Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-404) and indexes.
Contents:
Gothic ecclesiastical architecture in Lusignan Gyprus, c. 1209 - c. 1373 : a tale of two towns. The genesis of a regional Gothic style: The earlier campaigns at Nicosia cathedral, the church at Bellapais Abbey, and related developments, c. 1210-c. 1250 -- French Rayonnant, Cypriot tastes : the west end of Nicosia cathedral (1270s-c.1350) and its immediate progeny (c. 1300) -- Architecture for a 'new acre' : Church building in Famagusta in the first quarter of the fourteenth century -- Monastic austerity and stylistic diversity : Cypriot Gothic in the first half of the fourteenth century -- Retrospection and innovation : the monastic buildings of Bellapais Abbey and architecture in Nicosia and Famagusa in the 1350s and 1360s -- Gothic ecclesiastical architecture in Lusignan Gyprus, c. 1209 - c. 1373 : a tale of two towns.
Summary:
"At the eastern confines of Latin Christendom, between the Levantine Crusader states, Byzantium, and Islam, the Lusignan kingdom of Cyprus (1192-1489) was home to a rich and diverse array of Gothic ecclesiastical structures, significant remains of which are still to be seen today. From the grand Latin cathedrals of Nicosia and Famagusta, the austere churches of the mendicant orders, and the magnificent monastic buildings of Bellapais Abbey to the imposing Greek and Nestorian cathedrals of Famagusta and the churches of the Eastern Christians (Armenians, Melkites, Maronites, etc.), Cypriot Gothic architecture evolved to serve the needs of the island's multi-cultural and multi-creedal society. This new study is based on original research on the physical fabric of Cyprus' Gothic ecclesiastical edifices, on a thorough exploitation of the published archaeological data, and on a new reading of the extant documentary sources (some of which are published here for the first time) to offer a fresh account of the development and place of Cypriot Gothic in the architectural history of medieval Europe and the eastern Mediterranean. It proposes to do so by re-evaluating and re-contextualizing the ambitions of the patrons and the choices (and compromises) of the master masons responsible for this unique monumental heritage."--Back cover.
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