John Osborne
Biographic Data
| ID | 3838228 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Osborne |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Osborne |
| SIGNATURE | OSBORNE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6602-0894 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 40 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
An Exceptional Early Byzantine Censer in Antalya
This study explores the imagery and meanings of an exceptional gilt-silver censer from the Sion Treasure, housed today in Antalya (Türkiye). The censer bears silver stamps that help date it late in the reign of Emperor Justinian I (ca. 550–65), as well as a dedicatory inscription that names the bishop who donated many other objects in that treasure. The Antalya censer stands out for its cylindrical form and for its figural frieze, which depicts e…
Forgotten Friars. The Visual Culture of Giovanni Colombini and the Apostolic Clerics of Saint Jerome (the Jesuati)
A little-known mendicant order, the Apostolic Clerics of St Jerome, better known as the ‘Jesuati’, was founded by Giovanni Colombini of Siena in the mid-fourteenth century, receiving formal recognition from Pope Urban V at Viterbo in 1367. The congregation flourished, particularly over the course of the fifteenth century when it established conventual houses in most major cities of central and northern Italy, but was eventually suppressed in 1668…
The elephant in the room (at Notre-Dame de Gourdon, Burgundy)
John Osborne begins this paper with a question: what was an elephant doing on the wall of a Romanesque church dedicated to the Virgin Mary’s Assumption? He answers by considering first the placement of the elephant in the other art of the building and the relationship of the lower part of the wall-painting (called the dado) to the higher images; then by considering what medieval Europeans would have known about elephants from natural history book…
Scrutinize Analysis of Crime Investigation – Assigned Weighted Approach
This study focuses on trust rating between police records and observed current case’s data, employing a weighted graph approach to make informed decisions in different criminal investigations. Four distinct cases, ranging from theft to homicide, were examined, each with its own assigned trust levels. The outcomes of these cases varied, with trust ratings playing a significant role in influencing the final decisions made by law enforcement agencie…
Rome on the Borders
Coils of Sunshine”
In the mid-nineteenth century photographers were challenged by the absence of light in indoor and underground spaces. One promising solution was the intense light created by the combustion of magnesium, which became commercially available in England in 1864. This article examines the use of magnesium wire by the pioneer Canadian photographer Charles Smeaton, who took the first pictures in the Roman catacombs in the winter of 1866-1867
Urban Developments in Late Antique and Medieval Rome
A narrative of decline punctuated by periods of renewal has long structured perceptions of Rome's late antique and medieval history. In their probing contributions to this volume, a multi-disciplinary group of scholars provides alternative approaches to understanding the period. Addressing developments in governance, ceremony, literature, art, music, clerical education and the city's very sense of its own identity, the essays examine how a variet…
The Dower Charter of Otto Ii and Theophanu, and the Roman Scriptorium at Santi Apostoli
Analyses of writing culture in tenth-century Rome have been impeded by an absence of manuscripts and documents that can be assigned unquestionably to scriptoria in the city. This paper will examine the possibility that one such document has hitherto been hiding in plain sight, as it were: the dower charter given by Emperor Otto II to the Byzantine princess Theophanu on the occasion of their marriage in St Peter's on 14 April 972. Usually consider…
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Theories of drama
Born into a remarkable family, Henry James exhibited signs of precocity early on. In his autobiography, he chronicled his discovery, at the age of about eleven, that a hyperactive consciousness and restless curiosity such as his had a value that could be put to critical use. The 1880s were a particularly rich period in James's career as critic and novelist. In 1882 he was saluted by Howells as the chief exemplar among the new school of novelists …
Fluency, complexity and informativeness in native and non-native speech
