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Kourion. Excavations in the Episcopal Precinct

By: Megaw, A. H. S. (Arthur Hubert Stanley), 1910-2006Material type: TextTextSeries: Dumbarton Oaks studies ; 38.Publication details: Washington, D.C. : [Cambridge, Mass.] : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection ; Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2007. Description: xxv, 571 p. : ill., map, plans ; 29 cmISBN: 0884022765; 9780884022763Subject(s): Excavations (Archaeology) -- Cyprus -- Kourion (Extinct city) | Kourion (Extinct city) | Cyprus -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 956.93 LOC classification: DS54.95.K68 | M44 2007
Contents:
The excavated remains of the precinct -- The basilica / A.H.S. Megaw -- The baptistery / A.H.S. Megaw -- The west end / A.H.S. Megaw -- Discussion: architecture, liturgy, and chronology / A.H.S. Megaw -- Remains of interior decoration -- Architectural sculpture and revetment / Geoffrey House and A.H.S. Megaw -- The Champlev revetments / Susan Boyd -- Appendix. Champlev finds by country and site, second to late seventh century -- Ecclesiastical furniture and equipment / Rowena Loverance -- Appendix. Altar table and supports from the Sarayia site -- The earlier remains -- The structural remains / A.H.S. Megaw -- A mosaic floor under the diakonikon / Christine Kondoleon -- Remains of three marble entablatures / Geoffrey House -- Miscellaneous finds -- The inscriptions / Ino Michaelidou-Nicolaou -- The coins -- Hellenistic and early Roman / Ino Michaelidou-Nicolaou -- Late Roman and Byzantine / Michael F. Hendy -- Islamic / Helen W. Brown -- A small hoard from ca. 1374 / D.M. Metcalf -- A gold ingot / Kenneth S. Painter -- Pottery / John Hayes -- Clay lamps / John Hayes -- Glass / Susan H. Young -- Small finds / Archibald Dunn -- Appendix. Lead seal of Damianos, Archbishop of Cyprus -- Utensils / Rowena Loverance -- Roof tiles / A. H. S. Megaw -- Conclusions / A.H.S. Megaw.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The excavated remains of the precinct -- The basilica / A.H.S. Megaw -- The baptistery / A.H.S. Megaw -- The west end / A.H.S. Megaw -- Discussion: architecture, liturgy, and chronology / A.H.S. Megaw -- Remains of interior decoration -- Architectural sculpture and revetment / Geoffrey House and A.H.S. Megaw -- The Champlev revetments / Susan Boyd -- Appendix. Champlev finds by country and site, second to late seventh century -- Ecclesiastical furniture and equipment / Rowena Loverance -- Appendix. Altar table and supports from the Sarayia site -- The earlier remains -- The structural remains / A.H.S. Megaw -- A mosaic floor under the diakonikon / Christine Kondoleon -- Remains of three marble entablatures / Geoffrey House -- Miscellaneous finds -- The inscriptions / Ino Michaelidou-Nicolaou -- The coins -- Hellenistic and early Roman / Ino Michaelidou-Nicolaou -- Late Roman and Byzantine / Michael F. Hendy -- Islamic / Helen W. Brown -- A small hoard from ca. 1374 / D.M. Metcalf -- A gold ingot / Kenneth S. Painter -- Pottery / John Hayes -- Clay lamps / John Hayes -- Glass / Susan H. Young -- Small finds / Archibald Dunn -- Appendix. Lead seal of Damianos, Archbishop of Cyprus -- Utensils / Rowena Loverance -- Roof tiles / A. H. S. Megaw -- Conclusions / A.H.S. Megaw.