'Intelligible Beauty'
Recent Research on Byzantine Jewellery
Will be published approx. on 24. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-0-86159-178-7 (ISBN)
Description
The field of Byzantine jewellery (4th-15th centuries) is a rapidly expanding one and a large amount of important research has been conducted within the last ten years, both by scholars on the continent and in America. The intention of the conference, and subsequently the volume, is to draw together the many strands involved in this research and to publish them in accessible form.
This volume represents a rare opportunity to make this crucial work available to a much wider specialist and non-specialist audience in Britain (and beyond). In particular the topics to be addressed by foreign speakers are either not well-known in Britain or are published in largely inaccessible journals.
Chris Entwistle has been the curator of the Late Roman and Byzantine Collections at the British Museum since 1985.
Dr Noeel Adams is an independent scholar who has published widely on the metalwork and jewellery of the Early Middle Ages.
This volume represents a rare opportunity to make this crucial work available to a much wider specialist and non-specialist audience in Britain (and beyond). In particular the topics to be addressed by foreign speakers are either not well-known in Britain or are published in largely inaccessible journals.
Chris Entwistle has been the curator of the Late Roman and Byzantine Collections at the British Museum since 1985.
Dr Noeel Adams is an independent scholar who has published widely on the metalwork and jewellery of the Early Middle Ages.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
of text, 400 col and half-tone illus, plus line drawings
ISBN-13
978-0-86159-178-7 (9780861591787)
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Chris Entwistle has been the curator of the Late Roman and Byzantine Collections at the British Museum since 1985. Dr Noel Adams is an independent scholar who has published widely on the metalwork and jewellery of the Early Middle Ages.
Content
Foreword
1. The Six Techniques of Pierced Jewellery in Late Antiquity and their Evolution (Balint Laszlo Toth)
2. Some Unconventional Early Byzantine Rings (Jeffrey Spier)
3. Notes on Selected Recent Acquisitions of Byzantine Jewellery at the British Museum (Chris Entwhistle)
4. The Evidence for Jewellery Production in Constantinople in the Early Byzantine Period (Yvonne Stolz)
5. Important Bracelets in Early Christian and Byzantine Art (Aimilia Yeroulanou)
6. Byzantine Jewellery? Amethyst Beads in East and West during the Early Byzantine Period (Joerg Drauschke)
7. Byzantine Belt Ornaments of the 7th and 8th Centuries in Avar Contexts (Falko Daim)
8. Byzantine Influences on Visigothic Jewellery (Barry Ager)
9. Rethinking the Sutton Hoo Shoulder Clasps and Armour (Noel Adams)
10. Byzantines, Goths and Lombards in Italy: Jewellery, Dress and Cultural Interactions (Neil Christie)
11. Sicily and Southern Italy: Use and Production in the Byzantine Koine (Isabella Baldini Lippolis)
12. Byzantine Dress Accessories in North Africa: Koine and Regionality (Christoph Eger)
13. Avar Goldsmiths' Work from the Perspective of Cultural History (Csanad Balint)
14. Byzantium and the Slavs in the Light of Goldsmiths' Production (Bartlomiej Szymon Szmoniewski)
15. Byzantine Jewellery of the Hungarian Conquest Period: A View from the Balkans (Adam Bollok)
16. Byzantine Jewellery: The Evidence from Byzantine Legal Documents (Maria G. Pagani)
17. Elegance over the Borders: The Evidence of Middle Byzantine Earrings (Jenny Albani)
18. 'Temple Pendants' in Medieval Rus': How were they Worn? (Natalija Ristovska)
19. Jewellery from Princely Kiev and Byzantine Influence (Ljudmila Pekarska)
20. A 13th-Century Jewellery Hoard from Thessalonica: A Genuine Hoard or an Art Dealers' Compilation (Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie)
21. Some Aspects of the Finger-Rings in the Chalcis Treasure at the British Museum (Bet McLeod)
1. The Six Techniques of Pierced Jewellery in Late Antiquity and their Evolution (Balint Laszlo Toth)
2. Some Unconventional Early Byzantine Rings (Jeffrey Spier)
3. Notes on Selected Recent Acquisitions of Byzantine Jewellery at the British Museum (Chris Entwhistle)
4. The Evidence for Jewellery Production in Constantinople in the Early Byzantine Period (Yvonne Stolz)
5. Important Bracelets in Early Christian and Byzantine Art (Aimilia Yeroulanou)
6. Byzantine Jewellery? Amethyst Beads in East and West during the Early Byzantine Period (Joerg Drauschke)
7. Byzantine Belt Ornaments of the 7th and 8th Centuries in Avar Contexts (Falko Daim)
8. Byzantine Influences on Visigothic Jewellery (Barry Ager)
9. Rethinking the Sutton Hoo Shoulder Clasps and Armour (Noel Adams)
10. Byzantines, Goths and Lombards in Italy: Jewellery, Dress and Cultural Interactions (Neil Christie)
11. Sicily and Southern Italy: Use and Production in the Byzantine Koine (Isabella Baldini Lippolis)
12. Byzantine Dress Accessories in North Africa: Koine and Regionality (Christoph Eger)
13. Avar Goldsmiths' Work from the Perspective of Cultural History (Csanad Balint)
14. Byzantium and the Slavs in the Light of Goldsmiths' Production (Bartlomiej Szymon Szmoniewski)
15. Byzantine Jewellery of the Hungarian Conquest Period: A View from the Balkans (Adam Bollok)
16. Byzantine Jewellery: The Evidence from Byzantine Legal Documents (Maria G. Pagani)
17. Elegance over the Borders: The Evidence of Middle Byzantine Earrings (Jenny Albani)
18. 'Temple Pendants' in Medieval Rus': How were they Worn? (Natalija Ristovska)
19. Jewellery from Princely Kiev and Byzantine Influence (Ljudmila Pekarska)
20. A 13th-Century Jewellery Hoard from Thessalonica: A Genuine Hoard or an Art Dealers' Compilation (Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie)
21. Some Aspects of the Finger-Rings in the Chalcis Treasure at the British Museum (Bet McLeod)