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Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47415-3 — Hell in the Byzantine World Volume 1: Essays Frontmatter More Information Hell in the Byzantine World The imagery of Hell, the Christian account of the permanent destina- tions of the human soul after death, has fascinated people over the centuries since the emergence of the Christian faith. These landmark volumes provide the first large-scale investigation of this imagery found across the Byzantine and post-Byzantine world. Particular emphasis is placed on images from churches across Venetian Crete, which are comprehensively collected and published for the first time. Crete was at the centre of artistic production in the late Byzantine world and beyond, and its imagery was highly influential on tradi- tions in other regions. The Cretan examples accompany rich com- parative material from the wider Mediterranean – Cappadocia, Macedonia, the Peloponnese and Cyprus. The large amount of data presented in this publication highlights Hell’s emergence in monu- mental painting not as a concrete array of images, but as a diversified mirroring of social perceptions of sin. angeliki lymberopoulou is Senior Lecturer in Art History at The Open University. She is the author of The Church of the Archangel Michael at Kavalarian: Art and Society on Fourteenth- Century Venetian-Dominated Crete (2006) and the editor of Cross- Cultural Interaction between Byzantium and the West 1204–1669: Whose Mediterranean is it Anyway? (2018) and, with Rembrandt Duits, of Byzantine Art and Renaissance Europe (2013). © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47415-3 — Hell in the Byzantine World Volume 1: Essays Frontmatter More Information © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47415-3 — Hell in the Byzantine World Volume 1: Essays Frontmatter More Information Hell in the Byzantine World A History of Art and Religion in Venetian Crete and the Eastern Mediterranean Volume 1 Essays Edited by angeliki lymberopoulou The Open University © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47415-3 — Hell in the Byzantine World Volume 1: Essays Frontmatter More Information University Printing House, Cambridge CB2 8BS, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia 314–321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – 110025, India 79 Anson Road, #06–04/06, Singapore 079906 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781108474153 DOI: 10.1017/9781108564656 © Angeliki Lymberopoulou 2020 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2020 Printed in Singapore by Markono Print Media Pte Ltd A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library. ISBN – 2 Volume Set 978-1-108-69070-6 Hardback ISBN – Volume I 978-1-108-47415-3 Hardback ISBN – Volume II 978-1-108-47416-0 Hardback Additional resources for this publication at www.cambridge.org/9781108690706 Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47415-3 — Hell in the Byzantine World Volume 1: Essays Frontmatter More Information To Sir Alex Ferguson The Ultimate (Red) Devil © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47415-3 — Hell in the Byzantine World Volume 1: Essays Frontmatter More Information © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47415-3 — Hell in the Byzantine World Volume 1: Essays Frontmatter More Information Contents List of Figures [page ix] Preface [xxiii] Acknowledgements [xxv] Editorial Policy [xxxi] Introduction [1] angeliki lymberopoulou and eirini panou part i crete [19] 1 From Crete to Hell: The Textual Tradition on Punishments in the Afterlife and the Writings of Joseph Bryennios on Crete [21] dionysios stathakopoulos 2 Venetian Crete: The Historical Context [60] charalambos gasparis 3 Hell on Crete [117] angeliki lymberopoulou 4 Hell from West to East: Western Resonances in Cretan Wall Painting [191] rembrandt duits part ii eastern mediterranean [235] 5 When the Visual Order Was Established: The Last Judgement and Punishments in Hell in Byzantine Cappadocia [237] rainer warland 6 Damned in Hell, Damned in the Church: Imagery and Space in Byzantium [281] athanasios semoglou vii © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47415-3 — Hell in the Byzantine World Volume 1: Essays Frontmatter More Information viii Contents 7 Images of Hell and the Afterlife in the Churches of Lakonia [310] sharon e. j. gerstel and panayotis s. katsafados 8 Hell in the ‘Sweet Land’: Hell’s Place in the Last Judgements of Byzantine and Medieval Cyprus [346] annemarie weyl carr © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47415-3 — Hell in the Byzantine World Volume 1: Essays Frontmatter More Information Figures 4.1 North Italian(?), Last Judgement, early 9th century (the shape of the panels was modified at Reims around 860), ivory, 13.1 x 8.1 cm, London, Victoria & Albert Museum. Photo out of copyright: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection [page 193] 4.2 Byzantine, Last Judgement, from a gospel book made in Constantinople, 11th century, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 74, fol. 51v. Photo out of copyright: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection [194] 4.3 Byzantine, Last Judgement, 11th century, ivory relief, 15.1 x 21.4 cm, London, Victoria & Albert Museum. Photo out of copyright: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection [195] 4.4 French, Last Judgement, detail: Hell, middle of the 12th century, relief sculpture, Conques, Abbey Church of Saint-Foy (tympanum of west portal). Photo out of copyright: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection [195] 4.5 Venetian (with assistance of Byzantine craftsmen), River of Fire with Satan enthroned upon a monster, detail from the Last Judgement, late 12th century, mosaic, Torcello, Cathedral (west wall). Photo out of copyright: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection [196] 4.6 After Herrad of Hohenbourg, angels pushing sinners into Hell, from an 1840 facsimile of fol. 253v of the Hortus Deliciarum, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Estampes Ad. 144. A. Fol. Reproduced from Green et al. 1979, with permission of The Warburg Institute [196] ix © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47415-3 — Hell in the Byzantine World Volume 1: Essays Frontmatter More Information x List of Figures 4.7 After Herrad of Hohenbourg, Hell, hand-coloured facsimile of fol. 255r of the Hortus Deliciarum, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Facs. Fol. 8 (xi). Reproduced from Green et al. London 1979, with permission of The Warburg Institute [197] 4.8 English, Hell, from the so-called Golden Psalter, early 13th century, Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 835, p. 66. Photo out of copyright: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection [198] 4.9 French, Hell, detail from the Last Judgement, c. 1230, relief, Reims, Cathedral (tympanum of the east portal of the north transept facade). Photo out of copyright: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection [199] 4.10 Nicola Pisano, Last Judgement, 1260, Pisa, Baptistery (pulpit). Photo out of copyright: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection [199] 4.11 a, b and c Italian, Hell, detail from the Last Judgement, after 1271, mosaic, Florence, Baptistery of San Giovanni (vault). Photos out of copyright: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection [200] 4.12 Giotto, Hell, detail from the Last Judgement, 1305–6, fresco, Padua, Scrovegni Chapel (west wall). Photo out of copyright: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection [201] 4.13 Byzantine, procession of sinners led to Hell by a devil, detail from the Last Judgement, 1315–21, fresco, Constantinople, Chora Monastery (parekklesion). Photo out of copyright: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection [201] 4.14 Italian, Hell, detail from the Last Judgement, c. 1310–30, marble relief, Orvieto, Cathedral (south pier of the west facade). Photo out of copyright: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection [202] 4.15 After Buffalmacco (attr.), Hell, late 15th century, engraving after the fresco of c. 1330–40 in the Camposanto at Pisa. Photo out of copyright: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection [202] © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47415-3 — Hell in the Byzantine World Volume 1: Essays Frontmatter More Information List of Figures xi 4.16