Bardill, Jonathan (1994) Brickstamps of Byzantium : incorporating the archive of Ernest Mamboury. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

Volumes 2 and 3 comprise a catalogue of about 2,500 early Byzantine
brickstamps from Istanbul. Volume 3 contains the illustrative material,
derived primarily from the notes of Ernest Mamboury, other archives,
museums, scholars and numerous publications. Volume 2 provides transcriptions
of the inscriptions and details of bricks and stamps. The
brickstamps in both volumes are arranged alphabetically according to the
names upon the stamps. Indexes are provided to locate brickstamps
according to place of publication, provenance, museum or archive.
Volume 1 analyses selected material in the catalogue. Part I discusses
the brickmaking industry, the purpose of the brickstamps, the
management of production and supply, and the beginning and end of
brickstamping in Constantinople. Part II discusses the chronology of
brickstamps. Part II, Sections 1-3 discuss the dating of selected fifth-century,
sixth-century and undated sites on the grounds of external
evidence (i. e. literary and archaeological evidence, but not brickstamp
evidence). Section 4 examines the brickstamp evidence from the sites
discussed in Sections 1-3 and demonstrates the characteristics
distinguishing brickstamps of the fifth and sixth centuries. The names
that are to be associated with the respective centuries are tabulated. More
precise dates are assigned to stamps where literary evidence
allows. Section 5 applies the results deduced in Section 4 to a number of
sites that have yielded samples presenting greater difficulties of
interpretation.
It is argued that the brickstamps carry the names of wealthy owners or
lessees of land, and that they were used to prove to officials that the
annual liability of brick production associated with the land had been
met. Primary chronological results include the redating of St. Polyeuktos
and the Palace of Antiochus and the clarification of dates of other minor
monuments, such as the Balaban. Ağa Mescidi and the substructures on
Cemal Nadir Sokaği.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DR Balkan Peninsula
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Brick stamps -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- To 1500
Official Date:	May 1994
Dates:	Date Event May 1994 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of Classics and Ancient History
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Sponsors:	Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (London, England) ; Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust ; British Academy ; British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara
Extent:	xx, 373 ; xxiii, 474, 605 leaves
Language:	eng

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