Ravenna and the traditions of late antique and early byzantine craftsmanship : : labour, culture, and the economy / / Salvatore Cosentino.
In the last twenty years scholarship on late antique and early medieval Ravenna has resulted in a certain number of publications mainly focused on the fields of architecture, mosaics and archaeology. On the contrary, much less attention has been paid on labour – both manual and intellectual – as wel...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin, Germany ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : De Gruyter,, [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (IX, 331 p.) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Changing Geography of Artefact Production in the Late Antique and Early Byzantine Mediterranean
- 2 Late Antique Making and Wonder
- 3 The Structural Features of Ravenna’s Socioeconomic History in Late Antiquity
- 4 The Toilsome Journey of Marbles and Stones
- 5 Ivory Production: Commerce, Culture and Power
- 6 Bricks for Ravenna: Materials and the Construction of a Late Antique Imperial Residence
- 7 The Social Sphere of Writing: Manuscripts, Inscriptions and Papyri
- 8 Grave Goods and Burial Typologies: Funerary Customs in Ravenna
- 9 Ravenna, Classe and its Surroundings: Pottery as a Mirror of Everyday Life
- 10 Notes on the Production and Circulation of the Byzantine Ravennate Coinage
- 11 Concluding Remarks. One
- 12 Concluding Remarks. Two
- Index