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Avgia Church (Batumi, Georgia)

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Mamuladze S., Kamadadze K., Kakhidze E.

Światowit

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2020

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vol. 59

177-188

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The church discussed in the paper is situated in Avgia, on the outskirts of Batumi. It is an early Christian period hall-type church with northern and southern wings. The ground plan of the whole structure resembles the well-known layout of the croix libre. The whole building is 23.85 m long and 19.0 m wide – including the arms. It has a projecting semi-circular apse whose radius is 6.05 m. The main space of the church is divided into three parts. It consists of a transverse hall, which may have operated as a narthex, a hall, and an altar apse. The floor of the structure was covered with pinkish lime mortar, a mixture of small pebbles and ceramic powder. The only central entrance to the church was located on the west side. The northern annex had an entrance in the north-western corner, and the southern one – in the south-eastern corner. The church seems to have been built of rubble stone. The construction style, layout, and archaeological evidence from the site narrow down its chronology to the 5th and 6th centuries AD.

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Byzantine spirit of the Undead and its legacy in the Sick Man of Europe

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Tešan J., Davison J.

Przegląd Narodowościowy – Review of Nationalities

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2018

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vol. 8

21-38

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This paper examines the source and consequences of permanent liminality in the political-legal administration of the Byzantine Empire. The paper argues ambiguous and incomplete identities of individuals, groups, and society associated with certain authoritarian political arrangements and consequent arrested liminal period(s) contributed to the decline of the Empire. Further, and significantly, the unresolved situation of disaggregated identity, or spirited away demos, persisted in the Ottoman Era and continues to infect contemporary socio-political affairs in regions in the Balkans and other countries of the former Soviet Union which now seek to balance the interests of a nation-state with the diversity of Europe. The paper does not consider the Orthodox Spirit, but rather analyzes the role of pseudo-intellectuals and sophists who derail the democratic and philosophical Hellenist traditions with authoritarian policies and tools. The research compares and links the institutional attempts of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires to manage and manipulate differences and distinctions through mechanisms such as theatricalization and the millets. The argument concludes that these strategies created the basis for the perpetualization of the sick man of Europe to the extent they focused on juggling the distinctions and identities of the empires rather than pursuing the development of the democratic self. Thus, in liminality is revealed and contained undead and viral authoritarian spirits, sometimes manifested in populist or extremist ethnic leaders, whose technologies trick the demos and disrupt the democratic imagination.

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Ioannis Motsianos and Karen S. Garnett (Eds), "Glass, wax and metal: lighting technologies in late antique, byzantine and medieval times", Oxford: Archaeopress, 2019 – book review

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Chrzanovski L.

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

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2019

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vol. 28(1)

671-673

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Symposium proceedings

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The Iconographic Motif of a Griffin and a Hare on the So-called Saracenic-Sicilian Casket from the Wawel Cathedral Treasury in Cracow

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Garnczarska M.

Studia Ceranea

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2015

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vol. 5

59-72

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The article examines a kind of community of aesthetic tastes that was connecting Arab and Byzantine courtly culture. This community concerned the secular and luxurious works of art. The silver casket, called a Saracenic-Sicilian, from the Wawel Cathedral Treasury in Cracow will serve as the starting point to gain a true appreciation of the complex artistic relationship between the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic world in the Middle Ages. It appears highly probable that the casket was created in the twelfth century. It was published at once after the discovery (8th March 1881) and since then, researchers argue about the place of origin of the box. Some suggest that the casket could be a product of Arabic or Persian art, while others propose either Byzantine or Sicilian workshops. What is more, even an thorough stylistic and iconographic analysis does not allow for an unambiguous resolution of the problem of provenance of the Wawel box. Lack of a resolution suggests that this piece of art was directed to a member of the cosmopolitan elite of – Arabic or Byzantine – court, which took delight in sophisticated and expensive luxury items. It is worth noting that in this case, matter of religion did not play a crucial role. For this reason, the depicted scenes and decorative details have an universal character. In order to present this specific synthesis of Arabic and Byzantine secular art, the motifs of a griffin and a hare, decorating the casket will be considered.

