Material culture of the Byzantine Era I
| Title | Υλικά αντικείμενα του Βυζαντινού πολιτισμού Ι / Material culture of the Byzantine Era I |
| Code | ΑΒΥ876 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | History and Archaeology |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 280007186 |
Programme of Study: PMS Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs (2012-sīmera)
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proïstorikīs Archaiologías tou kládou Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Klasikīs Archaiologías tou kládou Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Vyzantinīs Archaiologías tou kládou Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs | Compulsory Module Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Istorías tīs Téchnīs tou kládou Archaiologías kai Istorías tīs Téchnīs | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2013 – 2014 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 280095362
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/280095362
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- ΑΒΥ877 Material culture of the Byzantine Era II
General Prerequisites
Knowledge of foreign languages
Learning Outcomes
Students should know the development of Byzantine pottery from the 5th to the 15th century. Have to understanding the techniques and the production process of pottery, the methods of study its typology, the mechanism of distribution as well as the analytical methods. Finally they be able to assess the importance of the study of a site under study. At the same time, students should be familiar with the research and writing of a scientific paper.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Work autonomously
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course teaches the development of Byzantine pottery from the 5th to the 15th century.During the seminars techniques and pottery production process are presented as well as the study methods of typology, the mechanism of distribution, the analytical methods that help us to study the byzantine pottery. Finally, the pottery's importance to the study of a site during the period under study. Then, in successive courses, students are required to present the process of their work.
Week #1 Introduction: Sources-aids on byzantine pottery. Presentation of the aims and objectives of the course.
Week #2 Pottery manufacturing techniques during the Middle Ages in Byzantium and the neighboring peoples (Europe, Islam, Mesopotamia, China). The technique of glazing. Papers titles.
Week #3 The first glazed wares in Constantinople during the 7th century. The glazed pottery of 8th and 9th centuries. Production, typology, distribution.
Week #4 The glazed wares from 10th to 12th century. Production, typology, distribution. The students present the preliminary results of their research on the topic undertaken. Take part in the discussion the professor as well as the other students, who have already been informed about the work of their colleague. Corrective observations.
Week #5 The glazed wares from 12th to 15th century. Production, typology, distribution.
Week #6 The students present the progress of their research.
Week #7 Visit to the Museum of Byzantine Culture. Study of byzantine pottery.
Week #8 Amphorae of early byzantine period. Production, typology, distribution, agricultural products.
Week #9 The students present the progress of their research. remarks and discussion on each topic.
Week #10 Amphorae of middle byzantine period. Production, typology, distribution, agricultural products.
Week #11 Amphorae of late byzantine period. Production, typology, distribution, agricultural products. The analytical methods for the study of pottery.
Week #12 Visit to a traditional pottery production center.
Week #13 The students present their final work. Remarks, general conclusions.
Keywords
Byzantine period, pottery, production techniques, distribution, typology study by analytical methods
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Seminars | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Total |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Α. Βυζαντινή εφυαλωμένη κεραμική
Armstrong P., Some Byzantine and Later Settlements in Eastern Phokis, BSA 84, 1989, 1-84.
Armstrong P., Byzantine Thebes: Excavations on the Kadmeia, 1990, BSA 88, 1993, 295-335.
Bass G. F., Van Doorninck Fr., A Seventh Century Byzantine Shipwreck, Yassi Ada, I, U.S.A. 1982.
Böhlendorf-Arslan B., Glasierte byzantinische Keramik aus der Türkei, Istanbul 2004.
Dawkins R. M., Droop J. P., Byzantine pottery from Sparta, BSA 17, 1910-11, 23-28.
Durand J., Vogt C., Plaques de céramiques décorative byzantine d’époque macédonienne, Revue du Louvre 4, 1992, 38-44.
Ettinghausen E.S., «Byzantine Tiles from the Basilica in the Topkapi Sarayi and Saint John of Studios», CArch 7, 1954, p. 79-88.
François V., La céramique byzantine à Thasos, Études Thasiennes XVI, Paris 1995.
Frantz A., Middle Byzantine Pottery in Athens, Hesperia 7, 2, 1938, 429-466.
