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Research paper thumbnail of "Sacred Sound and the Reflective Cornice" © BREPOLS PUBLISHERS THIS DOCUMENT MAY BE PRINTED FOR PRIVATE USE ONLY. IT MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLISHER

Architecture and Visual Culture in the Late Antique and Medieval Mediterranean, 2020

The cornice is oftentimes neglected in studies of Byzantine buildings, but cornices are an import... more The cornice is oftentimes neglected in studies of Byzantine buildings, but cornices are an important component of Byzantine architecture that deserves more study. In this article I focus on cornices, especially their potential for the reflection of sound in church buildings and Vitruvius' understanding that cornices might enhance the acoustics of a congregational building.

Research paper thumbnail of "Perceptions of Sound and Sonic Environments Across the Byzantine Acoustic Horizon"

Knowing Bodies, Passionate Souls. Sense Perception in Byzantium. Ed. Susan Ashbrook Harvey & Margaret Mullett, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of “The Architectural Layering of History in Medieval Morea: Monuments, Memory, and Fragments of the Past,” in Viewing the Morea: The Land and People of the Medieval Peloponnese, ed. S. Gerstel  (Dumbarton Oaks Publications, April 2013), pp.23-54.

Edited by sharon e. J. Gerstel Du M ba rton oa k s r e se a rC h l i br a ry a n D Col l e C t ion

Research paper thumbnail of “Text in context: eloquent monuments and the Byzantine beholder” in Word & Image, vol.17, no.3 (July-Sept. 2001), pp. 259-283.

Research paper thumbnail of Echos of Orality 2007

"Echoes of Orality in the Monumental Inscriptions of Byzantium", 2007

This article attempts to discuss Byzantine architectural monuments, their relationship to inscrip... more This article attempts to discuss Byzantine architectural monuments, their relationship to inscriptions, and the human interaction surrounding them. My aim is to explore the notion that Byzantine monumental inscriptions could elicit active responses from those who engaged in a kind of dialogue with them. I ask: Can we reconstruct ways in which groups or individuals in Byzantium created their own unique relationships with buildings?

Research paper thumbnail of “Memory tattered and torn: spolia in the heartland of Byzantine Hellenism” in Archaeologies of Memory, eds. S. Alcock and R. van Dyke (Blackwell, 2003), pp. 56-80.

Archaeologies of Memory, 2003

... I am also grateful to Robert Nelson,Walter Kaegi, Matt Canepa and Galina Tirnanic` for lively... more ... I am also grateful to Robert Nelson,Walter Kaegi, Matt Canepa and Galina Tirnanic` for lively discussion and valuable insights at the Late Antique and Byzan-tine Studies Workshop at the University of Chicago, where an earlier version of this text was presented in March of 2001 ...

Research paper thumbnail of “The memory culture of Byzantium” in A Companion to Byzantium (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World), ed. L. James (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), pp. 108-122

James/A Companion to Byzantium, 2010

... Who has not acquired a long - lasting memory, conducive to salvation, from fre-quently observ... more ... Who has not acquired a long - lasting memory, conducive to salvation, from fre-quently observing them? ” (Tarasios: Efthymiades 1998: 194 – 7). Likewise ... Impost capitals with monogram ofTheodora. Publisher's Note: Image not available in the electronic edition Page 13. ...

Research paper thumbnail of “Conversing Hellenism: The Multiple Voices of a Byzantine Monument in Greece,” in Journal of Modern Greek Studies, vol.29 (2001), pp. 237-254. Special issue on Syncretism, Hybridity, and Modern Greek Studies.

The church of the Virgin of Skripou, in Boeotia, offers a remarkable instance of the potential la... more The church of the Virgin of Skripou, in Boeotia, offers a remarkable instance of the potential layering of history as realized in a Byzantine monument. This is initially discernible in the hybrid character of the building, composed as it is of remnants from an earlier time, re-ordered and invested with new meaning at the time of its construction. The subsequent reception of the church in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries likewise serves to highlight the variety and complexity of attitudes projected by contemporary beholders over time. Finally, the church's role within the popular imagination, first as the inheritor of famous antiquities and later as the site of miraculous intervention, has been crucial to its survival and preservation at the hands of a community that has actively cultivated notions of local identity and collective memory.

Research paper thumbnail of “Alison Frantz: revealing antiquity through the lens” in History of Photography, vol.27, no.2, pp.1-14, (July 2003), photos courtesy of M. Mauzy.

Research paper thumbnail of “On the Shoulders of Hera: Alternative Readings of Antiquity in the Greek Memoryscape” in Archaeology in Situ: Local Perspectives on Archaeology, Archaeologists, and Sites in Greece, ed. A. Stroulia and S. Buck Sutton (Roman & Littlefield, 2010), pp. 53-74.

