Horster / Nicolaou / Rogge Church Building in Cyprus (Fourth to Seventh Centuries)

A Mirror of Intercultural Contacts in the Eastern Mediterranean
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-8309-8791-8
Verlag: Waxmann Verlag GmbH
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet/DL/kein Kopierschutz

E-Book, Englisch, 300 Seiten

Some hundred early Christian churches are attested on Cyprus, dating from the fourth to seventh centuries.Their architectural remains have shaped the Cypriot landscape.The peculiar evolution of the features of the Cypriot church gave rise to a scientific discussion on how to evaluate these specific local developments. In the last decade, individual research as well as conferences and workshops dedicated to late antiquity and the early Byzantine period have contributed towards a new approach and a new impulse for the study of this period in Cyprus.The volume reinforces and furthers this trend taking into consideration relevant parameters reflected on the architectural planning, such as structural knowledge and innovations, cultic behaviours, liturgical traditions, economic capacities, social and political aspirations.
Based on current developments in research, new findings in Cyprus and the focus on intercultural contacts, the volume is organised into four different sections: 1) Building the Christian cityscape and landscape; 2) Christian communities and church building, fourth to seventh centuries; 3) Interior arrangement and theological concepts; 4) 'International Byzantine Style'? Local traditions and adaptations in- and outside Cyprus.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horster, Marietta

Nicolaou, Doria

Rogge, Sabine

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Book Cover;1
1.1;Imprint;4
1.2;Contents;5
2;Acknowledgements;7
3;Introduction: Church and Religion in Cyprus (Marietta Horster and Doria Nicolaou);9
3.1;1. Building the Christian Cityscape and Landscape;13
3.2;2. Christian Communities and Church Building, Fourth to Seventh Centuries;13
3.3;3. Interior Arrangement and Theological Concepts;14
3.4;4. ‘International Byzantine Style’? Local Traditions and Adaptations In- and Outside Cyprus;15
3.5;Bibliography;16
4;The Last Pagans of Cyprus: Prolegomena to a History of Transition from Polytheism to Christianity (Georgios Deligiannakis);23
4.1;I. Literary and epigraphic evidence;25
4.2;II. The Churches;30
4.3;III. Episcopal Sees;32
4.4;IV. Prosopography;33
4.5;V. The Mosaics of the House of Aion;35
4.6;Concluding Remarks;38
4.7;Bibliography;39
5;Settled and Sacred Landscapes of Cyprus: Church and Landscape in the Xeros Valley during the Early Byzantine Period (Athanasios K. Vionis);45
5.1;Introduction;45
5.2;Settled and Sacred Landscapes of Cyprus;46
5.3;Preliminary Survey Results in the Area of Kofinou;47
5.4;Churches and the Sacred Landscapes of Cyprus;51
5.5;Churches as Economic Central Places;55
5.6;Conclusion;63
5.7;Bibliography;66
5.8;Photo credits;69
6;New Evidence for the Early Byzantin eEcclesiastical Architecture of Cyprus (Eleni Procopiou);73
7;The Cult of Saints in Early Byzantine Cyprus as Mirrored in Church Building and Epigraphy (Stephanos Efthymiadis);99
7.1;Introduction;99
7.2;The Saints of Cyprus;100
7.3;Church Building in Hagiography;103
7.4;Church Building in Epigraphy;106
7.5;Conclusion;110
7.6;Bibliography;111
7.7;Photo credits;115
8;Liturgical Structures of the Early Christian Basilicas of Cyprus: A Spatial Analysis (Doria Nicolaou);119
8.1;Conclusion;143
8.2;Bibliography;145
8.3;Photo credits;151
9;The Early Christian Baptismal Complexes of Cyprus and Their Liturgical Arrangement (Rania Michail);153
9.1;Basilica of Saint Epiphanios at Salamis/Constantia;156
9.2;Episcopal Basilica of Kourion;159
9.3;Basilica of Saint Philon at Karpasia;162
9.4;Basilica at Agia Trias, Gialousa;163
9.5;Mazotos-Petounta Baptistery;163
9.6;Basilica of Galala;165
9.7;Arguable Baptisteries;166
9.8;Basilica A at Agios Georgios of Pegeia;169
9.9;Concluding Remarks;171
9.10;Bibliography;172
9.11;Photo credits;173
10;Spirituality and Hexis: Tracing the Christian Habitus in the Basilicas of Early Byzantine Cyprus (Chrysovalantis Kyriacou);175
11;New Evidence for the Interior Decoration of the Early Christian Basilicas of Cyprus: The Case of Mosaics (Fryni Hadjichristofi);191
11.1;Tamasos/Politiko;191
11.2;Akrotiri-Katalymata ton Plakoton;198
11.3;Tymbou-Agioi Saranta;201
11.4;Geroskipou-Agioi Pente;202
11.5;Kourion, coastal basilica;205
11.6;Bibliography;209
11.7;Photo credits;212
12;Mosaic Decoration in Early Christian Cyprus (Demetrios Michaelides);213
12.1;Mythological Representations;215
12.2;Aniconic Decoration;222
12.3;Representations of Nature;224
12.3.1;Paphos, Chrysopolitissa;227
12.3.2;Soloi;228
12.3.3;Kourion;228
12.3.4;Amathous;230
12.3.5;Tymbou;230
12.3.6;Pegeia;231
12.3.7;Akrotiri;232
12.4;Bibliography;239
12.5;Photo credits;244
13;The Use of Textiles in Early Christian Churches – Evidence from Egypt (Fourth to Seventh Centuries) (Cäcilia Fluck);247
13.1;1 Introduction;247
13.2;2 Textiles in Churches;250
13.2.1;2.1 The Altar-cloth;250
13.2.2;2.2 Curtains and Hangings;252
13.2.2.1;2.2.1 Painted Decoration;255
13.2.2.2;2.2.2 Woven Decoration;259
13.3;Bibliography;264
13.4;Photo credits;266
14;The Late Antique/Byzantine Churches and Houses of the Region around Seleucia on the Calycadnus in Rough Cilicia (Ina Eichner);267
14.1;Transverse Arches;273
14.2;Imposts;273
14.3;Window Forms;280
14.4;Covered Public Passageways;281
14.5;Roof Forms;284
14.6;Porches and Entrance Canopies;285
14.7;Measurements of Doors;287
14.8;Summary;289
14.9;Bibliography;290
14.10;Photo credits;292
15;Index of monuments and sites;295