955 research outputs found
Homenaje a Antonio Tovar. Ofrecido por sus discípulos, colegas y amigos
No full textDevos Christian. Homenaje a Antonio Tovar. Ofrecido por sus discípulos, colegas y amigos. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 47, fasc. 1, 1978. pp. 400-401
Bruchet (Max) . — Notice sur l'ancien cadastre de Savoie. Nouvelle édition, complétée et mise à jour par J.-Y. Mariotte et R. Gabion, précédée d'une étude de Paul Guichonnet. Coll. Sources et méthodes de l'histoire de la Savoie. 1977
No full textDevos Roger. Bruchet (Max) . — Notice sur l'ancien cadastre de Savoie. Nouvelle édition, complétée et mise à jour par J.-Y. Mariotte et R. Gabion, précédée d'une étude de Paul Guichonnet. Coll. Sources et méthodes de l'histoire de la Savoie. 1977. In: Le Monde alpin et rhodanien. Revue régionale d'ethnologie, n°1-2/1978. pp. 277-278
Studying urban stratigraphy: Dark Earth and a microstratified sequence on the site of the Court of Hoogstraeten (Brussels, Belgium). Integrating archaeopedology and phytolith analysis
No full textSoil micromorphology has become an important tool in urban archaeology to investigate enigmatic dark, humus-rich, apparently homogeneous units, known as Dark Earth. It has also proven to be of great value to study microstratified sequences (such as floors), allowing a finer grained picture. Phytolith studies have also shown to be of particular interest to investigate archaeological layers, especially where other botanical remains are poorly preserved. The integration of phytolith studies and micromorphology al- lows understanding of the distribution and orientation patterns of the phytoliths and their relation to other features/fabrics, contributing to a better understanding of taphonomical processes and the iden- tification of different human activities.The aim of the present article is to demonstrate the possibilities of such an integrated approach by the example of the site of the Court of Hoogstraeten, situated near the top of a steep slope, next to the Palace of the Dukes in the centre of Brussels (Belgium). The present article focuses on one complex sequence that includes two levels of Dark Earth and a microstratified sequence.The integrated study demonstrates that the formation of the Dark Earth on the site of the Court of Hoogstraeten results from multiphased processes, whereby various human actions interact with natural phenomena. Among the human activities pasturing, crop growing, manuring and composting have been identified. The microstratified sequence has been identified as a potential floor layer. As such, this approach does not only allow understanding the site formation processes both from homogenised units like Dark Earth, and microstratified ones, but also identification of ancient activities that are rather difficult to interpret based on field data alone.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishe
Paul Meyvaеrt and Paul Devos: Duo Candelabra Cyrillomethodiana
No full textThe paper outlines in historiographical perspective Paul Meyvaert (1921-2015) and Paul Devos' (1913-1995) contributions to the classification of the Latin hagiographical legends about Sts Cyril and Methodius. The author analyzes their three joint studies from 1955-1956. These studies first introduced into academic use the most comprehensive medieval copy of the so-called Italian Legend discovered to date. They also explored its links to the literary activity of Leo of Ostia (1046-1115). Through P. Meyvaert's fortuitous discovery, the two scholars proved that only the second redaction of the Italian Legend has survived. As a result of their research, they narrowed down the chronological limits of the appearance of its first redaction, compiled by Johannes Hymmonides and Gauderic of Velletri. They studied the manuscript tradition (of the Italian Legend) and proved that the reference to the episcopal rank of St Cyril and St Methodius is a late interpolation in the text. They established what influence Leo of Ostia's redaction of the Italian Legend exerted on the literary production in the Benedictine monastery of San Clemente a Casauria in the last quarter of the 12th century and on some legendaries containing abridged legendae novae of the 13th and 14th centuries. P. Meyvaert and P. Devos also attempted to clarify the place of the so-called Moravian Legend in the nexus of Latin Cyrillo-Methodian legends of the Bohemian lands. The paper discusses the contributions of Meyvaert and Devos from the perspective of the development of Cyrillo-Methodian studies. It analyses the main approaches used for the successful solutions to age-old issues and the hypotheses that provoked debate with Jaroslav Ludvikovský (1895-1984)
Bringing the diversity of Planctomycetes into the light: Introduction to papers from the special issue on novel taxa of Planctomycetes
