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Book Number
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000244866
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ISBN
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 9789548446044
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Title
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From Aphrodite to Melusine :. reflections on the archaeology and the history of Cyprus / [editors] Matteo Campagnolo, Marielle Martiniani-Reber ; translated by Erika Milburn.
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Imprint
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Genève : La Pomme d’or, 2007.
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Descr.
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xvi, 203 p., 16 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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Language
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eng fre
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Gen. note
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From October 2006 to March 2007, the rich cultural heritage of Cyprus, from the classical period to the fifteenth century, was on display at the Geneva Musée d’art et d’histoire. During the exhibition, the Consulate General of Cyprus organised a series of public lectures on various aspects of Cypriot history and culture, which are collected in the present scholarly volume -- back cover.
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Lectures originally presented in conjunction with the exhibition Chypre : d’Aphrodite à Mélusine : des royaumes anciens aux Lusignans, held at the Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva, Oct. 5, 2006-Mar. 25, 2007.
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Maps on p. [2]-[3] of cover.
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Bibliogr.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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Cyprus, an Island with exceptional geology / Danielle Decrouez -- Cyprus from its origins until the Roman period / Jacquers Chamay -- The Cypria, Stasinus, Homer and the Orient / André Hurst -- Notes on the act of perfuming clothes and on the Cypriot origin of Minoan and Greek perfumery / Esther Wolff -- The parallel lives of Evagoras I of Salamis and Peter I de Lusignan / Matteo Campagnolo -- The Frankish states of the Levant and Cyprus under the Lusignans: a century of relations (1191-1291) / David Jacoby -- An exceptional piece of embroidery held in Switzerland: the Grandson antependium / Marielle Matriniani-Reber -- The Templars and Hospitallers in Cyprus between Jerusalem and Rhodes (1291-1310) / Jacques Chamay -- Living together in the Society of the Lusignan Kingdom / Gilles Grivaud -- Multiculturalism and multilingualism in Cyprus under the Lusignans / Jean Richard -- Musical life at the Lusignan Court in the late 14th and early 15th century. The Turin J.II.9 Manuscript / Bertrand Bouvier -- Anne of Cyprus, Charlotte of Cyprus / Beatrice Demetriades Power -- By way of a conclusion. Cypriot archaeology: Problems, success stories and current trends / Vassos Karageorghis.
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Subject - Lib.Cong.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Cyprus
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Cyprus -- History
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Cyprus -- Antiquities
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Cyprus -- History -- Lusignan dynasty, 1192-1474
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Cyprus -- Civilization
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Add.Entry
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Campagnolo, Matteo
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Decrouez, Daniell
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Martiniani-Reber, Marielle
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Chamay, Jacques
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Hurst, André 1940-
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Wolff, Esther
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Jacoby, David
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Grivaud, Gilles
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Richard, Jean 1921-2021
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Bouvier, Bertrand 1929-
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Demetriades Power, Beatrice
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Καραγεώργης, Βάσσος 1929-2021
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Milburn, Erika
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Holdings
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Gennadius Library
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