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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 The resulting chapters provide new and previously unpublished data, and should be considered a major contribution to Late Antique and Medieval studies.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.
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
