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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.
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