Individual speakers vary considerably in their rate of speech, their syntactic choices, and the organization of information in their discourse. This study, based on a corpus of monologue productions from native and non-native speakers of English and French, examines the relations between temporal fluency, syntactic complexity and informational content. The purpose is to identify which features, or combinations of features, are common to more flue…
The role of housing and neighbourhood in the re‐settlement process
Access to adequate, affordable housing is an essential first step in the re‐settlement process for immigrants and refugees. It is the basis from which newcomers look for jobs, language training and other services. Without such housing, newcomers may have limited security of tenure, compromised health, jeopardized education and employment opportunities and impaired social and family life. Refugees generally face the greatest challenges of all newc…
Housing and Neighbourhood Challenges of Refugee Resettlement in Declining Inner City Neighbourhoods
Most refugees arriving in Winnipeg settle in the inner city, an area of substantive urban decline. The attraction of the area is the affordable, but poor quality, housing and proximity of service agencies. The area is characterized by unemployment, poverty, crime, and safety issues. It is also the destination of a significant influx of Aboriginal people, also seeking affordable housing and services. This study tracks refugee households over a thr…
The Cult of Maria Regina in Early Medieval Rome
The iconography of Mary bearing the crown and vestments of a Byzantine empress has long been associated with the arts of the city of Rome, where the overwhelming majority of early examples survive. From the eighth century onwards, this theme was exploited by the popes to reinforce their claims to independence from secular authority. But did they invent it? This paper supports the view that the iconography was initially developed at the imperial c…
The Jerusalem Temple treasure and the church of Santi Cosma e Damiano in Rome
Gli studiosi si sono a lungo chiesti perché un'aula absidata e il suo vestibolo adiacente, appartenente al Foro della Pace di Vespasiano, doveva essere stato scelto come sito per la prima chiesa cristiana nel Foro Romano, quella dei Santi Cosma e Damiano, un progetto di Papa Felice IV (526–30). Con questo articolo si suggerisce che uno dei fattori che ha influenzato la scelta può essere stata la precedente presenza in quest'area dei tesori tratti…
Icons and Power
Politics, diplomacy and the cult of relics in Venice and the northern Adriatic in the first half of the ninth century
In early medieval Europe the cult of the saints emerged as a prominent focus for the construction of political identity. Corporeal relics became objects of importance, conferring status on their possessor; and, like other precious commodities, they frequently served as prestigious diplomatic gifts, useful for the fostering of political affiliations between donor and recipient. This strategic use of saints' cults is here examined with special rega…
The Changing Image of Theodor Fontane
Drama, after 1740
The theory and criticism of neo-classical drama at its height had been based on principles of generic purity and exclusiveness; the three dramatic genres, tragedy, comedy and pastoral together were held to provide a complete picture of human life in its three forms; the life of the court, the life of the town and the life of the country (d'Aubignac, Pratique , p. 142). Such notions, which had previously been subject to only isolated questioning, …
Textiles and their painted imitations in early medieval Rome
TESSUTI E LE LORO IMITAZIONI DIPINTE NELLA ROMA ALTO MEDIEVALE L'articolo esamina il fenomeno dell'imitazione dei tendaggi, o vela , che furono dipinti sui plinti delle mura delle chiese a Roma durante l'alto medioevo. La ricomparsa di questa pratica, che ha precedenti in epoca classica, avvenuta a Roma intorno al 700 d.C., è collegata con la contemporanea diffusione di idee artistiche e liturgiche provenienti da Bisanzio, così come al fiorire di…
The Meiningen Court Theatre 1866-1890
The Meininger Court Theatre 1866-1890
A Note on the Medieval Name of the So-Called ‘Temple of Fortuna Virilis’ at Rome
NOTA SULLA DENOMINAZIONE MEDIEVALE DEL COSIDDETTO “TEMPIO DELLA FORTUNA VIRILIS” A ROMA Il piccolo tempio repubblicano, che si trova presso la sponda del Tevere, generalmente noto come “Tempio della Fortuna Virile”, fu convertito, nei primi secoli del Medioevo, in una chiesa cristiana. L'identificazione della sua dedicazione è stata oggetto di controversie. L'autore ritiene che, se lo Stefano che era menzionato quale fondatore della chiesa in una…
Defining Their Own Patriotism
