Mitteilungen zur Spätantiken Archäologie und Byzantinischen Kunstgeschichte

The Spoliated Past: Heritage, Antiquarianism, and Byzantine Material Culture Across Time and Space

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The articles in this volume seek to shed new light on frequently overlooked archaisms and acts of spoliation. This book is about ideas, style, and material objects, their reuse and repurposing in the Eastern Roman Empire and after its end …

Mitteilungen zur Spätantiken Archäologie und Byzantinischen Kunstgeschichte 8-2021

Imaginum orbis. Bilderwelten zwischen Spätantike und Byzanz. Festschrift anlässlich des 80. Geburtstags von Johannes G. Deckers

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This book is a commemorative publication on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. Johannes G. Deckers, former professor of Byzantine art history at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. The volume brings together a total of 18 contributions by …

Late Byzantine Rings, 1204–1453

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“Late Byzantine Rings, 1204-1453” is the first study of the rings of the last years of the Byzantine Empire, the period encompassing the Latin occupation of Constantinople (1204–1261) and the restored empire under the Palaiologan rulers until the fall of …

Late Antique and Early Christian Gems

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Throughout the Middle Ages, Roman gems and cameos were highly valued as intrinsically precious objects or even as possessing magical properties. During the Renaissance, large collections of gems were formed by aristocratic collectors who sought inspiration from the classical images …

Byzantinischer Schmuck des 9. bis frühen 13. Jahrhunderts

Untersuchungen zum metallenen dekorativen Körperschmuck der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit anhand datierter Funde

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Byzantine luxury objects have been neglected in research for a long time, despite the legendary reputation they already held during the Middle Ages. This volume analyses the gold, silver and bronze jewellery of the 9th to early 13th centuries in …

Ancient Engraved Gems in the National Museum in Kracow

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The collection of ancient engraved gems in the National Museum in Krakow is considerable in size and top in quality. It consists mostly of the specimens assembled by the extraordinary collector and art dealer Constantine Schmidt-Ciążyński (1818-1889). Almost 780 cameos, …

Mitteilungen zur Spätantiken Archäologie und Byzantinischen Kunstgeschichte

Identity and cultural exchange in ancient Cilicia: New results and future Perspectives Internationales Kolloquium 18. – 19. Mai 2018 in München

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The publication on Rough Cilicia "Identity and cultural Exchange in Ancient Cilicia: New Results and Future Perspectives" combines the results of a workshop held at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich in May 2018. It contains a series of individual studies that …