Performances on Ivory: The Musicians and Dancers on the Lid of the Veroli Casket

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Published: Jan 1, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.1727
Keywords:
Medieval Constantinople ivory daily life
Anthousa PAPAGIANNAKI
University of Birmingham
Abstract

The Veroli casket, made from ivory plaques and bone strips attached on a wooden core with bone pegs, is probably the most famous middle Byzantine casket, decorated with mythological figures of the highest quality. Its lid preserves a musical ensemble and three dancers of special interest. If we turn our attention from the antique looking guises of the figures to their attributes, that is the musical instruments and the iconography of the dance, we might be able to discern elements of everyday life of the middle Byzantine period hidden under an antique veil.

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