Antiquité Tardive - Late Antiquity - Spätantike - Tarda Antichità
Revue Internationale d'Histoire et d'Archéologie (IVe-VIIIe siècle)
Volume 28, Issue 1, 2021
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Front Matter (“Principales abréviations”, “Table des matières”, “Éditorial”)
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- 1. L’eau sous contrôle : administrer et gérer les ressources
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Action impériale et aqueducs urbains au ive et au début du ve siècle
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La gestione finanziaria dell’acqua in ambito urbano tra IV e V secolo
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:La gestione finanziaria dell’acqua in ambito urbano tra IV e V secolo show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: La gestione finanziaria dell’acqua in ambito urbano tra IV e V secoloBy: Raffaella BiundoAbstractRegarding the administration of water and especially its financial management in Late Antiquity, the documentation is rather sporadic. Nonetheless, the analysis of the sources, especially the legal ones, allow us to perceive the existence of a well-organized administration system although some details escape us. This administration had its own headquarters (statio), where the registers for the distribution of water were kept. It furthermore managed, through a specific financial department (ratio), all accounts related to water and a “chest” (arca) concerning the expenses and incomes of different nature. Although, this was only one of many rationes of the fiscus and probably also administered quite similarly as the various accounts concerning the food supply system in Rome and Constantinople, accounts often interconnected to each other and, from the 4th century onwards, fell under the supervision of the urban prefects. Besides, the fact that it is mainly within the constitutions of emperors that the protection of water and its uses were addressed, one can assume that there was a persistently present central authority, which tried, by special laws and interdictions, to preserve and guarantee the water supply to citizens. The imperial edicts do therefore reflect that the guarantee of water supply was an act of benevolence on the part of Emperors, towards the citizens. However, it should be emphasized that this was also true with regards to other essential aspects of civic life: guaranteed food supply, urban splendour, public order, facilities and welfare.
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Soliditas aquaeductus ... servetur. Controllo e amministrazione degli acquedotti nell’Italia ostrogota
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- 2. L’eau conduite et l’eau rejetée : techniques et systèmes hydrauliques
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Les aqueducs de Gaule romaine de l’Antiquité tardive, entre construction, restauration et abandon
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Recherches interdisciplinaires sur l’alimentation et l’évacuation des eaux du palais de Dioclétien à Split
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El ciclo del agua en Barcino en la antigüedad tardía
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Wasser im spätantiken Trier – neue Einblicke
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Wasser im spätantiken Trier – neue Einblicke show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Wasser im spätantiken Trier – neue EinblickeBy: Florian TanzAbstractAlready in the first two centuries AD, two aqueducts supplied Augusta Treverorum, and especially the huge Barbarathermen. In the early 4th century when Trier became an imperial residence, a large-scale building program was initiated, which concurrently affected the city’s water distribution system. The connection of the main sewer of the Kaiserthermen (which were never finished) with the older sewer canal in street no. 8 was discovered in 2010. In keeping with most of the other late antique canals, the walls were constructed of brick, the production of some can be traced to late antique brick factories. Most of the “new” sewer canals were found in the area of the imperial palace, for example the canals at Schützenstraße, where the Roman circus is presumed to have been located. In the second half of the 4th century, a new aqueduct bridge was built along the present-day Olewiger Straße, which probably constituted the “new” ending of the older Ruwer aqueduct. In a reused building near the forum, a new bath building (the Viehmartthermen) was installed. The main sewer canal of these baths was lined with waterproof mortar, as was standard for water supply canals. Further evidence for water constructions in late antique Trier include more than a dozen small bathhouses as well as a splendid fountain found during excavations in the 19th century on the other side of the Mosel River. Sumptuous water display came to an end in the 5th century when the Romans no longer occupied the region.
