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CLOSEExploring the Material Culture of Venetian Crete: A Historical and Archaeological Perspective
Angeliki Panopoulou, Anastasia G. Yangaki
The project began in 2019 with the aim of collecting and systematically recording information on everyday objects (furniture, utilitarian and storage items, tools, etc.) found in the houses and workshops of Venetian Crete. The material under investigation comes from both published and unpublished archival sources, primarily notarial acts such as inventories of real estate, dowry appraisals, and workshop leases. At regular intervals, new material is drawn from these sources – mainly notarial records – and is documented according to specific criteria. The objective of the project is to feed a database and produce synthetic studies that will highlight aspects of the material culture of Crete by linking textual sources with material remains.
- A. Panopoulou, A. G. Yangaki, “The Archival Evidence as a Source on the ‘Life-Cycles’ of Ceramic Objects: Snapshots from Documents on Venetian Crete”, in: A. García Porras, M. Busto Zapico, L. Martín Ramos, M. J. Peregrina Sánchez (eds.), XIII Congreso Internacional sobre Cerámica Medieval y Moderna en el Mediterráneo (AIECM3) (Granada, 8-13 November 2021), Madrid 2024, 557-561.
- A. G. Yangaki, A. Panopoulou, “The Cretan Household in Urban and Rural Areas During the Venetian Period: A Comparative Approach Deploying Archival Sources and Archaeological Evidence”, in: E. Athanassopoulos, F. Kondyli, K. Ragkou (eds.), The Medieval Household: A Multidisciplinary Approach [papers presented at the 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies Byzantium – Bridge Between Worlds, Venice and Padua, 220-27 August 2022] (under publication).
- A. G. Yangaki, A. Panopoulou, “‘…μία ἀπλάδενα μαγιόλικη μπλάβη[…] ἀκόμι πηθάρια μεγάλα γιά καρπό ὀκτῶ…’: ‘Lives’ of Ceramics and ‘Lives’ of People in Venetian Crete,” in: 13th International Congress of Cretan Studies (Agios Nikolaos, 5-9 October 2022) (forthcoming) (in Greek).
Main page image: Left: part of a manuscript with a detail of a reference to clay objects from an inventory of objects of a Cretan house. Right: image of a 16th century white maiolica bowl from Italy. / Left: Archivio di Stato di Venezia, Notai di Candia, b. 249, libro 1, f. 22r [03.10.1559]) / Right: Albenga: Diocesan Museum, ceramics room, bowl of Savona manufacture from the cathedral, white maiolica, 16th c. Source