tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101913167226700484.post6159312265923141591..comments2023-11-03T12:03:01.691-07:00Comments on Surprised by Time: CitiesNauplionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10598950480737808706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101913167226700484.post-20166334369117903092013-04-09T11:46:17.022-07:002013-04-09T11:46:17.022-07:00Takis,
Write me off-line. I can send it to you.Takis, <br />Write me off-line. I can send it to you.Nauplionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598950480737808706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101913167226700484.post-13204323398887044742013-04-09T11:06:53.357-07:002013-04-09T11:06:53.357-07:00I have to admit that I have been very positively s...I have to admit that I have been very positively surprised by the time I noticed your latest post on "Cities". Although I am mainly interested in medieval settlements your "compilation" is extremely important in an eventual interpolation process. Also the cities you mention are primary settlements and knowing their population is very helpful in estimating the population of smaller settlements by using the so called Zipf law as applied in Laconia Survey,Vol. 1, 2002, Ch. 9, W.Cavanagh. Further I would be indebted to know where can I find Tito Papamastorakis relevant work you mention in your post. Best regardsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17289817183518297547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101913167226700484.post-52218471300259221692013-04-08T08:00:58.169-07:002013-04-08T08:00:58.169-07:00There is no Drakopoulou/Drakapulo in this blog. A ...There is no Drakopoulou/Drakapulo in this blog. A spelling somewhere else should be dealt with somewhere else, not here. If you stopped worrying about it perhaps you would have more time for other things. This conversation may be considered at an end.Nauplionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598950480737808706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101913167226700484.post-57125519262147627282013-04-08T01:07:00.421-07:002013-04-08T01:07:00.421-07:00Thanks for the link. I'll take a look when I f...Thanks for the link. I'll take a look when I find some time to spare. I must say I'm very happy with the amount of detailed information on everything I have found here. <br /><br />Kariye Djami is still something that I can't turn my head around when I am looking at byzantine frescoes. It seems incongruous, particularly considering that nowadays the Kariye is a museum (which allows for the frescoes to be displayed), emphasizing its byzantine art, and not a former church turned into and still fuctioning as a mosque, like numerous others in Istanbul are. <br /><br />Transliterating the names following the pronunciation of the time is what I would suggest - with the optional latinisation of suffixes like -os into -us and -ae- instead of -ai-. A solid knowledge of ancient Greek, Attic, Koine, Byzantine and Modern, always helps. In Byzantine texs there is usually an interplay of everything. I admit that the rules are fuzzy, and it's always your blog, your rules. <br />But still, Drakopoulou>Drakapulo ? George D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/05331680699229885206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101913167226700484.post-7061217860163605152013-04-07T09:36:05.912-07:002013-04-07T09:36:05.912-07:00I think the comparison with Italy valid: you have ...I think the comparison with Italy valid: you have parallel cultures with a great deal of interaction, & the Greeks were perfectly capable of noticing what was going on in Italy when they were over on diplomatic & trade missions. It is not necessary to bring in Florence/Rome/Venice. Look at Pavia, Modena, Rimini, Brescia, Pesaro.<br /><br />The Ottoman raids were more episodic. The archon raids were constant, & against each other's land. Raids on farms, orchards, vineyards, & mills. Not cities. I've not found any raids on cities, and that would be difficult because of the walls. <br /><br />I've just published a major Greek document that discusses aspects of this, in tandem with two hitherto-unnoticed Venetian documents. <br />http://www.academia.edu/3074095/_The_fair_of_Agios_Demetrios_of_26_October_1449_Byzantine-Venetian_relations_and_land_issue_in_mid-century_<br />Documents from Methoni record the disappearance of farmworkers because of raids, & thus a steep decline in food supplies & near-starvation in the city.<br /><br />Kariye Djami is the conventional name used in art history books.<br /><br />I have not found a single useful system for transliterating Greek names into English.Nauplionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598950480737808706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101913167226700484.post-24319794903306632602013-04-07T07:56:57.430-07:002013-04-07T07:56:57.430-07:00a. I think that comparing the towns of tiny, run-d...a. I think that comparing the towns of tiny, run-down Morea in the dying days of the byzantine period to the thriving towns and cities of contemporary Italy (Venice! Rome! Florence!) is really like comparing apples to oranges. I doubt that there was a single factor contributing to the decay of the cities but rather a mixture of everything. The Ottoman raids cannot bear all the blame, as you say, but they surely did play their part. Do you have any details about the raids to other cities for food supplies? Did they happen systematically or sporadically? <br />b. I think that the Kariye Djami (mosque) is a museum now - the Turks call it Kariye müsesi, in English it's called the Chora Church. It would be strange to speak of mosaics depicting idealized cities in a mosque, wouldn't it?<br />c. Do you have a specific system in transliterating the Greek names (byzantine and modern) into English? E.g. I think the correct for Eugenia Drakapoulo is Eugenia Drakopoulou. <br />Thanks and keep up the good work ! George D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/05331680699229885206noreply@blogger.com