FOURFOURAS - 2007
General Information
Record ID
1835
Activity Date
2007
Chronology
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Localisation
Toponym
Fourfouras
Fourfouras
Linked Record
2007
Report
Fourfouras. P. Varthalitou (28th EBA) reports on restoration from 2007 onwards at the Church of the Virgin (Figs 1-3) in a ruined monastic setting. This small church (Fig. 4) was shown to have two construction phases; architectural alterations in the early 18th century AD included the use of ‘accoustic’ pots (the vessels themselves being re-used from late in the previous century). The surviving frescoes in the east of the building date to the original construction in the last decades of the 14th century AD: one main hand and at least one assistant can be detected (Figs 5-8). A painted inscription of five lines (white on black) on the north wall records the name of Nicholas Arkoleo (Fig. 9), after whom the settlement was once named. At the west, a simple stone-built tomb yielded a bronze coin, probably a tornesello of Michael Steno (Doge 1400-1413) (Fig. 10).
Author
Don EVELY
Bibliographic reference(s)
AEK 1 (2010), 556-67
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2011-02-15 00:00:00
Last modification
2023-12-11 09:05:25
Picture(s)
Fig. 1/ Church of Virgin: general view.
Fig. 2/ Church of Virgin: the south facade after restoration.
Fig. 3/ Church of Virgin: the interior after restoration.
Fig. 4/ Section plan of the church.
Fig. 5/ Detail of painting: Agios Ioannis,Chrisostomos.
Fig. 6/ Detail of painting: the Baptism Scene.
Fig. 7/ Detail of painting: the Personification of the Earth with the dead.
Fig. 8/ Detail of painting: St George, the rider.
Fig. 9/ Dedicatory inscription reffered to Arkoleo.
Fig. 10/ Tornesello of Michael Steno (Doge).