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Byzantine hours: works and days in Byzantium: The City of Mystras
Catalog for the exhibition "Byzantine hours: works and days in Byzantium," presented simultaneously in Thessaloniki, Athens, and Mystras.
The exhibition "Byzantine Hours" consists of various thematic units, which complement one another and are presented at different exhibition venues, as follows: at the Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens 10 October 2001-10 January 2002: The ecumenical character of the Byzantine Empire: the notion of the Byzantine world as Universe (oikoumeni), the Emperor as conveyor of the idea of universality, Byzantium and others; Coins and administration means (organised by the Numismatic Museum and the Directorate of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments): numismatic iconography -the Imperial Oikos, the world of coins- inscriptions, the universality of Byzantine coins, Byzantine administration; at the White Tower, Thessaloniki, 10 October 2001-10 January 2002: Life in the city: the trade market and workshops within the city, urban and rural activities, fairs and spectacles, ports and marine life, pilgrimage and travel, burials and burial customs; Domestic life: architectural elements of the Byzantine house, house decoration, kitchens and cellars, dinner at a Byzantine house, home handicraft, clothing and adornment, birth and marriage, private worship and superstition, children education; Water itineraries: aqueducts and cisterns, public and private baths; at the Heptapyrgion, Thessaloniki 10 October 2001-10 January 2002: The Byzantine fortification system in Greece; The example of Heptapyrgion; at the archaeological site and Museum of Mystras, August 2001-10 January 2002: A Byzantine city: the example of Mystras; Byzantium and the West: the case of Mystras.
The exhibition "Byzantine Hours" consists of various thematic units, which complement one another and are presented at different exhibition venues, as follows: at the Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens 10 October 2001-10 January 2002: The ecumenical character of the Byzantine Empire: the notion of the Byzantine world as Universe (oikoumeni), the Emperor as conveyor of the idea of universality, Byzantium and others; Coins and administration means (organised by the Numismatic Museum and the Directorate of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments): numismatic iconography -the Imperial Oikos, the world of coins- inscriptions, the universality of Byzantine coins, Byzantine administration; at the White Tower, Thessaloniki, 10 October 2001-10 January 2002: Life in the city: the trade market and workshops within the city, urban and rural activities, fairs and spectacles, ports and marine life, pilgrimage and travel, burials and burial customs; Domestic life: architectural elements of the Byzantine house, house decoration, kitchens and cellars, dinner at a Byzantine house, home handicraft, clothing and adornment, birth and marriage, private worship and superstition, children education; Water itineraries: aqueducts and cisterns, public and private baths; at the Heptapyrgion, Thessaloniki 10 October 2001-10 January 2002: The Byzantine fortification system in Greece; The example of Heptapyrgion; at the archaeological site and Museum of Mystras, August 2001-10 January 2002: A Byzantine city: the example of Mystras; Byzantium and the West: the case of Mystras.
207 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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May 9, 2022
Has some unusual and excellent illustration and while thin on history, more than makes up for it in archaeological detail and descriptions of the site.
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