Art and Material Culture in the Byzantine and Islamic Worlds

Evanthia Baboula, D.Phil. (2003), University of Victoria, is Assistant Professor of Mediterranean art. She researches aspects of ancient to early modern material culture in the east Mediterranean and has published articles in Levant, the Journal of Modern Hellenism, and the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.Lesley Jessop, Ph.D. (1993), University of Victoria, where she is an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society. Her work has been published in the Papers of the British School at Rome and RACAR.

• Erica Cruikshank Dodd Passion, Serendipity, Curiosity, and the Making of an Art HistorianLesley JessopBibliography of Erica Cruikshank DoddNote on Transliteration and DatesList of IllustrationsContributorsIntroduction: Diversity and Identity in the Medieval Mediterranean and BeyondEvanthia Baboula and Lesley Jessop1 The Anaphoric Icon Observations on Some Byzantine MetapicturesAnthony Cutler2 Two Icons of the Virgin and Child Hodegetria from St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai Byzantine or Crusader?Jaroslav Folda3 The Thirteenth-Century Expansion of the Narthex of San Marco, Venice A Space for Dead Doges?John Osborne4 The Refectory of the Monastery of St. Mary in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Jerusalem Crusader Painting at CrossroadsGlenn Peers5 Orthodox Monasteries under Lusignan Rule Relations with Others, Relations with Their OwnAnnemarie Weyl Carr6 Church Embellishment in Medieval Egypt, Syria, and Cyprus Patronage and IdentityMat Immerzeel and Bas Snelders7 The Tale of the Shared Church in Diyarbakir Narrative Traditions of the Co-Use of Places of Prayer by Muslims and ChristiansAngela Andersen8 Beirut’s Great ʿUmari Mosque History, Memory and Post-War ReconstructionMay Farhat9 The Traditional Crafts of the Middle East and Central Asia in the Writings of European and North American TravellersMarcus Milwright10 To Not Know God Geometrical Abstraction and Visual Theology in Islamic ArtRico FransesIndex