To the memory of Paul Mylonas, whose scholarship embraced the spectrum of Greece -ancient to modern.

Archaeology of Polis-tes-Chrysochou Cyprus by Amy Papalexandrou

Research paper thumbnail of “The South Basilica at Arsinoe (Polis-tes-Chrysochou): Change and Innovation in an Early Christian Basilica on Cyprus,” with W. Caraher, R.S. Moore, B. Olson, Cahiers du Centre d’Études Chypriotes 43 (2013),  pp.79-92.

La basilique Sud de Polis-tes-Chrysochou (ancienne Arsinoé), construite à la fin du vi e siècle a... more La basilique Sud de Polis-tes-Chrysochou (ancienne Arsinoé), construite à la fin du vi e siècle apr. J.-C., est une église chypriote typique de la fin de l'Antiquité. Nous discutons ici les modalités des transformations apportées à sa structure et la façon dont ses constructeurs ont résolu les problèmes que présentait ce site, en particulier en ce qui concernait l'eau et son drainage. Nous présentons ici pour la première fois la chronologie du bâtiment à partir des témoignages archéologiques en contexte et non d'une analyse stylistique de sa structure et de ses éléments décoratifs. Nous indiquons brièvement quelques relations possibles avec d'autres édifices de l'île et de la région.

Research paper thumbnail of “Arsinoe in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages,” co-authored with William Caraher, in City of Gold. The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus, eds. W.A.P. Childs, J. Smith, J.M. Padgett (Yale University Press, 2012), pp.266-82.

Research paper thumbnail of “Polis/Arsinoë: A Cypriot Town and its Sacred Sites,” in Approaches to Byzantine Architecture and Its Decoration: Studies in Honor of Slobodan Ćurčić (Ashgate, 2012), pp. 27-46.

Research paper thumbnail of “Princeton Excavations at Polis/Arsinoe: the Roman and Medieval levels” Report to the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus (Nicosia, 2002), pp. 139-154. Co-authored with T. Najbjerg and C. Nicklies

Research paper thumbnail of A Bioarchaeological Perspective on the Burials and Basilicas of Medieval Polis, Cyprus

The People of the Ancient Near East, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of “Sew long? The Osteobiography of a Woman from Medieval Polis, Cyprus,” in The Bioarchaeology of Individuals, eds. A. Stodder and A. Palkovich, co-authored with B. Baker and C. Terhune (University Press of Florida, 2012), pp. 151-61.

Reviews by Amy Papalexandrou

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Bissera Pentcheva, Hagia Sophia: Sound, Space, and Spirit in Byzantium, Penn State University Press, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Bissera Pentcheva, Aural Architecture in Byzantium. Music, Acoustics, and Ritual,  Ed. by Bissera V. Pentcheva,

Journal of Orthodox Christian Studies, 2018

Edited volume, Contributors include: Peter Jeffery, Aural architecture in Jerusalem, Rome, Consta... more Edited volume, Contributors include:
Peter Jeffery, Aural architecture in Jerusalem, Rome, Constantinople, and Alexandria
Christina Maranci, The great outdoors: liturgical encounters with the early medieval
Armenian church
Christian Troelsgard, Byzantine chant notation: written documents in an aural tradition
Walter D. Ray, Understanding Liturgy: the Byzantine liturgical commentaries
Ravinder S. Binning, Christ's all-seeing eye in the dome
Lora Webb, Transfigured: mosaic and liturgy at Nea Moni
Laura Steenberge, We who musically represent the cherubim
Ruth Webb, Spatiality, embodiment, and agency in ekphrasis of church buildings
Wieslaw Woszczyk, Acoustics of Hagia Sophia: a scientific approach to the humanities
and sacred space
Jonathan Abel and Kurt James Werner, Live auralization of Cappella Romana at the Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University

Research paper thumbnail of Papalexandrou, Review of Nadine Schibille, Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine Aesthetic Experience December 2017

The Medieval Review, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Mosaic. Festschrift for A.H.S. Megaw. BSA Studies, 8_Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.pdf

Research paper thumbnail of "Sacred Sound and the Reflective Cornice" © BREPOLS PUBLISHERS THIS DOCUMENT MAY BE PRINTED FOR PRIVATE USE ONLY. IT MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLISHER

Architecture and Visual Culture in the Late Antique and Medieval Mediterranean, 2020

The cornice is oftentimes neglected in studies of Byzantine buildings, but cornices are an import... more The cornice is oftentimes neglected in studies of Byzantine buildings, but cornices are an important component of Byzantine architecture that deserves more study. In this article I focus on cornices, especially their potential for the reflection of sound in church buildings and Vitruvius' understanding that cornices might enhance the acoustics of a congregational building.

