Catalogue raisonné of Byzantine Ceramics, Musée du Louvre

2017
Written By Peter Winn-Brown

The Musée du Louvre holds one of the most significant collections of Byzantine ceramics in the world, with the majority dating between the 7th and the 15th century. This remarkable collection of glazed crockery highlights the vast discoveries made across 190 sites under Byzantine influence, including sites found in the Middle East, Northern Italy and Southern France. Given the limited scholarship available on the pottery studios of the Byzantine period, the Musée du Louvre developed a catalogue raisonné of Byzantine Ceramics, with the collaboration of renowned scholars, curators and researchers. The volume addresses topics such as the roles and location of the pottery studios, the channels of transportation, the consumption habits and the customer base of such crockery during the Byzantine era. With this publication, realised with the support of the A. G. Leventis Foundation, the Musée du Louvre intends to preserve the results of this extensive research and make them available to all, especially to the scientific community, but also to a broader public.

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2017

Peter Winn-Brown
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