In 1976, Drew Middleton, military correspondent of the New York Times, was given an official Chinese government tour of militia posts in the provinces closest to Soviet Russia. In one village, a local militiaman led him through a series of tunnels to the main defence post, overlooking the village pig-pen. The visitor was told knowingly that when the Russians came for the pigs they would be shot down easily.' What Middleton saw in this Chinese vil…
Housing and Neighbourhood Challenges of Refugee Resettlement in Declining Inner City Neighbourhoods
Most refugees arriving in Winnipeg settle in the inner city, an area of substantive urban decline. The attraction of the area is the affordable, but poor quality, housing and proximity of service agencies. The area is characterized by unemployment, poverty, crime, and safety issues. It is also the destination of a significant influx of Aboriginal people, also seeking affordable housing and services. This study tracks refugee households over a thr…
The role of housing and neighbourhood in the re‐settlement process
Access to adequate, affordable housing is an essential first step in the re‐settlement process for immigrants and refugees. It is the basis from which newcomers look for jobs, language training and other services. Without such housing, newcomers may have limited security of tenure, compromised health, jeopardized education and employment opportunities and impaired social and family life. Refugees generally face the greatest challenges of all newc…
Politics, diplomacy and the cult of relics in Venice and the northern Adriatic in the first half of the ninth century
In early medieval Europe the cult of the saints emerged as a prominent focus for the construction of political identity. Corporeal relics became objects of importance, conferring status on their possessor; and, like other precious commodities, they frequently served as prestigious diplomatic gifts, useful for the fostering of political affiliations between donor and recipient. This strategic use of saints' cults is here examined with special rega…
The Portrait of Pope Leo IV in San Clemente, Rome
IL RITRATTO DI PAPA LEONE IV IN SAN CLEMENTE, ROMA = UN RIESAME DEL COSIDDETTO ‘NIMBO QUADRATO’ NELL' ARTE MEDIEVALE Un esame iconografico dell'uso nel primo medioevo del cosiddetto nimbo quadrato rivela che nell'ottavo e nono secolo detto motivo, che ha le sue origini in Egitto, veniva usato a Roma esclusivamente nel contesto di ritratti di personalità contemporanee. Ciò implica ma non prova che la persona in questione fosse viva in quel periodo…
Textiles and their painted imitations in early medieval Rome
TESSUTI E LE LORO IMITAZIONI DIPINTE NELLA ROMA ALTO MEDIEVALE L'articolo esamina il fenomeno dell'imitazione dei tendaggi, o vela , che furono dipinti sui plinti delle mura delle chiese a Roma durante l'alto medioevo. La ricomparsa di questa pratica, che ha precedenti in epoca classica, avvenuta a Roma intorno al 700 d.C., è collegata con la contemporanea diffusione di idee artistiche e liturgiche provenienti da Bisanzio, così come al fiorire di…
A Note on the Medieval Name of the So-Called ‘Temple of Fortuna Virilis’ at Rome
NOTA SULLA DENOMINAZIONE MEDIEVALE DEL COSIDDETTO “TEMPIO DELLA FORTUNA VIRILIS” A ROMA Il piccolo tempio repubblicano, che si trova presso la sponda del Tevere, generalmente noto come “Tempio della Fortuna Virile”, fu convertito, nei primi secoli del Medioevo, in una chiesa cristiana. L'identificazione della sua dedicazione è stata oggetto di controversie. L'autore ritiene che, se lo Stefano che era menzionato quale fondatore della chiesa in una…
Early Medieval Wall-Paintings in the Catacomb of San Valentino, Rome
AFFRESCHI ALTOMEDIEVALI NELLE CATACOMBE DI SAN VALENTINO, ROMA Lo studio dello stile e dell'iconografia degli affreschi parietali del vestibolo delle Catacombe di San Valentino sulla Via Flaminia suggerisce che essi risalgano all'inizio dell'VIII secolo d.C. e che siano associati al patronato di Giovanni VII (705–707). Essi vengono confrontati ai mosaici di una cappella nella Vecchia San Pietro, ed alle decorazioni parietali di S. Maria Antiqua, …
The Dower Charter of Otto Ii and Theophanu, and the Roman Scriptorium at Santi Apostoli
Analyses of writing culture in tenth-century Rome have been impeded by an absence of manuscripts and documents that can be assigned unquestionably to scriptoria in the city. This paper will examine the possibility that one such document has hitherto been hiding in plain sight, as it were: the dower charter given by Emperor Otto II to the Byzantine princess Theophanu on the occasion of their marriage in St Peter's on 14 April 972. Usually consider…
Fluency, complexity and informativeness in native and non-native speech
