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UNIVERSITY
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The new volume of verse
by the author of
Mostly People
EMBLEMS OF PASSAGE
by
Jeannette Nichols
Miss Nichols' second volume of verse reasserts the maturity, wit,
and sensibility praised in the reviews of her first collection, publisbed
in 1966. Her poems are emblems of the difficult passage to universal
understanding. Her sensitive responses-to people, actions, and events
which often seem chaotic and incomprehensible-are uniquely her
own, as records of her continuing journey through the country
of
the
mind and heart.
$4.00
New in the Byzantine Series
BYZANTINE PHILANTHROPY
AND SOCIAL WELFARE
by
Demetrios J. Constantelos
Foreword by Peter Charanis
The Byzantine Church and State, with funds augmented by lavish
private benefactions, established and maintained a great network
of
philanthropic institutions. This immensely thorough and comprehen–
sive work is the first to examine this p.ervasive feature of Byzantine
society. The author's conclusive research and documentation verify
the testimony of the imperial chroniclers that
Philanthropia,
as an
ideal and an applied virtue, flourished in the Byzantine Empire, and
that it was, in fact, one of its finest achievements. 975
pages, 36
illustrations,
4
maps, notes, bibliography, index
$17.50
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
