Charles Anthony Stewart is Assistant Professor of Medieval Art and Architecture at the University of St. Thomas, Houston. Thomas W. Davis is an archaeologist with more than two decades of field experience in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, and the United States, from the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Annemarie Weyl Carr was member of the department of Art History at the Southern Methodist University.

...In this volume, each essay offers some valuable perspective or suggestion that contributes to our broader understanding of the art, history, and archaeology of late antique, Byzantine, and medieval Cyprus.Review of Biblical Literature, 8.18.16 Beautifully and extensively illustrated throughout, the strengths of this collection lie in the impressively long periods covered and the inclusion of binary approaches such as urban/rural life (Rautman), interior/exterior view of the islands (Papacostas) and religious/secular life (Parani). Much recommended.Medieval Archaeology, Vol 59 (2015)

• List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 – The Significance of the Basilica at Agioi Pente of Yeroskipou   Demetrios Michaelides Chapter 2 – A Brief History of Byzantine Archaeological Research on Cyprus   Thomas W. David & Charles Anthony Stewart Chapter 3 – Christianity in Cyprus in the Fourth to Seventh Centuries   Claudia Rapp Chapter 4 – The Troodos in Twilight: A Provincial Landscape in the Time of Justinians   Marcus Rautman Chapter 5 – The North-South Divide in Byzantine Cyprus: Some Evidence form Lead Seals and Coins   D.M. Metcalf Chapter 6 – The Katalymata ton Plakoton: New Light from the Recent Archaeological Research in Byzantine Cyprus   Eleni Procopiou Chapter 7 – Chypre et les Arabes avant les croisades a la lumiere des sources arabes   M. Tahar Mansouri (English Abstract) Chapter 8 – The Development of Byzantine Architecture on Cyprus   Charles Anthony Stewart Chapter 9 – Cypriot Icons before the Twelfth Century   Sophocles Sophocleous Chapter 10 – The Stuff of Life: the Material Culture of Everyday Living on Middle Byzantine Cyprus (11th-12th Centuries)   Maria Parani Appendix: Compositional Analysis of a Copper-Alloy Dish of the Middle Byzantine Period in the A. Pitsillides Collection   Vasiliki Kassianidou Chapter 11 – The Program of the Panagia Pergaminiotissa: A Narrative in Perspective   Annemarie Carr Weyl Chapter 12 – Decoding Cyprus from Late Antiquity to Renaissance: Discordant Visions, Saints, and Sacred Topography   Tassos Papacostas Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Contributors Index Historic Persons and Places Subjects, Monuments, and Events

Charles Anthony Stewart is Assistant Professor of Medieval Art and Architecture at the University of St. Thomas, Houston. Thomas W. Davis is an archaeologist with more than two decades of field experience in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, and the United States, from the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Annemarie Weyl Carr was member of the department of Art History at the Southern Methodist University.

...In this volume, each essay offers some valuable perspective or suggestion that contributes to our broader understanding of the art, history, and archaeology of late antique, Byzantine, and medieval Cyprus.Review of Biblical Literature, 8.18.16 Beautifully and extensively illustrated throughout, the strengths of this collection lie in the impressively long periods covered and the inclusion of binary approaches such as urban/rural life (Rautman), interior/exterior view of the islands (Papacostas) and religious/secular life (Parani). Much recommended.Medieval Archaeology, Vol 59 (2015)

• List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 – The Significance of the Basilica at Agioi Pente of Yeroskipou   Demetrios Michaelides Chapter 2 – A Brief History of Byzantine Archaeological Research on Cyprus   Thomas W. David & Charles Anthony Stewart Chapter 3 – Christianity in Cyprus in the Fourth to Seventh Centuries   Claudia Rapp Chapter 4 – The Troodos in Twilight: A Provincial Landscape in the Time of Justinians   Marcus Rautman Chapter 5 – The North-South Divide in Byzantine Cyprus: Some Evidence form Lead Seals and Coins   D.M. Metcalf Chapter 6 – The Katalymata ton Plakoton: New Light from the Recent Archaeological Research in Byzantine Cyprus   Eleni Procopiou Chapter 7 – Chypre et les Arabes avant les croisades a la lumiere des sources arabes   M. Tahar Mansouri (English Abstract) Chapter 8 – The Development of Byzantine Architecture on Cyprus   Charles Anthony Stewart Chapter 9 – Cypriot Icons before the Twelfth Century   Sophocles Sophocleous Chapter 10 – The Stuff of Life: the Material Culture of Everyday Living on Middle Byzantine Cyprus (11th-12th Centuries)   Maria Parani Appendix: Compositional Analysis of a Copper-Alloy Dish of the Middle Byzantine Period in the A. Pitsillides Collection   Vasiliki Kassianidou Chapter 11 – The Program of the Panagia Pergaminiotissa: A Narrative in Perspective   Annemarie Carr Weyl Chapter 12 – Decoding Cyprus from Late Antiquity to Renaissance: Discordant Visions, Saints, and Sacred Topography   Tassos Papacostas Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Contributors Index Historic Persons and Places Subjects, Monuments, and Events