Description
Book SynopsisBetween 491 and 1191 AD, Cyprus was influenced by various political and cultural centres that vied for dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean. This collection of essays primarily focuses on the island's archaeology when it was governed by the Byzantine capital of Constantinople.
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...In this volume, each essay offers some valuable perspective or suggestion that contributes to our broader understanding of the art, history, and archaeology of late antique, Byzantine, and medieval Cyprus.
Review of Biblical Literature, 8.18.16
Beautifully and extensively illustrated throughout, the strengths of this collection lie in the impressively long periods covered and the inclusion of binary approaches such as urban/rural life (Rautman), interior/exterior view of the islands (Papacostas) and religious/secular life (Parani). Much recommended.
Medieval Archaeology, Vol 59 (2015)
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 – The Significance of the Basilica at Agioi Pente of Yeroskipou Demetrios Michaelides
Chapter 2 – A Brief History of Byzantine Archaeological Research on Cyprus Thomas W. David & Charles Anthony Stewart
Chapter 3 – Christianity in Cyprus in the Fourth to Seventh Centuries Claudia Rapp
Chapter 4 – The Troodos in Twilight: A Provincial Landscape in the Time of Justinians Marcus Rautman
Chapter 5 – The North-South Divide in Byzantine Cyprus: Some Evidence form Lead Seals and Coins D.M. Metcalf
Chapter 6 – The Katalymata ton Plakoton: New Light from the Recent Archaeological Research in Byzantine Cyprus Eleni Procopiou
Chapter 7 – Chypre et les Arabes avant les croisades a la lumiere des sources arabes M. Tahar Mansouri (English Abstract)
Chapter 8 – The Development of Byzantine Architecture on Cyprus Charles Anthony Stewart
Chapter 9 – Cypriot Icons before the Twelfth Century Sophocles Sophocleous
Chapter 10 – The Stuff of Life: the Material Culture of Everyday Living on Middle Byzantine Cyprus (11th-12th Centuries) Maria Parani
Appendix: Compositional Analysis of a Copper-Alloy Dish of the Middle Byzantine Period in the A. Pitsillides Collection Vasiliki Kassianidou
Chapter 11 – The Program of the Panagia Pergaminiotissa: A Narrative in Perspective Annemarie Carr Weyl
Chapter 12 – Decoding Cyprus from Late Antiquity to Renaissance: Discordant Visions, Saints, and Sacred Topography Tassos Papacostas
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Contributors
Index
Historic Persons and Places
Subjects, Monuments, and Events
