Millennium-Studien

zu Kultur und Geschichte

des ersten Jahrtausends n. Chr.

Millennium Studies
in the culture and history
of the first millennium C.E.

Herausgegeben von / Edited by

Wolfram Brandes, Alexander Demandt,
Peter von Möllendorff, Dennis Pausch,
Rene Pfeilschifter, Karla Pollmann

Volume 85
Ravenna and the
Traditions of Late
Antique and Early
Byzantine Craftsmanship
Labour, Culture, and the Economy

Edited by
Salvatore Cosentino
ISBN 978-3-11-068432-2
e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-068434-6
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ISSN 1862-1139

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Contents
List of Contributors VII

Abbreviations IX

Salvatore Cosentino
Introduction 1

Paul Arthur
1 The Changing Geography of Artefact Production in the Late Antique and
Early Byzantine Mediterranean 5

Glenn Peers
2 Late Antique Making and Wonder 33

Salvatore Cosentino
3 The Structural Features of Ravenna’s Socioeconomic History in Late
Antiquity 59

Isabella Baldini
4 The Toilsome Journey of Marbles and Stones 83

Maria Cristina Carile

5 Ivory Production: Commerce, Culture and Power 115

Enrico Cirelli
6 Bricks for Ravenna: Materials and the Construction of a Late Antique
Imperial Residence 153

Deborah M. Deliyannis
7 The Social Sphere of Writing: Manuscripts, Inscriptions and Papyri 195

Debora Ferreri
8 Grave Goods and Burial Typologies: Funerary Customs in Ravenna 211

Chiara Guarnieri
9 Ravenna, Classe and its Surroundings: Pottery as a Mirror of Everyday
Life 259
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Vivien Prigent
10 Notes on the Production and Circulation of the Byzantine Ravennate
Coinage 293

John Haldon
11 Concluding Remarks. One 311

Judith Herrin
12 Concluding Remarks. Two 317

Index 325