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Between 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. Greek and Orthodox Christian identity was cultivated during this period, which provided a sense of unity among the various provinces; and yet, the surviving historical and archaeological data concerning Cyprus is unique in that it expresses both local and regional characteristics. By investigating the various threads, whether textual, numismatic, architectural, or artistic, narrative has emerged that challenges our past assumptions.  The themes covered in this volume developed from a conference held in Nicosia, organized by the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute celebrating the 50th year anniversary of the Republic of Cyprus. An international group of experts explored several themes such as: the impact of recent archaeological discoveries; the shift from studying Late Antique urbanism to rural development; indicators of Cypriot identity; shifts in population settlement, production and trade; cultural interaction between Islam and Christianity; the significance of ceramic and numismatic evidence; monumental figural arts and their iconographical interpretation. The resulting chapters provide new and previously unpublished data, and should be considered a major contribution to Late Antique and Medieval studies. 151 colour and black & white illustrations included.

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Author:   Charles Anthony Stewart ,  Thomas W. Davis ,  Annemarie Weyl Carr
Publisher:   American Society of Overseas Research
Imprint:   American Society of Overseas Research
Volume:   20
Dimensions:   Width: 22.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 28.50cm
Weight:   1.180kg
ISBN:  

9780897570732

ISBN 10:   0897570731
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   21 October 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
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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  

Reviews

.. .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. --Young Richard Kim, Calvin College, Review of Biblical Literature, 8.18.16

...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)

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Charles Anthony Stewart is Assistant Professor of Medieval Art and Architecture at the University of St. Thomas, Houston. Thomas W. Davis is an archaeologist with more than two decades of field experience in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, and the United States, from the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Annemarie Weyl Carr was member of the department of Art History at the Southern Methodist University.

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