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‘Still waters run deep’: cisterns and the hydraulic infrastructure of Constantinople and Alexandria
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Byzantine water towers in the East: Palmyra and Apameia
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Byzantine water towers in the East: Palmyra and Apameia show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Byzantine water towers in the East: Palmyra and ApameiaBy: H. Paul KessenerAbstractLes châteaux d’eau sont une des caractéristiques du système romain de distribution d’eau à Pompéi. Des réservoirs d’eau posés sur des tours de 6 m de hauteur étaient interconnectés par des conduits en plomb d’eau sous pression. À partir de ces réservoirs, ces conduits menaient vers les fontaines publiques, les bains et les maisons privées. Dans l’Istanbul ottomane, un système de distribution d’eau avec châteaux d’eau, appelés suterazi, était, comme à Pompéi, le système standardisé. Un système semblable existait à Paris, depuis au moins la Renaissance jusqu’à la fin du xixe siècle, et même à Palerme en Sicile jusque dans les années 1960. Pourtant, à Istanbul, aucun château d’eau de l’époque byzantine n’est signalé. Pour comprendre si ces derniers étaient courants à l’époque byzantine et avaient existé à Constantinople avant la conquête de 1453, l’étude se concentre sur les systèmes de distribution d’eau de Palmyre et d’Apamée, deux cités byzantines conquises par les Arabes au viie siècle.
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- 3. L’eau des bains et des latrines : pratiques corporelles et sociales
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Cogitatio, inventio e natura loci. I progetti dei balnea in età tardoantica nel paesaggio urbano di Roma e Ostia
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Shared water. Bathing culture and friendship in Late Antiquity
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Shared water. Bathing culture and friendship in Late Antiquity show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Shared water. Bathing culture and friendship in Late AntiquityBy: Seraina RuprechtAbstractDe nombreux liens d’amitié rapprochaient les élites de l’Antiquité tardive. Dans la mesure où l’importance d’un homme était fortement reflétée par ses amis, il était crucial que ces derniers soient bien connus parmi ses pairs. De nombreuses formes d’interaction sociale dans la vie quotidienne de ces élites rendaient ces liens visibles. La manière dont chacun se saluait dans la rue, les personnes à qui elles rendaient visite le plus fréquemment et qu’elles invitaient à dîner étaient des indicateurs clairs de la nature de leurs relations. Alors que la recherche s’est attachée jusqu’à présent à l’analyse de ces formes de communication à l’époque impériale, les changements qui ont pu intervenir durant l’Antiquité tardive n’ont pas encore été étudiés en détail. En outre, un lieu de rencontre particulier n’a jamais été analysé sous cet angle : les bains. Dans cet article, je montrerai que le bain peut être considéré comme l’une des pratiques sociales qui constituaient et manifestaient les amitiés. Pour cela, j’examinerai les témoignages écrits de Libanius, Jean Chrysostome et des historiens ecclésiastiques grecs. Cette étude compare les pratiques et les significations du bain traditionnel et chrétien, en se concentrant sur la partie orientale de l’Empire romain à partir du ive siècle.
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Washing the body, cleaning the soul. Baths and bathing habits in a Christianising society
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A farewell to foricae: changing attitudes to public latrines in the late antique Near East and Asia Minor
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Sui diversi usi dell’acqua nelle enciclopedie mediche della Tarda Antichità: Da Oribasio di Pergamo a Paolo Egineta
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- 4. L’eau mise en scène : mémoire et prestige
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Fountains, experience, and meaning in late antique Corinth
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Fountains, experience, and meaning in late antique Corinth show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Fountains, experience, and meaning in late antique CorinthBy: Dylan K. RogersAbstractAu cours de ces dernières décennies, les travaux sur la Grèce de l’Antiquité tardive sont passés d’une image d’effondrement et de déclin à celle d’une vitalité retrouvée, en particulier sur le site de Corinthe. Les origines anciennes et la période romaine florissante qu’a connue Corinthe ont tissé un passé mythico-historique unique qui a nourri son identité collective. Au cours des ive-vie siècles, la ville a continué de prospérer et de se développer, en particulier en ce qui concerne l’entretien et la consommation d’eau. Cet article s’appuie sur le cas des fontaines tardives de Corinthe pour souligner le sentiment partagé d’une culture de l’eau qui était attachée à la mémoire, à l’identité, aux sens et aux expériences sociales au sein même de la ville et de sa périphérie. Après une présentation générale des fontaines de Grèce et d’Asie Mineure de l’Antiquité tardive, et une introduction sur la Grèce tardo-antique et sur Corinthe, sont analysés en détail la fontaine Pirène et celles adjacentes sur la zone du forum, de même qu’un grand nymphée de la villa de Lechaion. La mise en scène et la consommation de l’eau dans et autour de ces structures montrent la nature dynamique de la Corinthe tardive, au sein d’un vaste réseau de centres urbains de Méditerranée orientale tout aussi prospères à cette période.