No full textPlanctomycetes are very intriguing bacteria that impassion, inspire and stimulate the scholars that study them. Discovered in the beginning of the last century, they were initially confused with 'floating fungus', hence the genus name Planctomyces (planktos, wandering, floating; Gr. masc. n. mukês, fungus; https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/planctomyces). However, it was only in the second half of the twentieth century that their diversity started to be unveiled (Devos and Ward 2014; Lage et al. 2019; Dedysh et al. 2020a). Together with Chlamydiae, Verrucomicrobia and other poorly described phyla, such as Lentisphaerae, Kiritimatiellaeota and other candidate phyla, they form the Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae (PVC) superphylum (Wagner and Horn 2006). Planctomycetes are distinctive bacteria and their divergent characteristics have confused both those scientists analysing them and also those considering them as interesting curiosities (Wiegand et al. 2018; Rivas-Marín and Devos 2018). For example, they have been mistakenly proposed to form a third cell type organisation, neither Gram-negative nor Gram-positive (Santarella-Mellwig et al. 2013; Devos 2014a, b; Boedeker et al. 2017). Indeed, they have even been called the 'nucleated' bacteria (Fuerst 2005). For a long time, they were thought to lack peptidoglycan, an anomaly considered as shared with the Chlamydiae but recently reappraised (Jeske et al. 2015; van Teeseling et al. 2015). These and other misconceptions have pervaded the PVC field for a long time. With the advances in genomics, molecular and microscopy techniques, combined with more sampling, Planctomycetes researchers have begun to fix some of the most obvious misconceptions in the field (reviewed in Devos 2014a, b; Wiegand et al. 2018; Rivas-Marín and Devos 2018; Lage et al. 2019). However, two of the real divergent features of Planctomycetes, also shared with Chlamydiae, are their asymmetrical division and their lack of the division protein FtsZ, unique in the free-living bacterial world (Rivas-Marín et al. 2016, 2020)
Deciphering formation processes of the urban Dark Earth: a geoarchaeological approach
No full textUrban dark earths are dark coloured, poorly stratified units, often formed over several centuries that have been uncovered in many European towns (Nicosia & Devos, 2014). Due to their lack of any recognizable internal stratigraphy, standard archaeological approaches typically fail to understand their complex histories.The present contribution will demonstrate how geoarchaeological approaches, and especially micromorphology, can help to understand the often complex formation processes, and to discriminate different human activities and natural processes involved in dark earth formation. In a second step, we will also discuss how soil micromorphology (the microscopic study of archaeological soil/sediments) can help to understand the taphonomical history of the botanical components, observed within the dark earth; we will hereby focus on the example of the phytoliths (Devos et al. 2013; Vrydaghs et al. in press).References:Devos, Y. Nicosia, C. Vrydaghs, L. Modrie, S. 2013. Studying urban stratigraphy: Dark Earth and a microstratified sequence on the site of the Court of Hoogstraeten (Brussels, Belgium). Integrating archaeopedology and phytolith analysis. Quaternary International 315, 147-166. Nicosia C. Devos Y. 2014. Urban Dark Earth. In: Smith, C. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, Vol. 11. Springer, New York, pp. 7532-7540 .Vrydaghs, L. Ball, T.B. Devos, Y. in press. Beyond redundancy and multiplicity. Integrating phytolith analysis and micromorphology to the study of Brussels Dark Earth, Journal of Archaeological Sciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j. jas.2015.09.004info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublishe
« Lettres de Galice » de Prosper-Henri Devos, un voyage vers l’Autre, une quête de soi. Analyse d’un voyage d’un ouvrage et de sa traduction
No full textDer Beitrag enthält das Abstract ausschließlich in französischer und englischer Sprache.Prosper-Henri Devos (1889-1914), a writer of Belgian origin, is the author of Lettres de Galice, eight chronicles that recount the author's journey through Galician lands. At first, the article focuses on the analysis of the translation from French into Galician, the translation technique used and the translation problems encountered. Secondlly, the content of the work is analysed as a double exploration of identity, a journey of a bilateral nature. Galicia exists in the history of Devos and the writer's personality is revealed as the encounters take place, as the journey is recounted.Prosper-Henri Devos (1889-1914), écrivain d'origine belge, est l'auteur des Lettres de Galice, huit chroniques qui retracent le parcours de l'auteur en terres galiciennes. Dans un premier temps, l'article se centre sur l'analyse de la traduction du français vers le galicien, la technique de traduction utilisée et les problèmes de traduction rencontrés. Dans un second temps, le contenu de l'œuvre est analysé comme une double exploration identitaire, un parcours à caractère bilatéral. La Galice existe dans l'histoire de Devos et la personnalité de l'écrivain se révèle au fil des rencontres, au fur et à mesure du récit du voyage.La traduction en galicien encourage à son tour ses lecteurs à voyager dans la mémoire de leur pays, tout en étant destinée à rendre au destinataire de la langue cible une copie fidèle de la version original
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