Acting on Faith: The Confraternity of the Gonfalone in Renaissance Rome

by Barbara Wisch and Nerida Newbigin

ISBN: 978-0-916101-74-9, cloth hardcover, 512pp + index and bibliography, 269 color images.

This study is the first integrated, interdisciplinary work devoted to the oldest confraternity (lay religious brotherhood) in Renaissance Rome. It reconstructs the churches, chapels, ospedali, and private oratory where the brethren worshiped, as well as the festivities that enlivened them.

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The Art of Painting in Colonial Quito El arte de la pintura en Quito colonial

Edited by Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruitt, Organized by Judy de Bustamante

ISBN: 978-0-916101-69-5, cloth hardcover with dust jacket, 352pp + index, 12.5 x 9.5 inches, 231 color images.

This bilingual edition focuses on the heritage of painting in colonial Quito with new research and new photography of previously unpublished paintings.

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Mortals with Tremendous Responsibilities: A History of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

by (Hon.) Harvey Bartle III

ISBN: 978-0-916101-72-5, hardcover, 290pp + index, 60 color images.

The first history of the oldest court in the United States (1789), this volume positions the development of this Federal Court within the context of the ongoing political, social, and economic changes that were transforming Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the nation as a whole.

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Metropolitan Paradise: The Struggle for Nature in the City
Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley 1620-2020
by David R. Contosta and Carol Franklin
Metropolitan Paradise: The Struggle for Nature in the City
2010 David R. Coffin Publication Grant - Foundation for Landscape Studies
2011 Professional Award in Communications - American Society of Landscape Architects

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