Gelichi S., (ed.), La Ceramica nel Mondo Bizantino tra XI e XV secolo e i suoi Rapporti con l’ Italia. Atti del Seminario Certosa di Pontignano (Sienna), 11-13 marzo 1991, Florence 1993.
Hayes J.W., A Seventh-Century Pottery Group, DOP 22, 1968, 201-216.
Hayes J.W., Saraçhane, Vol. II : The Pottery, Princeton 1992.
Ionnidaki-Dostoglou A., Les vases de l'épave byzantine de Pélagonnèse-Halonnèse», dans Déroche V., Spieser J.-M. (eds.), Recherches sur la céramique byzantine, BCH Suppl. XVIII, 1989, 157-171.
Lane A., Medieval Finds from Al Mina in North Syria, Archaeologia 87, 1937.
Lauffenburger J. L., Williams, Byzantine Tiles in the Walters Art Gallery and Dumbarton Oaks Collections: A Comparison of Technique, in Maguire H. (ed.), Materials Analysis of Byzantine Pottery, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., 1997, 67-84.
Lazzarini L., Canal E., Ritrovamenti di ceramica graffita bizantina in laguna e la nascita del graffito veneziano, Faenza 69, 1983, 19-58.
Mackay T. S., More Byzantine and Frankish pottery from Corinth, Hesperia 36, 1967, 249-320.
Megaw A.H. S., Zeuxippus Ware, BSA 63, 1968, 67-88.
Megaw A.H. S., An Early thirteen-century Aegean glazed ware, in Studies in memory of Talbot Rice, Edinburgh 1975, 34-45.
Megaw A.H. S., Jones R. E., Byzantine and Allied Pottery: A Contribution by Chemical Analysis to Problems of Origin and Distribution, BSA 78, 1983, 235-263.
Michailidou M., Philotheou G., Plats byzantins provenant d'une épave près de Castellorizo, dans Déroche V., Spieser J.-M., (eds.), Recherches sur la céramique byzantine, BCH Suppl. XVIII 1989, 173-176.
Morgan C. H., Corinth XI, The Byzantine Pottery, Cambridge, Mass. 1942.
Papanikola-Bakirtzis D., Dautermann Maguire E., Maguire H., Ceramic Art from Byzantine Serres, Illinois Byzantine Studies III, Urbana and Chicago, 1992.
Παπανικόλα-Μπακιρτζή Δ., (επιμ.), Βυζαντινά εφυαλωμένα κεραμικά, Η τέχνη των εγχαράκτων, Αθήνα 1999.
Peschlow U., Byzantinische Keramik aus Istanbul. Ein Fundkomplex bei der Irenenkirche», IstMitt 27-28, 1977-78, 363-414.
Poulou – Papadimitriou N., Le monastère byzantin à Pseira : la céramique, Akten des XII Congresses für christliche Archäologie, Bonn 22-28 September 1991, Münster 1995, 1119-1131.
Πούλου-Παπαδημητρίου Ν., Μεσοβυζαντινή κεραμική από την Κρήτη: 9ος – 12ος αι., 7ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Μεσαιωνικής Κεραμικής της Μεσογείου, Θεσσαλονίκη, 11-16 Οκτωβρίου 1999, Αθήνα 2003, 211-226.
Πούλου-Παπαδημητρίου Ν., Η εφυαλωμένη κεραμική. Νέα στοιχεία για την εμφάνιση της εφυάλωσης στο Βυζάντιο, στο Π. Γ. Θέμελης (επιμ.), Πρωτοβυζαντινή Ελεύθερνα. Τομέας Ι, α’ τόμος, Αθήνα 2004, 207-226.
Πούλου-Παπαδημητρίου Ν., Βυζαντινή κεραμική από την Ελεύθερνα: Η στέρνα της Αγίας Άννας» Θ. Καλπαξής (επιμ.), «Ελεύθερνα, Τομέας ΙΙ. 3. Βυζαντινό σπίτι στην Αγία Άννα», Εκδόσεις Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης, Ρέθυμνο 2008, 25-187.
Πούλου-Παπαδημητρίου Ν., Στιγμές από την ιστορία του Ηρακλείου. Από την πρωτοβυζαντινή εποχή έως την περίοδο της οθωμανικής κυριαρχίας (7ος – 19ος αι.), στο Α. Ιωαννίδου – Καρέτσου (επιμ.), Ηράκλειο, Η άγνωστη ιστορίας της αρχαίας πόλης, Ηράκλειο 2008, 148-201.