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Water and wealth: Aquatic display in a late antique neighbourhood at Ostia (IV, 3-4)
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Water and wealth: Aquatic display in a late antique neighbourhood at Ostia (IV, 3-4) show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Water and wealth: Aquatic display in a late antique neighbourhood at Ostia (IV, 3-4)By: Ginny WheelerAbstractL’abondance et la mise en scène de l’eau sont depuis longtemps considérées comme des indices de la vitalité urbaine et du prestige social dans le monde romain. À Ostie, les vestiges de plus de 200 fontaines et nymphées ont été répertoriés ; cependant, le rôle de l’eau en tant que bien de luxe dans le développement urbain à une échelle restreinte reste à explorer. Cet article se concentre sur un quartier en particulier - les deux groupes de maisons au sud du forum civil d’Ostie -dans lequel huit fontaines ont été construites de la fin du iiie au début du ve siècle. La motivation probable de leur aménagement est d’abord identifiée, puis les formes et le positionnement des fontaines dans la reconfiguration et l’ornementation des espaces domestiques individuels sont étudiés. La centralité et la splendeur caractéristiques de ces fontaines confirment que l’eau en tant que moyen de décoration était très appréciée et méritait un investissement substantiel. Cet article examine les rôles urbains, architecturaux et esthétiques des jeux d’eau au niveau du quartier, tout en contribuant à des recherches récentes mettant l’accent sur la vitalité continue du centre-ville d’Ostie dans l’Antiquité tardive.
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Une image peut en cacher une autre : le décor absidal du Vieux-Saint-Pierre à Rome
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Une image peut en cacher une autre : le décor absidal du Vieux-Saint-Pierre à Rome show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Une image peut en cacher une autre : le décor absidal du Vieux-Saint-Pierre à RomeBy: Yves ChristeAbstractDoes the mosaic in the apse of Old Saint Peter’s in Rome, around 360, really illustrate a “Traditio legis”? This emblematic image of the Roman funerary art from 360-400 is no longer relevant since 400, and disappear almost completely around 450. There only remain a few evidence of it, always associated with the giving of the Book to Peter. The absence of this particular iconographical theme after 400 seems inconsistent with the prestige that it would have acquired in Old Saint Peter’s. Single example of the real “Traditio legis” in its Paleochristian formula, the apse’s decoration of San Silvestro of Tivoli add to this iconographical theme the one of the apse program of the church of Santi Cosma e Damiano, which has a rich and varied medieval prosperity, in contrast to the Old Saint Peter’s. I would hence conclude that it is the decoration of the Forum church that truly transcribes the one of the Martyrium of Saint Peter in its final iconographical formulation.
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Témoignages épigraphiques sur le maintien des temples et des statues des divinités dans le patrimoine et l’espace public des cités sous l’empire chrétien
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Témoignages épigraphiques sur le maintien des temples et des statues des divinités dans le patrimoine et l’espace public des cités sous l’empire chrétien show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Témoignages épigraphiques sur le maintien des temples et des statues des divinités dans le patrimoine et l’espace public des cités sous l’empire chrétienBy: Claude LepelleyAbstractThis article is a follow-up to the one published by the author in 1994 under the title “Le musée des statues divines”. A few documents that had not been used then, along with literary texts, laws and inscriptions, make it now possible to clarify some points, for example the ambiguity of the legislation that states the conservation of the pagan artistic heritage and at times supports destructions and re-uses. Conversely, several epigraphical evidences, from Rome, Italy or Africa, show above all the scale of operations of transfer or restoration of statues, as sometimes the result of intentional or accidental destruction. Whereas these statues had lost their religious character, their artistic value appeared as an inescapable element of adornment and urban heritage, in Rome as well as in the cities of the Empire. The importance of the epigraphic dossier shows both that legislation prohibiting destruction of buildings and works of art was actually implemented, and that the civic ideal inherited from early Roman Empire lasted all the same for several centuries.
