Glazed Wares as Cultural Agents in the Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman Lands [Paperback]

This volume collects research presented at the Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) 2018 international annual symposium. It brings together researchers engaged in the study of the decoration and technology of glazed pottery, ranging from the early Byzantine era to the end of the Ottoman period. Topics explored include pottery production in Constantinople, glazed ceramic production and consumption in medieval Thebes, pottery imports in Algiers during the Turkish Regency, considerations of trading routes and their influences, the relationships between Italy and the Byzantine and Ottoman world through pottery, and more. Filiz Yenişehirliogluis professor of the history of art and director of the Vehbi Koç Ankara Research Center at Koç University in Istanbul.Beate Böhlendorf-Arslanis a professor at Philipps University of Marburg in Germany.Nikos Kontogiannisis assistant professor in the College of Social Science and Humanities and the Department of Archaeology and History of Art at Koç University.