Pringle D., Thirteenth-Century Pottery from the Monastery of St Mary of Carmel», Levant 16, 1984, 91-111.
Pringle D., Medieval Pottery from Caesara: the Crusader Period, Levant 17, 1985, 171-202.
Saccardo F. et al., Ceramiche importate a Venezia e nel Veneto tra XI e XIV secolo, VIIe Congrès de l’AIECM2, Thessalonique, 11-16 Octobre 1999, Athènes 2003, 395-420.
Sanders G. D. R., An assemblage of Frankish Pottery at Corinth, Hesperia 56, 1987, 159-195.
Sanders G. D. R., Excavations at Sparta, The Roman Stoa: Medieval Pottery, BSA 88, 1993, 251-286.
Stevenson R., The Great Palace of the Byzantine Emperors, The First Report, Oxford 1947.
Talbot Rice D., Byzantine Glazed Pottery, Oxford 1930.
Talbot-Rice D., The Byzantine Pottery, The Great Palace of the Byzantine Emperors, Second Report, 1939, 110-113.
Totev T., L’atelier de céramique peinte du monastère royal de Preslav, CArch 35, 1984, 65-80.
Vogt C. et al., Glazed Wall Tiles of Constantinople : Physical and Chemical Characterisation, manufacturing and Decorative Processes, in Maguire H. (ed.), Material Analysis of Byzantine Pottery, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D. C., 1997, 51-66.
Β. Αμφορείς
Abadie-Reynal C., Sodini J.-P., La céramique paléochrétienne de Thasos, Etudes Thasiennes XIII, ed. De Boccard, Paris 1992.
Bonifay M., Etudes sur la céramique romaine tardive d’Afrique, BAR – S 1301, Oxford 2004.
Γερούση Ε., Κεραμικά παλαιοχριστιανικών χρόνων από την περιοχή του “Επισκοπείου” της Σάμου, ΑΔ 47-48 (1992-1993) Α’ Μελέτες, Αθήνα 1997, 251-267.
Keay J. S., Late Roman Amphorae in the Western Mediterranean. A Typology and Economic Study: The Catalan Evidence, BAR Int. Series, 136, London 1984.
Μπακιρτζής Χ., Βυζαντινά Τσουκαλολάγηνα, Αθήνα 1989.
Peacock D. P. S., Williams D. F., Amphorae and the Roman Economy, Longman Archaeological Series, New York 1986.
Pieri D., Le commerce du vin oriental à l’époque Byzantine, (Ve – VIIe siècles). Le témoignage des amphores en Gaule, Institut français du Proche-Orient, Beyrouth 2005.
Πούλου-Παπαδημητρίου Ν., Βυζαντινή κεραμική από τον ελληνικό νησιωτικό χώρο και από την Πελοπόννησο (7ος-9ος αι.): μία πρώτη προσέγγιση, Οι σκοτεινοί αιώνες του Βυζαντίου, Αθήνα-Μάιος 1999, Αθήνα 2001, 231-266.
Riley J. A., Coarse pottery, στο Excavations at Sidi Khrebish Benghazi, Berenice, vol. II, Libya Antiqua, Supplement V, 1979.
Vogt C., Πρωτοβυζαντινή κεραμική από την Αγία Γαλήνη, Κρητική Εστία 4, περ. Δ’ (1991/1993) σ. 39-75.
Additional bibliography for study
A. Byzantine glazed pottery
Armstrong P., Some Byzantine and Later Settlements in Eastern Phokis, BSA 84, 1989, 1-84.
Armstrong P., Byzantine Thebes: Excavations on the Kadmeia, 1990, BSA 88, 1993, 295-335.
Bass G. F., Van Doorninck Fr., A Seventh Century Byzantine Shipwreck, Yassi Ada, I, U.S.A. 1982.
Böhlendorf-Arslan B., Glasierte byzantinische Keramik aus der Türkei, Istanbul 2004.
Dawkins R. M., Droop J. P., Byzantine pottery from Sparta, BSA 17, 1910-11, 23-28.
