1. Seamen on Land? A Preliminary Analysis of Medieval Ship Graffiti on Cyprus.
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Demesticha, Stella, Delouca, Katerina, Trentin, Mia Gaia, Bakirtzis, Nikolas, and Neophytou, Andonis
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SHIPS in art , *MEDIEVAL ships , *CHURCH buildings , *MONUMENTS , *DIGITIZATION of art , *ANTIQUITIES - Abstract
This article reports on the results of a research project entitled ' KARAVOI. The Ship Graffiti on the Medieval Monuments of Cyprus: Mapping, Documentation and Digitisation', during which 233 ship graffiti were recorded in 44 different monuments on the island, dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries. Innovative recording techniques have been used to mitigate the effects of the subjective or partial recording of graffiti lines on tracing paper. Apart from the study of ship graffiti as iconographic sources, particular emphasis has been given to their geographical and social context through a comprehensive analysis of the graffiti types and their spatial distribution in the monuments as well as the monuments location on the island. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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