2014, ISBN: 9780884023081

Athens, 2014. In English. Cloth, 23x25 cm, 288 pp., ill.; net weight 1.5 kg. ISBN: 978-960-6849-42-8.Presents items of Sofianos collection covering a three-century period and including it… Mehr…

Athens, 2014. In English. Cloth, 23x25 cm, 288 pp., ill.; net weight 1.5 kg. ISBN: 978-960-6849-42-8.Presents items of Sofianos collection covering a three-century period and including items made in Constantinople and Pergamon. Constantinople was the metropolis of Byzantine minor arts and from the eighteenth century, as a vibrant multi-ethnic city, it also interacted with the West. Pergamon had also a great tradition in silk and linen; ancient stitches and natural dyes predominate in its handiwork. All this fermentation is imprinted vividly in the Collection that belongs to an old-established Greek family of Constantinople: three centuries of history in one dowry.IMPORTANT: The shipping cost is an important parameter of this order; it is NOT included in the price and depends on the actual weight and destination; you will have to approve it after the confirmation of the order. You may ask for an estimate before placing the order at: dem.siatras@gmail.com, Phoenix, 2014, 6, Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1997. Paperback. A bright clean copy, light rubbing to rear top corner, else in very fine & crisp condition. As new. Quarto in gold paper boards; x, 264 p., [103] p. of plates : ill., plans ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographic references and index. Surprisingly scarce. // Chiefly English; one paper in French; Imperial spaces -- Imperial costumes and cult objects -- Interchanges with foreign courts -- Court intellectuals and rhetoric -- Social composition of the Byzantine court -- Art of the Byzantine court. || Civilization, Medieval -- Congresses; Byzantine Empire -- Civilization -- Congresses; Byzantine Empire -- Court and courtiers -- History; Byzantine Empire -- Foreign relations; Originally published in 1997; Papers from a symposium held in April, 1994., Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1997, 5<

2004, ISBN: 9780884023081

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2004-10-25. Paperback. Used: Good., Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2004-10-25, 2.5