"D'Henry Viollet à Ernst Herzfeld : l'apport des archives à l'étude de Samarra et à l'histoire de l'archéologie islamique", colloque international "Le patrimoine islamique à travers les archives scientifiques : nouvelles perspectives pour l’histoire de l’art et l’archéologie des Pays d’Islam" (original) (raw)
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