Durand J., Vogt C., Plaques de céramiques décorative byzantine d’époque macédonienne, Revue du Louvre 4, 1992, 38-44.
Ettinghausen E.S., «Byzantine Tiles from the Basilica in the Topkapi Sarayi and Saint John of Studios», CArch 7, 1954, p. 79-88.
François V., La céramique byzantine à Thasos, Études Thasiennes XVI, Paris 1995.
Frantz A., Middle Byzantine Pottery in Athens, Hesperia 7, 2, 1938, 429-466.
Gelichi S., (ed.), La Ceramica nel Mondo Bizantino tra XI e XV secolo e i suoi Rapporti con l’ Italia. Atti del Seminario Certosa di Pontignano (Sienna), 11-13 marzo 1991, Florence 1993.
Hayes J.W., A Seventh-Century Pottery Group, DOP 22, 1968, 201-216.
Hayes J.W., Saraçhane, Vol. II : The Pottery, Princeton 1992.
Ionnidaki-Dostoglou A., Les vases de l'épave byzantine de Pélagonnèse-Halonnèse», dans Déroche V., Spieser J.-M. (eds.), Recherches sur la céramique byzantine, BCH Suppl. XVIII, 1989, 157-171.
Lane A., Medieval Finds from Al Mina in North Syria, Archaeologia 87, 1937.
Lauffenburger J. L., Williams, Byzantine Tiles in the Walters Art Gallery and Dumbarton Oaks Collections: A Comparison of Technique, in Maguire H. (ed.), Materials Analysis of Byzantine Pottery, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., 1997, 67-84.
Lazzarini L., Canal E., Ritrovamenti di ceramica graffita bizantina in laguna e la nascita del graffito veneziano, Faenza 69, 1983, 19-58.
Mackay T. S., More Byzantine and Frankish pottery from Corinth, Hesperia 36, 1967, 249-320.
Megaw A.H. S., Zeuxippus Ware, BSA 63, 1968, 67-88.
Megaw A.H. S., An Early thirteen-century Aegean glazed ware, in Studies in memory of Talbot Rice, Edinburgh 1975, 34-45.
Megaw A.H. S., Jones R. E., Byzantine and Allied Pottery: A Contribution by Chemical Analysis to Problems of Origin and Distribution, BSA 78, 1983, 235-263.
Michailidou M., Philotheou G., Plats byzantins provenant d'une épave près de Castellorizo, dans Déroche V., Spieser J.-M., (eds.), Recherches sur la céramique byzantine, BCH Suppl. XVIII 1989, 173-176.
Morgan C. H., Corinth XI, The Byzantine Pottery, Cambridge, Mass. 1942.
Papanikola-Bakirtzis D., Dautermann Maguire E., Maguire H., Ceramic Art from Byzantine Serres, Illinois Byzantine Studies III, Urbana and Chicago, 1992.
Παπανικόλα-Μπακιρτζή Δ., (επιμ.), Βυζαντινά εφυαλωμένα κεραμικά, Η τέχνη των εγχαράκτων, Αθήνα 1999.
Peschlow U., Byzantinische Keramik aus Istanbul. Ein Fundkomplex bei der Irenenkirche», IstMitt 27-28, 1977-78, 363-414.
Poulou – Papadimitriou N., Le monastère byzantin à Pseira : la céramique, Akten des XII Congresses für christliche Archäologie, Bonn 22-28 September 1991, Münster 1995, 1119-1131.
Πούλου-Παπαδημητρίου Ν., Μεσοβυζαντινή κεραμική από την Κρήτη: 9ος – 12ος αι., 7ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Μεσαιωνικής Κεραμικής της Μεσογείου, Θεσσαλονίκη, 11-16 Οκτωβρίου 1999, Αθήνα 2003, 211-226.
Πούλου-Παπαδημητρίου Ν., Η εφυαλωμένη κεραμική. Νέα στοιχεία για την εμφάνιση της εφυάλωσης στο Βυζάντιο, στο Π. Γ. Θέμελης (επιμ.), Πρωτοβυζαντινή Ελεύθερνα. Τομέας Ι, α’ τόμος, Αθήνα 2004, 207-226.