Research paper thumbnail of "Perceptions of Sound and Sonic Environments Across the Byzantine Acoustic Horizon"

Knowing Bodies, Passionate Souls. Sense Perception in Byzantium. Ed. Susan Ashbrook Harvey & Margaret Mullett, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of “The Architectural Layering of History in Medieval Morea: Monuments, Memory, and Fragments of the Past,” in Viewing the Morea: The Land and People of the Medieval Peloponnese, ed. S. Gerstel  (Dumbarton Oaks Publications, April 2013), pp.23-54.

Edited by sharon e. J. Gerstel Du M ba rton oa k s r e se a rC h l i br a ry a n D Col l e C t ion

Research paper thumbnail of “Text in context: eloquent monuments and the Byzantine beholder” in Word & Image, vol.17, no.3 (July-Sept. 2001), pp. 259-283.

Research paper thumbnail of Echos of Orality 2007

"Echoes of Orality in the Monumental Inscriptions of Byzantium", 2007

This article attempts to discuss Byzantine architectural monuments, their relationship to inscrip... more This article attempts to discuss Byzantine architectural monuments, their relationship to inscriptions, and the human interaction surrounding them. My aim is to explore the notion that Byzantine monumental inscriptions could elicit active responses from those who engaged in a kind of dialogue with them. I ask: Can we reconstruct ways in which groups or individuals in Byzantium created their own unique relationships with buildings?

Research paper thumbnail of “Memory tattered and torn: spolia in the heartland of Byzantine Hellenism” in Archaeologies of Memory, eds. S. Alcock and R. van Dyke (Blackwell, 2003), pp. 56-80.

Archaeologies of Memory, 2003

... I am also grateful to Robert Nelson,Walter Kaegi, Matt Canepa and Galina Tirnanic` for lively... more ... I am also grateful to Robert Nelson,Walter Kaegi, Matt Canepa and Galina Tirnanic` for lively discussion and valuable insights at the Late Antique and Byzan-tine Studies Workshop at the University of Chicago, where an earlier version of this text was presented in March of 2001 ...

Research paper thumbnail of “The memory culture of Byzantium” in A Companion to Byzantium (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World), ed. L. James (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), pp. 108-122

James/A Companion to Byzantium, 2010

... Who has not acquired a long - lasting memory, conducive to salvation, from fre-quently observ... more ... Who has not acquired a long - lasting memory, conducive to salvation, from fre-quently observing them? ” (Tarasios: Efthymiades 1998: 194 – 7). Likewise ... Impost capitals with monogram ofTheodora. Publisher's Note: Image not available in the electronic edition Page 13. ...

Research paper thumbnail of “Conversing Hellenism: The Multiple Voices of a Byzantine Monument in Greece,” in Journal of Modern Greek Studies, vol.29 (2001), pp. 237-254. Special issue on Syncretism, Hybridity, and Modern Greek Studies.

The church of the Virgin of Skripou, in Boeotia, offers a remarkable instance of the potential la... more The church of the Virgin of Skripou, in Boeotia, offers a remarkable instance of the potential layering of history as realized in a Byzantine monument. This is initially discernible in the hybrid character of the building, composed as it is of remnants from an earlier time, re-ordered and invested with new meaning at the time of its construction. The subsequent reception of the church in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries likewise serves to highlight the variety and complexity of attitudes projected by contemporary beholders over time. Finally, the church's role within the popular imagination, first as the inheritor of famous antiquities and later as the site of miraculous intervention, has been crucial to its survival and preservation at the hands of a community that has actively cultivated notions of local identity and collective memory.

Research paper thumbnail of “Alison Frantz: revealing antiquity through the lens” in History of Photography, vol.27, no.2, pp.1-14, (July 2003), photos courtesy of M. Mauzy.

Research paper thumbnail of “On the Shoulders of Hera: Alternative Readings of Antiquity in the Greek Memoryscape” in Archaeology in Situ: Local Perspectives on Archaeology, Archaeologists, and Sites in Greece, ed. A. Stroulia and S. Buck Sutton (Roman & Littlefield, 2010), pp. 53-74.

To the memory of Paul Mylonas, whose scholarship embraced the spectrum of Greece -ancient to modern.

Research paper thumbnail of “The South Basilica at Arsinoe (Polis-tes-Chrysochou): Change and Innovation in an Early Christian Basilica on Cyprus,” with W. Caraher, R.S. Moore, B. Olson, Cahiers du Centre d’Études Chypriotes 43 (2013),  pp.79-92.

