Enamels, Crowns, Relics and Icons

Contents: Preface; Byzantine cloisonne 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 emaux 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 staurotheque at Esztergom; Byzantine enamels for a Russian prince: the book-cover of the Gospels of Mstislav; The enamels on a mitre from LinkA?ping 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 staurotheque from the treasury of the Prieure d'Oignies, now at Namur, (with excursus:pearls and their assiciation with Byzantine enamels); The Cross of ZA!viA! 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.