Πούλου-Παπαδημητρίου Ν., Βυζαντινή κεραμική από την Ελεύθερνα: Η στέρνα της Αγίας Άννας» Θ. Καλπαξής (επιμ.), «Ελεύθερνα, Τομέας ΙΙ. 3. Βυζαντινό σπίτι στην Αγία Άννα», Εκδόσεις Πανεπιστημίου Κρήτης, Ρέθυμνο 2008, 25-187.
Πούλου-Παπαδημητρίου Ν., Στιγμές από την ιστορία του Ηρακλείου. Από την πρωτοβυζαντινή εποχή έως την περίοδο της οθωμανικής κυριαρχίας (7ος – 19ος αι.), στο Α. Ιωαννίδου – Καρέτσου (επιμ.), Ηράκλειο, Η άγνωστη ιστορίας της αρχαίας πόλης, Ηράκλειο 2008, 148-201.
Pringle D., Thirteenth-Century Pottery from the Monastery of St Mary of Carmel», Levant 16, 1984, 91-111.
Pringle D., Medieval Pottery from Caesara: the Crusader Period, Levant 17, 1985, 171-202.
Saccardo F. et al., Ceramiche importate a Venezia e nel Veneto tra XI e XIV secolo, VIIe Congrès de l’AIECM2, Thessalonique, 11-16 Octobre 1999, Athènes 2003, 395-420.
Sanders G. D. R., An assemblage of Frankish Pottery at Corinth, Hesperia 56, 1987, 159-195.
Sanders G. D. R., Excavations at Sparta, The Roman Stoa: Medieval Pottery, BSA 88, 1993, 251-286.
Stevenson R., The Great Palace of the Byzantine Emperors, The First Report, Oxford 1947.
Talbot Rice D., Byzantine Glazed Pottery, Oxford 1930.
Talbot-Rice D., The Byzantine Pottery, The Great Palace of the Byzantine Emperors, Second Report, 1939, 110-113.
Totev T., L’atelier de céramique peinte du monastère royal de Preslav, CArch 35, 1984, 65-80.
Vogt C. et al., Glazed Wall Tiles of Constantinople : Physical and Chemical Characterisation, manufacturing and Decorative Processes, in Maguire H. (ed.), Material Analysis of Byzantine Pottery, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D. C., 1997, 51-66.
B. Amphorae
Abadie-Reynal C., Sodini J.-P., La céramique paléochrétienne de Thasos, Etudes Thasiennes XIII, ed. De Boccard, Paris 1992.
Bonifay M., Etudes sur la céramique romaine tardive d’Afrique, BAR – S 1301, Oxford 2004.
Γερούση Ε., Κεραμικά παλαιοχριστιανικών χρόνων από την περιοχή του “Επισκοπείου” της Σάμου, ΑΔ 47-48 (1992-1993) Α’ Μελέτες, Αθήνα 1997, 251-267.
Keay J. S., Late Roman Amphorae in the Western Mediterranean. A Typology and Economic Study: The Catalan Evidence, BAR Int. Series, 136, London 1984.
Μπακιρτζής Χ., Βυζαντινά Τσουκαλολάγηνα, Αθήνα 1989.
Peacock D. P. S., Williams D. F., Amphorae and the Roman Economy, Longman Archaeological Series, New York 1986.
Pieri D., Le commerce du vin oriental à l’époque Byzantine, (Ve – VIIe siècles). Le témoignage des amphores en Gaule, Institut français du Proche-Orient, Beyrouth 2005.
Πούλου-Παπαδημητρίου Ν., Βυζαντινή κεραμική από τον ελληνικό νησιωτικό χώρο και από την Πελοπόννησο (7ος-9ος αι.): μία πρώτη προσέγγιση, Οι σκοτεινοί αιώνες του Βυζαντίου, Αθήνα-Μάιος 1999, Αθήνα 2001, 231-266.
Riley J. A., Coarse pottery, στο Excavations at Sidi Khrebish Benghazi, Berenice, vol. II, Libya Antiqua, Supplement V, 1979.
Vogt C., Πρωτοβυζαντινή κεραμική από την Αγία Γαλήνη, Κρητική Εστία 4, περ. Δ’ (1991/1993) σ. 39-75.
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