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The Northern kʻustak administrative units of the Sasanian Iran in 6th century CE

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KHACHATRYAN H.

Historia i Świat

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2022

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issue 11

155-163

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In the 6th century CE, the Sasanian empire was divided into four administrative units already during the second reign of Kavad I, however, it was during the time of Khosrov Anushirvan that these regions were transformed into the military-administrative units – kʻustaks, where the administrative power belonged to the padgospan and the military to the spahbed. The northern kʻustak or kʻust-i-Kapkoh was included the marzpanates: Armenia (divided into the three military-administrative units – Tanutirakan gund, Vaspurakan gund, Syunikʻ), Georgia, Albania and the šahrs: Adharbādhakān, Gīlān, Dlmunkʻ, Zanjān, Ghazvīn, Ṭabaristān and Ray. This paper reviews the administrative of the northern kʻustak based on the Classical Armenian, Arabic and Persian primary sources.

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From Paganism to Christianity. General Remarks on the Religious Changes in Petra (1st–6th Cent. AD)

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Al-Nasarat M.

Studia Ceranea

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2018

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vol. 8

209-236

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The aim of this paper is to shed some light on the period of Petra’s passage from paganism to Christianity, which saw the deterioration of pagan beliefs and the struggle for survival between paganism and Christianity. The recognition of Christianity as the official religion of the Byzantine Empire in 313 AD did not mean that paganism had disappeared from Petra. In fact, most of the Nabataean temples in the city remained open until the second half of the 4th century AD, when the city was hit by the earthquake of 363. It was this event that had the greatest impact on the abandoning of the city’s temples, such as the Temple of the Winged Lions, the Temple of Qasr el-Bent and the Great Temple. The historical and archaeological evidence confirms the construction of a numer of churches in Petra, which received considerable attention from the Christian clergy and the administration of the city during the 5th and 6th centuries AD.

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Preface

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Zych I., Chrzanovski L.

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

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2019

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vol. 28(1)

9-13

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Preface to a special collection volume on lamp studies gathering together material from new and old finds from Spain in the west to the Eastern Mediterranean and even India, mainly from the Hellenistic through Byzantine times.

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Painted decoration of water jars from Byzantine Athribis in the Egyptian Delta

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Południkiewicz A.

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

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2016

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vol. 25

781-798

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Water jars are easily recognizable as a type owing to the strainer fitted into the neck of these vessels. This form was distinguished in the assemblage coming from the Polish excavations around Kom Sidi Youssuf in Tell Atrib, the site of ancient Athribis in the Nile Delta. The discussed vessels were made of Nile silt and richly painted on the surface. The article focuses on the decoration of these water containers, presenting a catalogue of motifs: geometrical, vegetal, zoomorphic, human and others. The set is dated to the 6th–7th century AD based on the excavation context and comparative studies of the so-called Coptic painted pottery from Egypt.

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Terracotta oil lamps from the excavation at the Bey 004 site (Beirut, Lebanon)

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El Masri M.

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

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2019

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vol. 28(1)

423-459

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The excavation of site Bey 004 in the urban center of Beirut was done as part of a major salvage-archaeology operation in the 1990s, in preparation for the redevelopment of the city after the Lebanese Civil War. War destruction had given archaeologists the opportunity to investigate the topography, history and everyday life of Beirut over the millennia since its establishment and before a new city would be built on top of the ruins in the 21st century. Terracotta oil lamps, like tableware, are a sensitive guide to the passage of time and cultures, spanning the ages the 5th century BC through the 9th century AD, from Persia to Islam. The article reviews the assemblage from the Bey 004 site, broken down by a local site typology that reflects major periods of occupation, and relates it to existing typologies of ancient Near Eastern lamps from the Canaanite to the Islamic.

