Two neglected inscriptions from Andros and the activity of donors on the island during the Middle Byzantine period

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Published: Aug 4, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.26259
Keywords:
Middle Byzantine period inscriptions patronage church architecture sculpture painting Cyclades Andros.
Γιώργος ΠΑΛΛΗΣ (Georgios PALLIS)
Assistant Professor of Byzantine Archaeology National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Abstract
The island of Andros is remarkable among the islands of the Cyclades for the high quality of its architecture and its artistic production throughout the Middle Byzantine period. The re-examination of two inscriptions referring to donors, which have long been known to scholarship, but have not been dated precisely, shows that they can be attributed to this period. The new evidence that is added to the corpus of Middle Byzantine inscriptions of the island offers the opportunity for an overall assessment of patrons’ activity on Andros, whereby it appears that the leading role was played primarily by wealthy lay personages from the local elites.
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