On the Textual History of Maximus the Greek’s Collected Works (Paris, Man. Slave № 123) by Ludmila Ivanovna Zhurova

“…Most likely, its protograph was compiled in the Trinity Monastery of S. Sergius during Maximus’ last years. …”
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New Look on the Toponyms Valdai and Gora-Valdai by Valery L. Vasilyev

“…Besides, thanks to Patriarch Nikon’s activity in the foundation of the Iversky Bogoroditsky Monastery from the middle of the 17th c., the names of the Valdai Lake and the adjacent village (now the city of Valday) acquired all-Russian recognition, which led to their spread to territories remote from the Novgorod province. …”
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From the History of Byzantine Servile Aristocracy: Chalkoutzes Family in the 10th–11th Centuries by Dmitriy S. Borovkov

“…This is clearly demonstrated by the acts of the monastery of St. John the Theologian on the Patmos island by 1087 1088 years: among all the officials, mentioned in the documents, three belong to the Chalkoutzes family. …”
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Female “Singleness” in the Urals around 1900 by Elena Mikhailovna Glavatskaya, Alexandr Vladimirovich Bobitsky, Elizaveta Aleksandrovna Zabolotnykh

“…The differences in the level of female “singleness” in the Perm cities were influenced by the in-migration of female servants, whose background was often rooted in the peasant class, and the presence of a large monastery. During the new Soviet reality, renunciation of marriage as a life trajectory became infrequent, while the proportion of divorced people among those “single” increased noticeably.…”
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Geochemical Characterization of Sedimentary Materials (Limestone, Gypsum, Coal, and Iron Ore) along the Nile River Basin, South Wollo, Ethiopia by Sisay Awoke Endalew, Assamen Ayalew Ejigu, Desalegn Gezahegn Ketemu, Wudu Yimer Assen

“…The most dominant and wide-range coverage of limestone along with the Nile basin, particularly near Arsema Monastery, was found as matured limestone. The petrographic analysis of gypsum, sandstone, and clay samples indicated that all the samples taken from Wegidi revealed that the high percentage of gypsum ranges from 90 to 95%. …”
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Hannah Jessie Hankin-Hardy, in medical and humanitarian mission in Serbia during the great war by Popović-Filipović Slavica

“…The Studenica Monastery, built in 1186 A.D., the royal mausoleum of the Nemanjic Dynasty, is considered the forerunner of the Serbian statehood and conscience because in it the first school and hospital were established. …”
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Paints of Old Believer Carved Icons of the Lower Pechora: Technical, Technological, Historical, and Archival Aspects of Study by Irina Sergeevna Astakhova, Natalia Evgenyevna Plaksina

“…This article considers the technical, technological, and archival aspects of the study of Old Believer carved works of art (icons and crosses) of the Lower Pechora, whose origin is associated with the Velikopozhensky Monastery on the Pizhma River (currently, Ust-Tsilma District of the Komi Republic). …”
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John Zonaras’ Epitome of Histories (12th cent.): a compendium of Jewish-Roman history and its readers by Kampianaki, T

“…The sixth chapter proves that the chronicler was part of a network of intellectuals outside the monastery to which he had retired. Additionally, it shows that Zonaras addresses the <em>Epitome</em> to relatively learned readers. …”

Society, Community and Power in Northern Spain: 700-1000 by Portass, R

“…In Chapter Four, I show how a rich and aristocratic family of lay magnates, based in southern Galicia, were major political operators from the ninth century, but only came to exercise significant social influence amongst local society after the construction of the monastery of Celanova in 936.</p> <p>My Conclusion contextualizes these changes; it also argues that more nuanced and less schematic approaches to social relations demonstrate that peasants retained considerable autonomy in this period, and that factional politics influenced the stability of kingship far more than the supposed eclipse of public power.…”

Güssingi glosszák: ismeretlen magyar glosszák egy 15. századi sermonariumban by Tóth, P

“…Manuscript I/33 of the Franciscan Monastery of Güssing (Austria) is a typical Late Medieval collection of sermons. …”

An archaeology of memory: the 'reinvention' of Roman sarcophagi in Provence during the Middle Ages by Wyche, R

“…</p> <p>I shall analyse three groups of sites: the Alyscamps in Arles, Saint-Maximin and Tarascon (the sites connected with Mary Magdalene and her companions) and the monastery of Saint Victor in Marseille. In each case, the sarcophagi became part of an invented narrative created around the imagined antiquity of the site. …”

