Verre byzantin et islamiqueByzantine and Islamic Glass
Maria Mossakowska-Gaubert
OLCAY, Yelda B.
Lighting Methods in the Byzantine Period and Findings of Glass Lamps in Antatolia
JGS 43
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, 2001, p. 77-87
[301, 1200]
• Concept of light in Christianity in liturgical and spiritual contexts:
– written sources: Justinianus, Ignatius Theophorus, Symeon, John Klimax, Gregory Palamas, Gregorius of Nazianzos, Sophronius of Jerusalem, Paul Silentiarios, Symeon of Salonika, Egeria, ‘typicon’ of the Pantocrator Monastery.
• Church lighting according to the Pantocrator Monastery ‘typicon’ (1136):
– single lamps: ‘candelai’, ‘photogogoi’, ‘kaniskia’, ‘thryallides’, ‘crateres’;
– three lamps attached to one another: ‘tricandela’, ‘triphyeis thryallides’;
– lanterns: ‘phonaria’;
– candlesticks: ‘dodekaphotia’, ‘manoualia’, ‘ovelis-kolychniai’, ‘statareai’;
– metal strips with candle holders (?): ‘lamnai ve kosmetaritzia’;
– polycandela: ‘palamai’, stephanitai’;
– complex lamp: ‘choroi’;
– openwork holders containing glass lamps: ‘abenai’, ‘alysidia’, ‘bastagia’, ‘kremastaria’;
– ‘dracondaria’ - unknown meaning.
• Iconographical sources:
– paintings of the third southeastern chapel of Saint Nicholas Church in Myra (Demre).
• Typology of Byzantine glass lamps from excavations in Anatolia (sites: Saint Nicholas Church in Myra (Demre): 6th–12th century; Seyitgazi (Nakolea), theater at Iznik (Nicea), Tarsus “Cumhuriyet Square”):
– stemmed lamps: goblet with solid or hollow stem - commonly used in areas under Byzantine rule;
– lamps with handles: bowl-shaped lamps with handles, either on the edge of the rim or on the body - 4th–12th century;
– goblet lamps: lamps in the form of wineglass - 5th–9th century [question with regard to the identification of these objects as “lamps”].
– written sources: Justinianus, Ignatius Theophorus, Symeon, John Klimax, Gregory Palamas, Gregorius of Nazianzos, Sophronius of Jerusalem, Paul Silentiarios, Symeon of Salonika, Egeria, ‘typicon’ of the Pantocrator Monastery.
• Church lighting according to the Pantocrator Monastery ‘typicon’ (1136):
– single lamps: ‘candelai’, ‘photogogoi’, ‘kaniskia’, ‘thryallides’, ‘crateres’;
– three lamps attached to one another: ‘tricandela’, ‘triphyeis thryallides’;
– lanterns: ‘phonaria’;
– candlesticks: ‘dodekaphotia’, ‘manoualia’, ‘ovelis-kolychniai’, ‘statareai’;
– metal strips with candle holders (?): ‘lamnai ve kosmetaritzia’;
– polycandela: ‘palamai’, stephanitai’;
– complex lamp: ‘choroi’;
– openwork holders containing glass lamps: ‘abenai’, ‘alysidia’, ‘bastagia’, ‘kremastaria’;
– ‘dracondaria’ - unknown meaning.
• Iconographical sources:
– paintings of the third southeastern chapel of Saint Nicholas Church in Myra (Demre).
• Typology of Byzantine glass lamps from excavations in Anatolia (sites: Saint Nicholas Church in Myra (Demre): 6th–12th century; Seyitgazi (Nakolea), theater at Iznik (Nicea), Tarsus “Cumhuriyet Square”):
– stemmed lamps: goblet with solid or hollow stem - commonly used in areas under Byzantine rule;
– lamps with handles: bowl-shaped lamps with handles, either on the edge of the rim or on the body - 4th–12th century;
– goblet lamps: lamps in the form of wineglass - 5th–9th century [question with regard to the identification of these objects as “lamps”].
lieux de pratiques religieuses
places of religious practices église
church batiments publics
public buildings édifice de spectacle
building for spectacles
places of religious practices église
church batiments publics
public buildings édifice de spectacle
building for spectacles
| Byzance Byzantium | consommation | ||
| Turquie Turkey | Iznik (Nicea) | consommation | |
| Myra | consommation | ||
| Seyitgazi (Nakolea) | consommation | ||
| Tarsūs | consommation |
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