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Superbia Genueńczyków w połowie XIV wieku w oczach bizantyńskich i weneckich historyków i kronikarzy

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Karpow S. P.

Przegląd Nauk Historycznych

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2017

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vol. 16

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issue 1

285-300

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The article treats the approach of the Byzantine and Italian historians and chroniclers of the 14th–17th centuries to the problem of claims of the Republic of Genoa to establish its monopoly in trade and navigation in the Black Sea area. It seemed to be one of the causes of the war between Venice and Genoa in 1350–1355 that dramatically affected the Byzantine Empire. The author studies terminology of various writers defining political aspirations of the Genoese Republic.

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Teoktysta – matka św. Teodora Studyty

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Dybski H.

Rocznik Teologii Katolickiej

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2014

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vol. 13

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issue 2

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The aim of the article is to discuss Theoktiste’s curriculum vitae. This does not mean, however, that focusing primarily on her person, one can skip all the content relating to her son, St. Theodore. What weighs in favour of it, is the close ties between them that deepened in the course of mutual experiences – both in the family house in Constantinopole and later, when both led religious life. In addition, their lives influenced each other to such an extent, that it would be difficult to understand important decisions taken by Theodore, especially in his youth, without the prior influence of his mother.

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„Bizantynizm i ,,styl bizantyjski” w dyskursie komitetu troski o rosyjskie malarstwo ikonowe (1901 – 1918)

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Walczak D.

Saeculum Christianum. Pismo Historyczne

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2022

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vol. 29

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issue 1

233-240

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The main purpose of this article is to indicate the references to Byzantine art that appear in the discourse of the Committee for Care on Russian Icon Painting (in Russian: Комитет попечительства о русской иконописи, 1901-1918) and to point to their ideological functions. The author tries to show whether and how Byzantine patterns were used in the publications of this institution (above all, in the Nikodim Kondakov icon podlinnik). She proves that the use of references to the art of Byzantium was an element of the program of religious revival postulated by Nicholas II, and perfectly matched the theocentric utopia created by the tsar.

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Głównym celem niniejszego artykułu jest pokazanie odniesień do sztuki bizantyjskiej, które pojawiają się w dyskursie Komitetu Troski o Rosyjskie Malarstwo Ikonowe (ros. Комитет попечительства о русской иконописи, 1901-1918), a także wskazanie ich funkcji ideologicznych. Autor stara się pokazać, czy i w jaki sposób wzorce bizantyjskie były wykorzystywane w publikacjach tej instytucji (przede wszystkim w podlinniku ikonopisarskim Nikodima Kondakowa). Udowadnia, że zastosowanie nawiązań do sztuki bizantyjskiej było elementem postulowanego przez Mikołaja II programu odrodzenia religijnego, a także doskonale wpisywało się w teocentryczną utopię, stworzoną przez tego cara.

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Avgia Church (Batumi, Georgia)

Byzantine spirit of the Undead and its legacy in the Sick Man of Europe

Ioannis Motsianos and Karen S. Garnett (Eds), "Glass, wax and metal: lighting technologies in late antique, byzantine and medieval times", Oxford: Archaeopress, 2019 – book review

The Iconographic Motif of a Griffin and a Hare on the So-called Saracenic-Sicilian Casket from the Wawel Cathedral Treasury in Cracow

The Northern kʻustak administrative units of the Sasanian Iran in 6th century CE

From Paganism to Christianity. General Remarks on the Religious Changes in Petra (1st–6th Cent. AD)

Preface

Painted decoration of water jars from Byzantine Athribis in the Egyptian Delta

Terracotta oil lamps from the excavation at the Bey 004 site (Beirut, Lebanon)

Superbia Genueńczyków w połowie XIV wieku w oczach bizantyńskich i weneckich historyków i kronikarzy

Teoktysta – matka św. Teodora Studyty

„Bizantynizm i ,,styl bizantyjski” w dyskursie komitetu troski o rosyjskie malarstwo ikonowe (1901 – 1918)