Words and artworks in the twelfth century and beyond. The thirteenth-century manuscript Marcianus gr. 524 and the twelfth-century dedicatory epigrams on works of art by Spingou, F

“…The scribe’s connection to the Planudean School and the Petra monastery in Constantinople is discussed. Although their relationship remains inconclusive, the manuscript provides evidence regarding the literary interests of late-thirteenth-century intellectuals. …”

Canopy of everlasting joy: an early source in Tibetan historiography and the history of West Tibet by Pritzker, D

“…<p>A more descriptive title for the dissertation might be "Early historiography in Pu rang - Gu ge and its relationship between orality, kingship, and Tibetan identity: a close study of a recently uncovered 12th century historical manuscript from Tholing monastery in West Tibet." The present study is therefore a close textual analysis of all the outer and inner features of the Tholing Manuscript. …”

Efficacy of a short-term webcam-based telemedicine treatment of internet use disorders (OMPRIS): a multicentre, prospective, single-blind, randomised, clinical trialResearch in con... by Jan Dieris-Hirche, Laura Bottel, Jale Basten, Magdalena Pape, Nina Timmesfeld, Bert Theodor te Wildt, Birte Linny Geisler, Klaus Wölfling, Peter Henningsen, Manfred Beutel, Anja Neumann, Anja Niemann, Rainer Beckers, Stephan Herpertz, Annika Best, Raffaela Böswald, Lorraine Cornelsen, Michael Dreier, Sofie Groen, Alicia Hemmersbach, Vivienne Hillerich, Ina Krahn, Dennis Lowin, Alicia Menze, Silke Neusser, Nehle Penning, Heribert Sattel, Christian Suelmann, Marianne Tokic, Julia Weretecki

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“Viimne reliikvia” ja “Kolme katku vahel”: ruumist eesti ajalookirjanduse ekraniseeringutes / The Last Relic and Between Three Plagues: On Space in Film Adaptations of Estonian His... by Eva Näripea

“…By means of its lyrics, but also due to its ambiguous attitudes towards the main settings of its story – the monastery and the Old Town – the film performed a brief intervention into the discursive space of the dominating power, creating a vacuum where, for a moment, the Other reigned. …”
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BEYOND GROUND CONTROL POINTS: COST-EFFECTIVE 3D BUILDING RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH GNSS-INTEGRATED PHOTOGRAMMETRY by E. Oniga, B. Boroianu, L. Morelli, L. Morelli, F. Remondino, M. Macovei

“…Different sets of images were acquired with the two proposed devices for the lever-arm estimation and to perform the 3D surveying of the Galata monastery historical monument. The accuracy of the process and derived dense point clouds is assessed by comparing them with GCPs and a reference point cloud derived by fusing an UAS and a high-resolution mobile laser scanning point cloud. …”
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On Blue and Green Pigments from the St. George Cathedral of Veliky Novgorod by Alessandra R.G. Giumlia-Mair, Vladimir V. Sedov, Marina V. Vdovichenko, Maria Pia Riccardi

“…George in the Yuriev Princely Monastery (built in 1119).As a first step of this complex research, we decided to concentrate on blue and green pigments. …”
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Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Quantitative Analysis of the Chemical Composition of Historical Lead Silicate Glasses by Aleksandra Leonidova, Vladimir Aseev, Denis Prokuratov, Denis Jolshin, Mikhail Khodasevich

“…The method was applied to analyze the composition of the glaze on a historic glazed tile from the burial church in the Euphrosinian monastery in Polotsk (the second half of the 12th century AD). …”
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“The Case of the Lavra Monks” of 1938 in the context of the Great Terror of 1937–1938 by I.V. Garkavy

“…It can be concluded that there is a dispersed “home monastery” in the city of Zagorsk and nearby areas of the Moscow Region, the main forms of illegal religious activity of the participants of which consisted in joint prayer, pastoral guidance, care for the preserved shrines, venera-tion of deceased spiritual mentors, etc. …”

Portraits on canvas from photos as a 19th-century portrait making technique by Korolija-Crkvenjakov Daniela, Mijić Snežana, Mandić Željko

“…After the introduction to the techniques and materials described in the literature, the paper presents two oil portraits from a photography made on canvas: a portrait of Isaija Oluić, abbot of the Krupa Monastery, from the fund of the Dalmatian Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church, made by Vlaho Bukovac, and a portrait of Nika Mihajlović, prominent Sombor lawyer and philanthropist, from the fund of the City Museum in Sombor, painted by Uroš Predić. …”
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