First steps of Roman Cement in Spain

Natural cement was patented in 1796 but it didn’t arrive in Spain until 1835. No one knows exactly where the production started in Spain, because it emerged independently at the same time in many places. Most of these outbreaks are concentrated in the north and northwest of Spain: Basque Country (Zumaya and Rezola) and Catalonia (San Celoní and San Juan de las Abadesas).Natural cement was extensively used to decorate historical buildings during the nineteenth and beginning of twentieth century in Madrid. It was the building material which realised the architects and builders dreams of mass-produced cast elements in a wide variety of styles. Its arrival replaced traditional materials that were used previously (lime, gypsum and hydraulic limes). However, its use was not extended in time, and soon it was replaced by the use of artificial Portland cements. During 20th century this building material disappeared from use. What remains is it’s memory, in thousands and thousands of “stone witnesses” in our cities. Final properties of the cement largely depend on raw materials used and its combustion temperature. However, it was characterised by an easily implementation on facade masonry, fast-setting (about 15 minutes), good resistance , an agreeable structural consistency and colour.This article aims to show first steps, evolution and decay of Natural Cement Industry in Spain and its application in Madrid.

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Comparative analysis for the assessment of restoration treatments on stone material from the roman theater of Merida (Spain)

The overall goal of the project is the study of effects of conservation treatments applied on stone material from archaeological sites, i n terms of superficial changes, effectiveness and durability. In this sense, one of the first premises is characterize the surface of the treated and untreated material in order to determine changes in physical and chemical properties.

La filla del rey d'Ongria [Texto impreso] : romanç estret de dues versions catalanes del catorzèn segle

Encuadernado en : Literatura de cordel

Nova, y gustosa relaciò, jocos, y divertit romanç, en que es veu lo corro de toros de la plaza de Sent Domingo de...Valencia en...1741 [Texto impreso] : segon paper

Contiene : Preguntes de un Corbellot y respostes del autor

Romanç nou, gracios y entretengut, en ques declara la rinya, junta y delliberaciò quels toros acordaren, imediatos à la torada, ans de partir pera Valencia pera la corregùda...deste mes de Octubre...de 1738... [Texto impreso]

Hay un ejemplar encuadernado con: Poesías colocadas en el pórtico del Convento de San Francisco de Valencia (NP849.91/3086).

Romanç nou : [Texto impreso] curios y entretengut, hon es referixen els jochs, entreteniments e invencions que els gichs de Valencia eixerciten en lo transcrus del any, per els carrers y places de la ciutat, generals, sens guardar orde, jà de nit, jà de dia, y mes en la nit quant fà lunèta ; primera [-segona] part

Hay un ejemplar encuadernado con: Poesías colocadas en el pórtico del Convento de San Francisco de Valencia (NP849.91/3086)

Romanç nou molt gracios, y entretengut, hon se referixen, al peu de la lletra, totes les cosètesq deuen previndre les senyorètes pera parir ... en aquest any 1736 [Texto impreso]

Hay un ejemplar encuadernado con: Poesías colocadas en el pórtico del Convento de San Francisco de Valencia(NP849.91/3086).

Romanç nou hon se reciten los treballs de la gent pobra, per lo càres que shan possàt en València totes les coses y en especial lo menjatìu de modo que hui costa el viure mes afanys [Texto impreso] : escrit en aquest any 1763

Hay un ejemplar encuadernado con: Poesías colocadas en el pórtico del Convento de San Francisco de Valencia (NP849.91/3086).

“An Italian of the Vatican type” : The Roman formation of Cardinal Paul Cullen, Archbishop of Dublin

Peer reviewed

Il Roman des sept sages. Edizione critica del gruppo β/a della redazione A

Edizione critica di una famiglia della redazione A del Roman des sept sages, con introduzione letteraria, classificazione di tutti manoscritti della redazione, apparato critico, scelta di varianti da tutti i testimoni

The Politics of Re-(en)visioning: Contemporary British Rewritings of Greek and Roman Tragedies

This thesis examines three different kinds of socio-political rewritings of Greek and Roman tragedies – Sarah Kane’s “Phaedra’s Love”, Tony Harrison’s “Prometheus”, and Martin Crimp’s “Cruel and Tender” – written, staged or screened in Britain (and, more precisely, England) between 1996 and 2004. Offering close readings of these re-visionary appropriations, this dissertation analyses some of the innumerable and unexpected forms that ancient tragedy can assume today. In particular, it explores how three talented British authors have subverted the conventions of the noblest literary and dramatic genre in order to (re)write contemporaneity in ways that oscillate between the personal and the public, the local and the global, the national and the transnational.

Influence of Religious Institutions in the Creation and Implementation of Public Policy: The Case of Roman Catholic Argentina and Secular Uruguay

The strong presence of religious institutions in Latin America, especially the Roman Catholic Church, and their participation in the creation and implementation of public policy within a sovereign state can be counter-productive for the social development and progress of that specific country. Argentina and Uruguay and the social controversy of social issues of abortion and same-sex marriage are used as examples to establish the accuracy of the above statement. Historical, statistical, and legislative information about both topics in both countries show that the political power that the Roman Catholic Church has in the region is more an outdated influence than a reality, and the principle of secularization appears to be the most stabilizing philosophy for modern nations.

Collyria seals in the Roman Empire

Roman seals associated with collyria (Latin expression for eye drops /washes and lotions for eye maintenance) provide valuable information about eye care in the antiquity. These small, usually stone-made pieces bore engravings with the names of eye doctors and also the collyria used to treat an eye disease. The collyria seals have been found all over the Roman empire and Celtic territories in particular and were usually associated with military camps. In Hispania (Iberian Peninsula), only three collyria seals have been found. These findings speak about eye care in this ancient Roman province as well as about of the life of the time. This article takes a look at the utility and social significance of the collyria seals and seeks to give an insight in the ophthalmological practice of in the Roman Empire.