 2. m and Qal, Nif‘al, Hif‘il, Pi‘el are teached in the first time throughout all the verclasses. Part II summerizes the writing system, grammar and syntax and presents examples of different methods to analyse a written text.

During the past twelve years, international trade in Tibetan art has enjoyed an unprecedented upswing, as buyer demand has confronted limited supply. Prices have risen to dizzying heights, in line with the maxim: “The older the piece, the higher the price.”

The second part of the series “In kaiserlichem Auftrag” has the subheading “Archeological Studies of the DAE in Tigray / Ethiopia”. In more than 25 articles, authors will discuss “Ethiopia mirrored in historic maps” (F. Haubold) and “Ethiopia 100 years ago” (Asfa-Wossen Asserate), the historic environment of Tigray (W. Schmidt) as well as Northern Tigray and Eritrea with reference to photos taken in those days (A. Ritler and L. Lätt) (part 1). About the DAE the sequel of the Littmann diary (R. Vogt) is included among other things, D. Phillotson discusses the achievements of the DAE and H. v. Lübke, following archival research, presents new insights into the “inner life” of the expedition, accompanied by notes by St. Wenig (part 2). The third part, on archaeology and history, occupies a large part of the volume. Following an introduction by P. Henze, R. Fattovich and J. Phillips sum up the archaeological research in Tigray since the DAE, while other authors give an account of recent research in the region. In the forth part, material such as inscriptions, coins, and other small findings are evaluated. A third, concluding volume, which will focus mainly on the ethnological research of the DAE and the churches and monasteries in Aksum, Adwa and Debre Damo it visited, is being prepared.

The lower citadel of Tiryns is a unique finding of settlements from the Mycenean late palatial and post-palatial periods. It was excavated between 1976 and 1983 under the conduct of Klaus Kilian. This volume comprises the report of the excavation, consisting of phase plans, isometries, planum and profile drawings, as well as photographs.

The present volume describes the development of gothic book script in the first half of the 14th century, continuing its study in the 13th century published in 1987. In addition, the author deals with fundamental changes in the book production of this period; she lists up the earliest examples of cursive script originally limited to archival documents, now used as a new type of book script, and of the use of paper as material for books.