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I tetrarchi, le statue divine e i tesori dei temple
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:I tetrarchi, le statue divine e i tesori dei temple show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: I tetrarchi, le statue divine e i tesori dei templeBy: Ignazio TantilloAbstractThis article is based on the analysis of some inscriptions which date to the Tetrarchic age (approximately between 285 and 312) and have received little attention in scholarship. They are dedications of statues of deities, set up in different sanctuaries by order of the emperors themselves (Diocletian and Maximian, Galerius, Maximinus Daia, Licinius), through the agency of their provincial representatives, the governors. Some of these (it is the case of two statues from Didyma) seem to be acts of disinterested pietas and to fit perfectly into the inveterate tradition of the celebration of gods, coherently with the self-representation of tetrarchs as it is shown in panegyrics, inscriptions and coins. Others instead (a couple of dedications from ancient Ilion) explicitly - and quite surprisingly - refer to the fact that the statues were made of (a part of) the precious metal which the emperors ordered to be taken from the same temples, according to a practice of ‘exchange’ which is not unparalleled in previous times. A similar procedure (statues made from metal belonging to temple treasures) seem to have been followed by Licinius in two different temples of Dionysopolis in Scythia. The request of crude metal is then examined in the framework of the fiscal and monetary policy of the emperors of the first, second and third Tetrarchy, as it is illustrated by several papyri. Finally, the possibility that seizure of temples’ properties was not uncommon in the Tetrarchic period invites us to reconsider the originality and the meaning of Constantine’s politics towards pagan sanctuaries.
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Unter den strengen Augen der Kaiser. Ein sextarium trisaugusteum mit Kaiserinschrift vom Anfang des 5. Jahrhunderts
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The beaker has an extraordinary designed handle. The busts of three emperors looking at the vessel are fixed on a vertical crossbeam at the top of the handle, illustrating imperial control and authority. An inscription from the horreum of Andriake (Lycia) provides the late antique terminus technicus for this kind of measure, sextarium trisaugusteum.
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Anonymus De rebus bellicis : un état des lieux: À propos de De rebus bellicis, Sur les affaires militaires, texte établi, traduit et commenté par Philippe Fleury, Paris, Les Belles Lettres (CUF), 2017
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Anonymus De rebus bellicis : un état des lieux: À propos de De rebus bellicis, Sur les affaires militaires, texte établi, traduit et commenté par Philippe Fleury, Paris, Les Belles Lettres (CUF), 2017 show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Anonymus De rebus bellicis : un état des lieux: À propos de De rebus bellicis, Sur les affaires militaires, texte établi, traduit et commenté par Philippe Fleury, Paris, Les Belles Lettres (CUF), 2017AbstractThe initial project of a mere review of the newly published edition / commentary / French translation of the De rebus bellicis by Philippe Fleury developed into an update of our perception of this most discussed text and its author. Here are successively considered, the date when the libellus was written, the geographic origin of the Anonymus, the addressee’s identification, the social extraction of the author, the extent to which he was original and trustworthy. Then comes an assessment of his skills or ignorance as regards currency, military finance and fiscal matters, military machinae, justice and laws. The various interpretations by modern commentators and their translations are compared.
New achievements in our knowledge of the period during the past sixty years brought a major shift in our relation to the text and author of the De rebus bellicis. When this text became a major focus of historical research, it was expected to provide us a fresh information on the fourth-century realities. Nowadays, new tools are at hand for assessing what escaped the Anonymus’ attention, knowledge or understanding. Such a confrontation does not benefit his reputation as an original reformer and brilliant inventor, whereas a new dimension of his personality can be highlighted, i.e. the quest for promoting himself, by claiming that he holds miracle solutions to any problem, and his flippancy when, after arousing curiosity and expectation in his preface, he is no longer interested in fulfilling his boldest promises.
To sum up, we can find in the libellus direct or more distant echoes of a variety of problems which arose in his period, but expressed in the greatest confusion, without any logical linking or synthetic view, through a mere contradictory and confused juxtaposition of table talks, common hearsay, existing or planned governmental provisions, moralizing common places and rhetorical topics. Consequently, we should stop considering the De rebus bellicis as an unicum. Engaging a broader discussion is badly needed.
