Medieval and Renaissance Famagusta: Studies in Architecture, Art and History

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Michael J. K. Walsh, Nicholas Coureas, Peter W. Edbury
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2012 - Art - 341 pages
There was a time seven centuries ago when Famagusta's wealth and renown could be compared to that of Venice or Constantinople. The Cathedral of St Nicholas in the main square of Famagusta, serving as the coronation place for the Crusader Kings of Jerusalem after the fall of Acre in 1291, symbolised both the sophistication and permanence of the French society that built it. The essays here represent a major contribution to the study of Medieval and Renaissance Famagusta and its surviving art and architecture and also propose a series of strategies for preserving the city's heritage in the future. They will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Gothic, Byzantine and Renaissance art and architecture, and to those of the Crusades and the Latin East, as well as the Military Orders.
 

Contents

Camlet Manufacture Trade in Cyprus and the Economy
15
Famagusta and the Tradition of History Writing
43
Taverns in Medieval Famagusta
65
A New Approach to the Dating
75
Notes on the Marginal Sculpture of the Cathedral
93
une référence spirituelle
115
Justine Andrews
117
The Holy Mother of God Armenian Church in Famagusta
133
A Contemporary Survey of the Surviving
199
Monica Bardswell Conway Library Courtauld Institute
206
Monica Bardswell Conway Library Courtauld Institute
213
Monumental Buildings in the Revitalization Process of Historic
235
An Inspection of Three of Famagustas Churches
255
An Assessment of the Structural Fabric of the Church
265
A Report
275
Address delivered by Michael J K Walsh in Paris
291

Thomas Kaffenberger
151
Venetian Heraldic Shields
167
Vincenzo Lucchese and convolute
172
Thomas Kaffenberger
178
The Military Architecture of Venetian Famagusta
187
Chronology of Venetian Administration for Dating
297
Typed Notes by Monica Bardswell February 1937
307
Index
331
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