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The myth of phocaicus: new evidence on the silk industry in Byzantine Central Greece

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dc.contributor.kuauthorWu, Gang
dc.contributor.kuprofileResearcher
dc.contributor.researchcenterKoç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) / Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED)
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteKoç University Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) / Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED)ons (ANAMED) / Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED)
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dc.date.accessioned2024-11-10T00:11:29Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe article originates from a record David Jacoby drew attention to but left mostly unaddressed in his path-breaking article on the silk industry in western Byzantium. It examines three underexplored hagiographical texts concerning the endeavours of Arechis II, the prince of Benevento (758-787), in the translation of holy relics. These texts all feature the word phocaicus when describing the luxurious textiles Arechis dedicated to the relics. This article argues that this word is a geographical designation pointing to a so-far unidentified centre of the Byzantine silk industry sometime around 1050-1150, most likely Phokis in Central Greece.
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dc.description.indexedbyScopus
dc.description.issue1
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dc.description.sponsorshipChina Scholarship Council (CSC)
dc.description.sponsorshipA.G. Leventis Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipGreat Britain-China Educational Trust
dc.description.sponsorshipKoc University's Research Centre for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) This work was supported at different stages by China Scholarship Council (CSC), the A.G. Leventis Foundation, the Great Britain-China Educational Trust (administered by the Great Britain-China Centre), and Koc University's Research Centre for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED).
dc.description.volume36
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09518967.2021.1900164
dc.identifier.eissn1743-940X
dc.identifier.issn0951-8967
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85109016671
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09518967.2021.1900164
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/17469
dc.identifier.wos668065400003
dc.keywordsByzantine silk industry
dc.keywordsPhokis
dc.keywordsByzantine Central Greece
dc.keywordsArechis II
dc.keywordsAlfanus
dc.keywordsCampania
dc.keywordsAmalfi
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
dc.sourceMediterranean Historical Review
dc.subjectHistory
dc.titleThe myth of phocaicus: new evidence on the silk industry in Byzantine Central Greece
dc.typeJournal Article
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local.contributor.kuauthorWu, Gang

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