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Church Building in Cyprus (Fourth to Seventh Centuries) - A Mirror of Intercultural Contacts in the Eastern Mediterranean
Book Cover
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Imprint
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Church and Religion in Cyprus (Marietta Horster and Doria Nicolaou)
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1. Building the Christian Cityscape and Landscape
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2. Christian Communities and Church Building, Fourth to Seventh Centuries
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3. Interior Arrangement and Theological Concepts
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4. ‘International Byzantine Style’? Local Traditions and Adaptations In- and Outside Cyprus
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Bibliography
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The Last Pagans of Cyprus: Prolegomena to a History of Transition from Polytheism to Christianity (Georgios Deligiannakis)
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I. Literary and epigraphic evidence
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II. The Churches
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III. Episcopal Sees
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IV. Prosopography
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V. The Mosaics of the House of Aion
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Concluding Remarks
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Bibliography
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Settled and Sacred Landscapes of Cyprus: Church and Landscape in the Xeros Valley during the Early Byzantine Period (Athanasios K. Vionis)
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Introduction
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Settled and Sacred Landscapes of Cyprus
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Preliminary Survey Results in the Area of Kofinou
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Churches and the Sacred Landscapes of Cyprus
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Churches as Economic Central Places
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Photo credits
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New Evidence for the Early Byzantin eEcclesiastical Architecture of Cyprus (Eleni Procopiou)
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The Cult of Saints in Early Byzantine Cyprus as Mirrored in Church Building and Epigraphy (Stephanos Efthymiadis)
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Introduction
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The Saints of Cyprus
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Church Building in Hagiography
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Church Building in Epigraphy
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Photo credits
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Liturgical Structures of the Early Christian Basilicas of Cyprus: A Spatial Analysis (Doria Nicolaou)
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Photo credits
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The Early Christian Baptismal Complexes of Cyprus and Their Liturgical Arrangement (Rania Michail)
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Basilica of Saint Epiphanios at Salamis/Constantia
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Episcopal Basilica of Kourion
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Basilica of Saint Philon at Karpasia
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Basilica at Agia Trias, Gialousa
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Mazotos-Petounta Baptistery
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Basilica of Galala
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Arguable Baptisteries
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Basilica A at Agios Georgios of Pegeia
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Concluding Remarks
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Bibliography
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Photo credits
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Spirituality and Hexis: Tracing the Christian Habitus in the Basilicas of Early Byzantine Cyprus (Chrysovalantis Kyriacou)
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New Evidence for the Interior Decoration of the Early Christian Basilicas of Cyprus: The Case of Mosaics (Fryni Hadjichristofi)
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Tamasos/Politiko
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Akrotiri-Katalymata ton Plakoton
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Tymbou-Agioi Saranta
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Geroskipou-Agioi Pente
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Kourion, coastal basilica
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Bibliography
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Photo credits
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Mosaic Decoration in Early Christian Cyprus (Demetrios Michaelides)
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Mythological Representations
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Aniconic Decoration
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Representations of Nature
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Paphos, Chrysopolitissa
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Soloi
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Kourion
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Amathous
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Tymbou
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Pegeia
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Akrotiri
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Bibliography
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Photo credits
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The Use of Textiles in Early Christian Churches – Evidence from Egypt (Fourth to Seventh Centuries) (Cäcilia Fluck)
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1 Introduction
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2 Textiles in Churches
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2.1 The Altar-cloth
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2.2 Curtains and Hangings
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2.2.1 Painted Decoration
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2.2.2 Woven Decoration
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Bibliography
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Photo credits
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The Late Antique/Byzantine Churches and Houses of the Region around Seleucia on the Calycadnus in Rough Cilicia (Ina Eichner)
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Transverse Arches
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Imposts
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Window Forms
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Covered Public Passageways
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Roof Forms
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Porches and Entrance Canopies
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Measurements of Doors
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Summary
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Bibliography
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Photo credits
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Index of monuments and sites
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