Research Catalog

Title

Ravenna and the traditions of Late Antique and early Byzantine craftsmanship : labour, culture, and the economy / edited by Salvatore Cosentino.

Publication

• Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

Cosentino, Salvatore

Description

vi, 331 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"In the last twenty years scholarship on late antique and early medieval Ravenna has resulted in a certain number of publications mainly focused on the fields of architecture, mosaics and archaeology. On the contrary, much less attention has been paid on labour - both manual and intellectual - as well as the structure of production and objects derived from manufacturing activities, despite the fact that Ravenna is the place which preserves the highest number of historical evidence among all centres of the late Roman Mediterranean. Its cultural heritage is vast and composite, ranging from papyri to inscriptions, from ivories to marbles, as well as luxury objects, pottery, and coins. Starting from concrete typologies of hand-manufactured goods existing in the Ravennate milieu, the book aims at exploring the multifaceted traditions of late antique and early Byzantine handicraft from the fourth to the eighth century AD. Its perspective is to pay attention more on patronage, social taste, acculturation, workers and the economic industry of production which supported the demand, circulation and distribution of artefacts, than on the artistic evaluation of the objects themselves"-- Back cover.

Series Statement

Millennium-Studien ; volume 85, 1862-1139

Uniform Title

Millennium-Studien ; Bd 85.

Subject

• Handicraft > Italy > Ravenna > History > To 1500
• Architecture > Italy > Ravenna
• Ravenna (Italy) > Buildings, structures, etc

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The changing geography of Artefact production in the late Antique and early Byzantine Mediterranean / Paul Arthur -- Late Antique making and wonder / Glen Peers -- The Structural Features of Ravenna's Socioeconomic History in Late Antiquity / Salvatore Cosentino -- The Toilsome journey of marbles and stones / Isabella Baldini -- Ivory production : commerce, culture and power / Maria Cristina Carile -- Bricks for Ravenna : materials and the construction of a Late Antique imperial residence / Enrico Cirelli -- The social sphere of writing : manuscripts, inscriptions and papyri / The social sphere of writing : manuscripts, inscriptions and papyri / Deborah M. Deliyannis -- Grave goods and burial typologies : funerary customs in Ravenna / Debora Ferreri -- Ravenna, classe and its surroundings : pottery as a mirror of everyday life / Chiara Guarnieri -- Notes on the production and circulation of the Byzantine Ravennate coinage / Vivien Prigent -- Concluding remarks : one / John Haldon -- Concluding remarks : two / Judith Herrin.

Call Number

JFE 21-2694

ISBN

• 9783110684322
• 3110684322

LCCN

• 2020935594
• 9783110684322

OCLC

1184016179

Title

Ravenna and the traditions of Late Antique and early Byzantine craftsmanship : labour, culture, and the economy / edited by Salvatore Cosentino.

Publisher

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Millennium-Studien ; volume 85, 1862-1139

Millennium-Studien ; Bd 85.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Cosentino, Salvatore, editor.

Other Standard Identifier

9783110684322

Research Call Number

JFE 21-2694