Individual speakers vary considerably in their rate of speech, their syntactic choices, and the organization of information in their discourse. This study, based on a corpus of monologue productions from native and non-native speakers of English and French, examines the relations between temporal fluency, syntactic complexity and informational content. The purpose is to identify which features, or combinations of features, are common to more flue…
The Jerusalem Temple treasure and the church of Santi Cosma e Damiano in Rome
Gli studiosi si sono a lungo chiesti perché un'aula absidata e il suo vestibolo adiacente, appartenente al Foro della Pace di Vespasiano, doveva essere stato scelto come sito per la prima chiesa cristiana nel Foro Romano, quella dei Santi Cosma e Damiano, un progetto di Papa Felice IV (526–30). Con questo articolo si suggerisce che uno dei fattori che ha influenzato la scelta può essere stata la precedente presenza in quest'area dei tesori tratti…
The Atrium of S. Maria Antiqua, Rome
L'ATRIO DI S. MARIA ANTIQUA, ROMA: UNA STORIA NELL'ARTE I tentativi di stabilire la cronologia relativa all'uso medievale del sito di S. Maria Antiqua nel Foro Romano sono stati resi difficili dalla scarsezza della documentazione scritta. Il presente studio si propone di superare questa difficoltà usando come documenti che forniscano testimonianza sulla storia del sito i dipinti murali dell'atrio, finora poco studiati. Nonostante si creda general…
"A Human Science Study of Learning about "Learning
Fourteen students in a graduate course on learning theories described their ideas about learning before and during the course. They were asked to comment upon the existential relevance of natural science and human science approaches to learning with particular reference to their intellectual and emotional reactions. Written protocols were thematically analyzed. The data indicated that all students shifted toward a more human science outlook on le…
The Tomb of Alfanus in S. Maria in Cosmedin, Rome, and its Place in the Tradition of Roman Funerary Monuments
LA TOMBA DI ALFANUS NELLA CHIESA DI S. MARIA IN COSMEDIN Il monumento funerario del camerorius papale Alfanus nel portico di ingresso della chiesa di S. Maria in Cosmedin a Roma, databile circa al 1123 d.C, si erge all'inizio di una fila di tombe tardo-medievali che impiegano la stessa formula strutturale: un sarcofago sormontato da un arco. La formula stessa deriva dal periodo tardo-antico, e specificamente dalle tombe ad arcosolio nelle catacom…
Naturalism and the Dramaturgy of the Open Drama
The Naturalist Drama in Germany
Exhibitionism and Criticism
Romantik
The Origin of German Tragic Drama
The Portrait of Pope Leo IV in San Clemente, Rome
IL RITRATTO DI PAPA LEONE IV IN SAN CLEMENTE, ROMA = UN RIESAME DEL COSIDDETTO ‘NIMBO QUADRATO’ NELL' ARTE MEDIEVALE Un esame iconografico dell'uso nel primo medioevo del cosiddetto nimbo quadrato rivela che nell'ottavo e nono secolo detto motivo, che ha le sue origini in Egitto, veniva usato a Roma esclusivamente nel contesto di ritratti di personalità contemporanee. Ciò implica ma non prova che la persona in questione fosse viva in quel periodo…
Early Medieval Wall-Paintings in the Catacomb of San Valentino, Rome
AFFRESCHI ALTOMEDIEVALI NELLE CATACOMBE DI SAN VALENTINO, ROMA Lo studio dello stile e dell'iconografia degli affreschi parietali del vestibolo delle Catacombe di San Valentino sulla Via Flaminia suggerisce che essi risalgano all'inizio dell'VIII secolo d.C. e che siano associati al patronato di Giovanni VII (705–707). Essi vengono confrontati ai mosaici di una cappella nella Vecchia San Pietro, ed alle decorazioni parietali di S. Maria Antiqua, …
Die Meininger
The Tomb of Alfanus in S. Maria in Cosmedin, Rome, and its Place in the Tradition of Roman Funerary Monuments
LA TOMBA DI ALFANUS NELLA CHIESA DI S. MARIA IN COSMEDIN Il monumento funerario del camerorius papale Alfanus nel portico di ingresso della chiesa di S. Maria in Cosmedin a Roma, databile circa al 1123 d.C, si erge all'inizio di una fila di tombe tardo-medievali che impiegano la stessa formula strutturale: un sarcofago sormontato da un arco. La formula stessa deriva dal periodo tardo-antico, e specificamente dalle tombe ad arcosolio nelle catacom…
Books reviewed
The Radical Persuasion, 1890–1917: Aspects of Intellectual History and the Historiography of Three American Radical Organizations. By Aileen S. Kraditor. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. 1981. viii, 381 pp. $24.95. Servants in Husbandry in Early Modern England. By Ann Kussmaul. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. xii, 233 pp. $29.95. The Private Life of a Country House (1912–1939). By Lesley Lewis. North Pomfret. VT: Da…
Introduction to American Studies
