The Velestino Hoard - Casting Light on the Byzantine 'Dark Ages' (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book examines the remarkable Velestino hoard, found in Thessaly in the 1920s, and analyses the light that this collection of artifacts sheds on a poorly studied period of Byzantine history, and on largely neglected aspects of Byzantine civilization. Many collections of Byzantine gold- and silverware, such as Vrap and Seuso, have been surrounded by controversy. None, however, has been under more suspicion than the Velestino hoard, particularly with regards to its authenticity. The hoard contains no gold and no silver, and is in fact a collection of bronze and leaden plaques, some with human, and others with animal or geometric representations. The authors examine three distinct aspects of the hoard: the iconography of its components, the method of its production, and the function of those components. The conclusions that they reached provide valuable new insights into eighth-century Byzantine culture. The book explores the Byzantine cultural and political context of the Velestino hoard and will appeal to historians and art historians of early Byzantium, as well as archaeologists and historians of early medieval technologies.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture
Release date:	March 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Florin Curta • Bartlomiej Szymon Szmoniewski
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	237
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-004845-7
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > European archaeology > Medieval European archaeology Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Promotions
LSN:	3-03-004845-4
Barcode:	9783030048457

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