Medieval and Renaissance Famagusta: Studies in Architecture, Art and History 1409435571, 9781409435570

Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Plates
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction - Famagusta: An Imperilled Cultural Mosaic in the Eastern Mediterranean
Part I: History and Historiography
1 Camlet Manufacture, Trade in Cyprus and the Economy of Famagusta from the Thirteenth to the Late Fifteenth Century
2 Famagusta and the Tradition of History Writing in Frankish Cyprus
3 Mythes et réalités de la présence templière à Famagouste
4 Taverns in Medieval Famagusta
Part II: Art and Architecture
5 St Nicholas in Famagusta: A New Approach to the Dating, Chronology and Sources of Architectural Language
6 Notes on the Marginal Sculpture of the Cathedral of St Nicholas
7 Les Ordres mendiants à Famagouste: une référence spirituelle et architecturale
8 The Holy Mother of God Armenian Church in Famagusta
9 Gothic and Byzantine in the Monumental Arts of Famagusta: Diversity, Permeability and Power
10 Famagusta from a Latin Perspective: Venetian Heraldic Shields and Other Fragmentary Remains
11 The Military Architecture of Venetian Famagusta
Part III: Conservation
12 What Lies Beneath: A Contemporary Survey of the Surviving Frescoes of the Churches in the Syrian Quarter of Famagusta
13 Twentieth-Century Restorations to the Medieval and Renaissance Monuments of Famagusta
14 Monumental Buildings in the Revitalization Process of Historic Urban Quarters: The Case of the Walled City of Famagusta
15 An Inspection of Three of Famagusta’s Churches
16 An Assessment of the Structural Fabric of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul: A Case Study in Historical Record and Structural Appraisal
17 The Historic Walled City of Famagusta, 2008: A Report
Appendix I
Appendix II: Press Release
Appendix III: Chronology of Venetian Administration, for Dating the Coats of Arms of Famagusta
Appendix IV: Armenian Manuscript Colophons from Famagusta and Cyprus
Appendix V: Typed Notes by M[onica] Bardswell, February 1937 from Conway Library, Courtauld Institute
Bibliography
Index

Polecaj historie

Medieval and Renaissance Famagusta: Studies in Architecture, Art and History 9781351918640, 9781409435570, 1351918648

172 83 11MB Read more

Dominicans and Franciscans in Medieval Rome: History, Architecture, and Art (Medieval Monastic Studies, 6) 9782503578835, 2503578837

When Saint Dominic (c. 1174-1221) came to Rome to seek papal approval of the Order of Preachers, he founded two houses o

421 44 9MB Read more

New Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Gdansk, Poland and Prussia

New Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Poland and Prussia: The Impact of Gdańsk draws together the latest reseach condu

641 106 2MB Read more

Medieval and Renaissance Studies [1 ed.]

718 91 60MB Read more

Miscellany: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture 9780742564886, 9780742564879

Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication i

186 95 1MB Read more

Medieval Lazio: Studies in architecture, painting and ceramics 9780860541554, 9781407326771

222 112 274MB Read more

Moving Pictures and Renaissance Art History 9789048551620

Film, like the printed imagery inaugurated during the Renaissance, spread ideas---not least the idea of the power of vis

366 40 6MB Read more

Late Medieval Lodging Ranges: The Architecture of Identity, Power and Space (Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture Book 25) 9781805431138, 9781783277575, 1805431137

153 40 31MB Read more

Late Medieval Lodging Ranges: The Architecture of Identity, Power and Space (Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture, 25) 9781783277575, 9781805431145, 1783277572

This book draws on architectural and archaeological analysis to consider the form, function, use and meaning of late med

153 48 19MB Read more

Carolingian Experiments (Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1) 9782503594101, 2503594107

Carolingian Experiments presents essays exploring how the Carolingians (ca. 700-ca. 900 CE) - a regime known especially

357 78 3MB Read more