Glass, Wax and Metal: Lighting Technologies in Late Antique, Byzantine and Medieval Times

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Presenting papers from two International Lychnological Association (ILA) Round Tables, this volume provides an extensive look at the technological development of lighting and lighting devices during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in Western Europe and Byzantium. A time of major economic, geopolitical and social changes, there were also radical modifications in lighting devices, as terracotta mold-made lamps, very common throughout the earlier days of the Roman Empire, were replaced by devices that used glass containers to hold oil, candles made of beeswax, and metals to create a wide variety of holders for the newer glass lamp vessels and candles. Discussions included such diverse subjects as lighting devices used in medieval times in Scandinavian mines, the Byzantine use of light for long-distance signaling, castle illumination, polykandela designs and the spiritual significance of light. Cover Title Page Copyright page Contents Page Glass, Wax and Metal: Lighting Technologies in Late Antique, Byzantine and Medieval Times: an Introduction Karen S. Garnett and Ioannis Motsianos A Highly Important ‘Half-volume’ as Acta of two Pioneer Congresses: some Explanations Laurent Chrzanovski Acknowledgements An Overview of Late Antique Oil Lamps and Lighting Devices from Slovenia Verena Perko A Light is On in the Hut.Light and Lighting Equipment in Medieval Everyday Life Thomas Bitterli Medieval Lighting Devices from the Collection of the State Historical Museum of Russia Svetlana Avdusina Lumière et luminaires dans la vie religieuseen Occident au Moyen Âge Catherine Vincent Olaus Magnus the Goth on Fire, Light and Lighting Devices of the Northern People Arja Karivieri Mines Illuminated – Reflections upon Lighting in Medieval Mining Lena Berg Nilsson Lighthouses in the Tabula Peutingeriana and their Importance in Late Antiquity Yvonne Seidel Lighting Devices in Byzantium: Comparisons in Time and Space Ioannis Motsianos Lamps from the Excavation at 45 Basileus Heracleiou Street, Thessaloniki Sofia Akrivopoulou, Periklis Slampeas and Paraskevi Leventeli Lighting Artifacts from the Episcopal Complex at Louloudies Pierias Evangelia Angelkou Maria Cheimonopoulou Bottoms Up! Bases and Handles on Attic KY Shop Lamps from Corinth’s Fountain of the Lamps Karen S. Garnett Athenian Lamps in the Early Byzantine Period – Export, Import and Imitation Arja Karivieri Aspects of Typology, Chronology and Iconography in the Regional Lamp Production in the Area of Present-day Israel (4th-7th centuries AD) Renate Rosenthal-Heginbottom Argos and its Lamps from the Late 4th to 7th Century AD Lambrini Koutoussaki A Three-Handled, Calyx-Shaped Glass Lamp from Thessaloniki and its Archaeological Context Anastassios Ch. Antonaras Some Remarks on a Category of Wheel-Made Lamps: A ‘Koinè’ in the 6th and the 7th Centuries AD? Anastasia G. Yangaki Lighting Devices found at Byzantine Amorium (Turkey) Christopher S. Lightfoot Church Lighting in Byzantine Cherson Stanislav Ryzhov and Tatyana Yashaeva Problems of Methodology in the Dating of Byzantine Polykandela: The Benaki Museum Examples Mara Verykokou Byzantine Metal Support Fittings for a Candlestick from the Monastery of Chilandar on Mount Athos Paschalis Androudis Ioannis Motsianos Once again on the ‘Byzantine-Mediterranean Limoges’? Mariela Inkova Considerations on the Function and Usage of Pottery Lamps, Inspired by Finds from the Forum of Thessaloniki Georgios Velenis and Stavros Zachariadis Difficulties and Preconditions for the Utilitization of Glass in Lighting in Byzantium Ioannis Motsianos A Linen Wick from the Northern Church at Shivta, Israel Naama Sukenik Yotam Tepper Some Thoughts About the Use and the Making of Beeswax Candles in Byzantium Ioannis Motsianos The Virtual Lighting of the Rotunda’s Mosaics Pelli Mastora Light and Lighting Devices in Wall Paintings of Byzantine Churches in Thessaloniki Ioannis G. Iliades A Beacon from the Castle of Kitros, Pieria, Greece Efterpi Marki Lessons of Modernity from the Past: Some Amazing Parallels Drawn from Antique and Medieval Lychnological Economics Laurent Chrzanovski Short Biographies Back cover