La céramique byzantine de Thasos, et un échantillonnage des productions médiévales orientales et occidentales du XIIIe au XVe siècle
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Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg) (1971-2008)Disciplines:
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Abstract EN:
After an historic study of thasos'island during the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, we observe just exactly the manufacture's technics of lead glazed ware and tin glazed ware. Then ceramics discovered in thasos are presentated by dimensions, shapes, and graded by surface'treatments and by decoration. This last classification is useful to establish some analogies and to search for the means of supply. In conclusion, this ware is reflecting well the economic conditions, and we could say that the supply of the island was linked to the organization and evolution of the genoese fleet in the aegean and mediterranean waters : during the thirteenth century, an important genoese naval trading activity in the eastern mediteranean, and in thasos the same wares that in crusaders'states; during the fourteenth century, the genoese fleet is losting control of the eastern mediterranean but at the same time is opening new counters on black sea coasts, in thasos a ceramic similar to these discovered in northern greece, in turkey and in bulgaria; during the fourteenth century, ottoman tension and opening of a pottery workshop in lemnos from which come the local wares of thasos.
Abstract FR:
Apres une etude historique de l'ile de thasos du treizieme au quinzieme siecle, sont decrites en detail les techniques de fabrication des ceramiques a glacure plombifere et stannifere. Les vases decouverts a thasos sont ensuite abordes d'un point de vue morphologique et typometrique, puis classes par traitement de surface et par decor. Cette classification permet d'etablir des analogies et de rechercher les modes de ravitaillement, menant a la conclusion que ce materiel reflete les conditions economiques de ces epoques, et que l'approvisionnement de l'ile semble calque sur l'organisation et l'evolution de la flotte genoise dans les eaux egeennes et orientales : au treizieme siecle, une grande activite commerciale maritime genoise en mediterranee orientale et des vases identiques a ceux decouverts sur les sites syro-palestiniens; au quatorzieme siecle, perte de controle d'une partie du bassin mediterraneen oriental et developpement des comptoirs genois en mer noire, a thasos une ceramique commune a celle retrouvee dans le nord de la grece, de la turquie et en bulgarie; au quinzieme siecle, installation d'un atelier de potier a lemnos et poussee ottomane decisive, thasos ne recoit plus que des vases regionaux originaires d'une possession genoise.