La basilique Sud de Polis-tes-Chrysochou (ancienne Arsinoé), construite à la fin du vi e siècle a... more La basilique Sud de Polis-tes-Chrysochou (ancienne Arsinoé), construite à la fin du vi e siècle apr. J.-C., est une église chypriote typique de la fin de l'Antiquité. Nous discutons ici les modalités des transformations apportées à sa structure et la façon dont ses constructeurs ont résolu les problèmes que présentait ce site, en particulier en ce qui concernait l'eau et son drainage. Nous présentons ici pour la première fois la chronologie du bâtiment à partir des témoignages archéologiques en contexte et non d'une analyse stylistique de sa structure et de ses éléments décoratifs. Nous indiquons brièvement quelques relations possibles avec d'autres édifices de l'île et de la région.

Research paper thumbnail of “Arsinoe in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages,” co-authored with William Caraher, in City of Gold. The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus, eds. W.A.P. Childs, J. Smith, J.M. Padgett (Yale University Press, 2012), pp.266-82.

Research paper thumbnail of “Polis/Arsinoë: A Cypriot Town and its Sacred Sites,” in Approaches to Byzantine Architecture and Its Decoration: Studies in Honor of Slobodan Ćurčić (Ashgate, 2012), pp. 27-46.

Research paper thumbnail of “Princeton Excavations at Polis/Arsinoe: the Roman and Medieval levels” Report to the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus (Nicosia, 2002), pp. 139-154. Co-authored with T. Najbjerg and C. Nicklies

Research paper thumbnail of A Bioarchaeological Perspective on the Burials and Basilicas of Medieval Polis, Cyprus

The People of the Ancient Near East, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of “Sew long? The Osteobiography of a Woman from Medieval Polis, Cyprus,” in The Bioarchaeology of Individuals, eds. A. Stodder and A. Palkovich, co-authored with B. Baker and C. Terhune (University Press of Florida, 2012), pp. 151-61.

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Bissera Pentcheva, Hagia Sophia: Sound, Space, and Spirit in Byzantium, Penn State University Press, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Bissera Pentcheva, Aural Architecture in Byzantium. Music, Acoustics, and Ritual,  Ed. by Bissera V. Pentcheva,

Journal of Orthodox Christian Studies, 2018

Edited volume, Contributors include: Peter Jeffery, Aural architecture in Jerusalem, Rome, Consta... more Edited volume, Contributors include:
Peter Jeffery, Aural architecture in Jerusalem, Rome, Constantinople, and Alexandria
Christina Maranci, The great outdoors: liturgical encounters with the early medieval
Armenian church
Christian Troelsgard, Byzantine chant notation: written documents in an aural tradition
Walter D. Ray, Understanding Liturgy: the Byzantine liturgical commentaries
Ravinder S. Binning, Christ's all-seeing eye in the dome
Lora Webb, Transfigured: mosaic and liturgy at Nea Moni
Laura Steenberge, We who musically represent the cherubim
Ruth Webb, Spatiality, embodiment, and agency in ekphrasis of church buildings
Wieslaw Woszczyk, Acoustics of Hagia Sophia: a scientific approach to the humanities
and sacred space
Jonathan Abel and Kurt James Werner, Live auralization of Cappella Romana at the Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University

Research paper thumbnail of Papalexandrou, Review of Nadine Schibille, Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine Aesthetic Experience December 2017

The Medieval Review, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Mosaic. Festschrift for A.H.S. Megaw. BSA Studies, 8_Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.pdf

Research paper thumbnail of Kourelis_Archaeology of Xenitia_Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.pdf

Research paper thumbnail of Ken Dark, ed., Secular Buildings and the Archaeology of Everyday Life in the Byzantine Empire. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2004. Paper. Pp. iii, 132; black-and-white figures. Distributed in the U.S. by the David Brown Book Company, P.O. Box 511, Oakville, CT 06779

Research paper thumbnail of Maria Georgopoulou, Venice's Mediterranean Colonies: Architecture and Urbanism. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Pp. xv, 383; 136 black-and-white figures. $80

Research paper thumbnail of Bratislav Pantelić, The Architecture of Dečani and the Role of Archbishop Danilo II. (Spätantike-Frühes Christentum-Byzanz: Kunst im Ersten Jahrtausend, B/9.) Wiesbaden: Reichert, 2002. Pp. xi, 123 plus 59 black-and-white plates; 1 map. €58

Speculum, 2005

JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, a... more JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.

Research paper thumbnail of Approaches to Byzantine Architecture and its Decoration. Studies in Honor of Slobodan Ćurčić,  co-edited with M.J. Johnson and R. Ousterhout (Ashgate, 2012).