Ladder of shadows : reflecting on medieval vestige in Provence and Languedoc / Gustaf Sobin ; foreword by Michael Ignatieff.

Bits of late Roman coinage, the mutilated torso of a marble Venus, blue debris from an early medieval glassworks, and the powder rasped from the reputed tomb of Mary Magdalene--these tantalizing mementos of human history found scattered throughout the landscape of southeastern France are the points...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Sobin, Gustaf
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
Series:	An Ahmanson Foundation book in the humanities.
Subjects:	Archaeology and history > France, Southern. France, Southern > Antiquities. France, Southern > Civilization. Antiquities. Archaeology and history. Civilization. France, Southern.