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Ravenna and the Traditions of Late Antique and Early Byzantine Craftsmanship : Labour, Culture, and the Economy /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cosentino, Salvatore (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]
Colección:Millennium-Studien ; volume 85.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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