Chronology Introduction 1. New Founde Land Ellman Crasnow and Philip Haffenden 2. The First New Nation Peter Marshall and Ian Walker 3. New England in The Nation Christine Bolt and A Robert Lee 4. The Old South Edward Ranson and Andrew Hook 5. The Frontier West R A Burchell and R J Gray 6. The Immigrant Experience R A Burchell and Eric Homberger 7. The Black Experience C W E Bigsby and Roger Thompson 8. The Loss of Innocence: 1880-1914 Brian Lee …
Meyer or Fontane? German Literature after the Franco-Prussian War 1870/71
Lenz, Zimmermann, Kipphardt
The Atrium of S. Maria Antiqua, Rome
L'ATRIO DI S. MARIA ANTIQUA, ROMA: UNA STORIA NELL'ARTE I tentativi di stabilire la cronologia relativa all'uso medievale del sito di S. Maria Antiqua nel Foro Romano sono stati resi difficili dalla scarsezza della documentazione scritta. Il presente studio si propone di superare questa difficoltà usando come documenti che forniscano testimonianza sulla storia del sito i dipinti murali dell'atrio, finora poco studiati. Nonostante si creda general…
"A Human Science Study of Learning about "Learning
Fourteen students in a graduate course on learning theories described their ideas about learning before and during the course. They were asked to comment upon the existential relevance of natural science and human science approaches to learning with particular reference to their intellectual and emotional reactions. Written protocols were thematically analyzed. The data indicated that all students shifted toward a more human science outlook on le…
A Note on the Medieval Name of the So-Called ‘Temple of Fortuna Virilis’ at Rome
NOTA SULLA DENOMINAZIONE MEDIEVALE DEL COSIDDETTO “TEMPIO DELLA FORTUNA VIRILIS” A ROMA Il piccolo tempio repubblicano, che si trova presso la sponda del Tevere, generalmente noto come “Tempio della Fortuna Virile”, fu convertito, nei primi secoli del Medioevo, in una chiesa cristiana. L'identificazione della sua dedicazione è stata oggetto di controversie. L'autore ritiene che, se lo Stefano che era menzionato quale fondatore della chiesa in una…
Defining Their Own Patriotism
In 1976, Drew Middleton, military correspondent of the New York Times, was given an official Chinese government tour of militia posts in the provinces closest to Soviet Russia. In one village, a local militiaman led him through a series of tunnels to the main defence post, overlooking the village pig-pen. The visitor was told knowingly that when the Russians came for the pigs they would be shot down easily.' What Middleton saw in this Chinese vil…
The Meininger Court Theatre 1866-1890
The Meiningen Court Theatre 1866-1890
Textiles and their painted imitations in early medieval Rome
TESSUTI E LE LORO IMITAZIONI DIPINTE NELLA ROMA ALTO MEDIEVALE L'articolo esamina il fenomeno dell'imitazione dei tendaggi, o vela , che furono dipinti sui plinti delle mura delle chiese a Roma durante l'alto medioevo. La ricomparsa di questa pratica, che ha precedenti in epoca classica, avvenuta a Roma intorno al 700 d.C., è collegata con la contemporanea diffusione di idee artistiche e liturgiche provenienti da Bisanzio, così come al fiorire di…
Drama, after 1740
The theory and criticism of neo-classical drama at its height had been based on principles of generic purity and exclusiveness; the three dramatic genres, tragedy, comedy and pastoral together were held to provide a complete picture of human life in its three forms; the life of the court, the life of the town and the life of the country (d'Aubignac, Pratique , p. 142). Such notions, which had previously been subject to only isolated questioning, …
The Changing Image of Theodor Fontane
Politics, diplomacy and the cult of relics in Venice and the northern Adriatic in the first half of the ninth century
In early medieval Europe the cult of the saints emerged as a prominent focus for the construction of political identity. Corporeal relics became objects of importance, conferring status on their possessor; and, like other precious commodities, they frequently served as prestigious diplomatic gifts, useful for the fostering of political affiliations between donor and recipient. This strategic use of saints' cults is here examined with special rega…
Icons and Power
The Cult of Maria Regina in Early Medieval Rome
The iconography of Mary bearing the crown and vestments of a Byzantine empress has long been associated with the arts of the city of Rome, where the overwhelming majority of early examples survive. From the eighth century onwards, this theme was exploited by the popes to reinforce their claims to independence from secular authority. But did they invent it? This paper supports the view that the iconography was initially developed at the imperial c…
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