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- Title
Glazed tiles on the pavements of the churches in Greece. The distinctive case of a Post-Byzantine church in Mani.
- Authors
Gerolymou, Konstantina
- Abstract
The use of glazed tiles on the floors of Byzantine and post-Byzantine churches is not widespread in Greece although in the West it was quite common in religious buildings until the end of the 19th c. This article gives a brief overview of the use of glazed tiles in Byzantine architecture, focusing in particular on the church building of the post-Byzantine period, where glazed tiles appeared either as decorative elements inserted in the masonry of the façades of the churches, or - less often - as floor covering material. Examples of church pavements are presented, in which glazed tiles have been used, imported at first from the East (16th-17th c.) and later from the West, especially from Italy and Sicily (18th-19th c.). The pavement of the church of Saints Constantine and Helena in Kitries (Mani, South Peloponnese) is presented in more detail. Based on the known examples, it represents a unique case for the Greek area, because it was built with glazed tiles from Tunisia, produced in the famous Qallaline workshops of the 17th-18th centuries.
- Subjects
GREECE; TUNISIA; SICILY (Italy); GLAZES; TILES; FLOORING; PAVEMENTS; CHURCH buildings; FLOOR coverings; TILE flooring
- Publication
Archeologia Postmedievale, 2019, Vol 23, p141
- ISSN
1592-5935
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.36153/apm23008