Description
Book SynopsisThis volume compiles John Beckwith's research on medieval and Byzantine art, emphasizing his expertise in Coptic and Byzantine textiles, ivory carving, metalwork, and cultural diffusion from Islam and Byzantium to Western Europe in the early Middle Ages.
Table of ContentsPreface
Coptic Textiles
Byzantine Tissues
The Andrews Diptych
The Werden Casket Reconsidered
A Late Ottonian Ivory Carving
Caskets from Cordoba: A Rediscovered Italo-Byzantine Carving in Ivory
A Byzantine Ivory Statuette of the Hodegetria
Problemes posées par certaines sculptures sur ivoires du haut moyen age
Some Early Byzantine Rock Crystals
A Byzantine Crystal and a Little Gold
Another Late Sixth-century Byzantine Rock Crystal
A Byzantine Gold and Enamelled Pectoral Cross
An Early Christian Bronze Lamp
Byzantine Influences at the Court of Charlemagne
The Influence of Islamic Art on Western Medieval Art
Islamic Influences on Beatus Apocalypse Manuscripts
Index
