Enamels, crowns, relics and icons : studies on luxury arts in Byzantium
Farnham : Ashgate, 2008. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked teal cloth boards, showing faint shelfwear only. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; Bookplate of Capt Richard Campbell, OBE, RN. Item #476794
ISBN: 075465950X
Series; Variorum collected studies series ; CS908. Physical description; [xii], 314 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm. Notes; "The studies collected here appeared over a period of some thirty years and, with a few exceptions, concern work involving Byzantine enamel." – Preface, page [ix]. Contains eighteen chapters, all but one previously published 1978-2006. Includes bibliographical references and index. In English, with one contribution in French. Contents; Preface – Byzantine cloisonné enamel: production, survival and loss – Enamels in the Byzantine world: ownership and distribution – The jewels from the crown: symbol and substance in the later Byzantine imperial regalia – La couronne grecque de la sainte couronne de Hongrie: le contexte de ses émaux et de ses bijoux – Byzantine and Russian enamels in the treasury of Hagia Sophia in the late 14th century – Byzantine enamels on a Venetian book cover – A purchase of Byzantine relics and reliquaries in 14th-century Venice – Vecchi, e non antichi: differing responses to Byzantine culture in 15th-century Tuscany – Studying the Byzantine staurothèque at Esztergom – Byzantine enamels for a Russian prince: the book-cover of the Gospels of Mstislav – The enamels on a mitre from Linköping cathedral, and art in 13th-century Constantinople – Who is this king of glory? The Byzantine enamels of an icon frame and revetment in Jerusalem – The gold and enamel triptych of Constantine proedros – The frame of the Sacro Volto icon in S. Bartolomeo degli Armeni in Genoa: the reliefs and the artist – The Byzantine enamels on the staurothèque from the treasury of the Prieuré d'Oignies, now at Namur, (with excursus: pearls and their association with Byzantine enamels) – The Cross of Záviš and its Byzantine enamels: a contribution to its history – Byzantine steatites in the possession of the Knights of Rhodes – A well-head in Iznik: an example of Laskarid taste? – Addenda – Index. Subjects; Cloisonné, Byzantine. Enamel and enameling, Byzantine. Art objects, Byzantine – History. Luxury arts – Byzantine Empire.
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