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La montagne d’Aaron : un bilan de recherches archéologiques
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Bulletin critique
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Armin F. Bergmeier, Visionserwartung. Visualisierung und Präsenzerfahrung des Göttlichen in der Spätantike, Wiesbaden (C. Olovsdotter) ; Daniel Chrupcala (dir.), Christ Is Here! Studies in Biblical and Christian Archaeology in Memory of Michele Piccirillo ofm (B. Riba) ; Johannes G. Deckers, Guntram Koch, Repertorium der christlich-antiken Sarkophage, 5. Konstantinopel, Kleinasien-Thracia, Syria, Palestina-Arabia (J. Dresken-Weiland) ; Gregor Kalas, The Restoration of the Roman Forum in Late Antiquity: Transforming Public Space (F. Diosono) ; Daniel Keller, Jennifer Price, Caroline Jackson (dir.), Neighbours and Successors of Rome: Traditions of glass production and use in Europe and the Middle East in the later first millennium AD (S. Fünfschilling) ; Janine lancha, Cristina Oliveira, Corpus dos mosaicos de Portugal/Corpus des mosaïques du Portugal, II, 2, Algarve este (J. Balty) ; Philipp Niewöhner (dir.), Milet, XI. Die Byzantinischen Basiliken von Milet (J.-P. Sodini) ; Thilo Ulbert (dir.), Forschungen in Resafa-Sergiupolis, vol. 7 (J.-C. Balty) ; Emilie M. van Opstaal (dir.), Sacred Thresholds. The Door to the Sanctuary in Late Antiquity (A.E. Felle) ; David Walsh, The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity. Development, Decline and Demise ca. A.D. 270-430 (A.B. Griffith) ; Sebastian Watta, Sakrale Zonen im frühen Kirchenbau des nahen Ostens. Zum Kommunikationspotential von Bodenmosaiken für die Schaffung heiliger Räume (P. Niewöhner)
Histoire de l’Antiquité tardive
Roberto Alciati (dir.), Norm and Exercise. Christian Asceticism between Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages (D. Brakke) ; Elena Gritti, Prosopografia romana fra le due partes imperii (98-604). Contributo alla storia dei rapporti fra Transpadana e Oriens (V. Puech) ; Georgios Kardaras, Byzantium and the Avars, 6th-9th Century AD. Political, Diplomatic and Cultural Relations (G. Szenthe) ; Soazic Kerneis (dir.), Une histoire juridique de l’Occident. Le droit et la coutume (iiie-ixe siècle) (P. Jaillette) ; Clemens Koehn, Justinian und die Armee des frühen Byzanz (G. Sartor) ; Avshalom laniado, Ethnos et droit dans le monde protobyzantin, ve-vie siècle. Fédérés, paysans et provinciaux à lumière d’une scholie juridique de l’époque de Justinien (G. Sartor) ; Adolfo La Rocca, Fabrizio Oppedisano, Il Senato romano nell’Italia ostrogota (V. Fauvinet-Ranson) ; Marta Sordi, Les chrétiens et l’Empire romain ; Marta Sordi, Ambroise, Rome et Milan (364-395 ap. JC). Naissance de l’Empire romain-chrétien et fin du paganisme politique (C. Ferrari) ; Lucia Maddalena Tissi, Gli oracoli degli dèi greci nella Teosofia di Tubinga (N. Spanu) ; Lucia Maddalena Tissi, Helmut Seng, Chiara Ombretta Tommasi (dir.), Stimmen der Götter. Orakel und ihre Rezeption von der Spätantike bis in die Frühe Neuzeit (E.G. Simonetti) ; Giusto Traina (dir.), Mondes en guerre, 1. De la préhistoire au Moyen Âge (D. Lee)
Régions
Walter Ameling (dir.), Die Christianisierung Kleinasiens in der Spätantike (S. Destephen) ; Constantinople réelle et imaginaire. Autour de l’œuvre de Gilbert Dagron (S. Destephen) ; Cristiano Dognini, Ilaria Ramelli, Les Apôtres en Inde dans la patristique et la littérature sanskrite (C. Jullien) ; Andrei Gândilă, Cultural Encounters on Byzantium’s Northern Frontier, c. AD 500-700. Coins, Artifacts and History (A. Madgearu) ; Philipp Pilhofer, Das frühe Christentum im kilikischisaurischen Bergland. Die Christen der Kalykadnos-Region in den ersten fünf Jahrhunderten (S. Destephen)
Philologie et sources
Laurent Capron, Codex hagiographiques du Louvre sur papyrus (P.Louvre Hag.) (A. Papaconstantinou) ; Grégoire de nysse, Homélies sur le Notre Père (M. Danezan) ; Ludwig Koenen, Jorma Kaimio, Maarit Kaimio, Robert W. Daniel, The Petra Papyri, II ; Antti arJava, Jaakko Frösén, Jorma kaimio, The Petra Papyri, V (J. Gascou) ; Paulin de Nole, Correspondance avec Sulpice Sévère (S. Gioanni) ; Dracontius, De raptu Helenae (L. Galli Milić)
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Back Matter (“Publications reçues en 2020”, “Instructions aux auteurs”, “Recommendations to authors”)
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