Papers by Aristotelis Mentzos
ASMOSIA 5: INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES ON ANCIENT STONE, 2002
Cathodoluminescence and stable isotopic analysis are used to distinguish various types of marble ... more Cathodoluminescence and stable isotopic analysis are used to distinguish various types of marble employed for architectural decoration at Thessaloniki in the collection of the Rotunda Museum. Marble from the three main quarries of Thasos - Aliki, Cape Fanari, and Cape Vathy - is identified, and the stylistic association fo the various pieces are analyzed. Stone carvers in Thessaloniki and in the quarries of Thasos appear to have at times been heavily dependent on "Prokonnesian" models, but production in Thessaloniki often takes an independent course. The various quarries onThasos also prove to some degree to have distinctive roles.
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Speculum, 2017
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The monumental palace complex of the Tetrarchic period evolved at the southeastern end of the cit... more The monumental palace complex of the Tetrarchic period evolved at the southeastern end of the city of Thessalonikē. The area was annexed to the city in the third quarter of the third century C.E., on the occasion of the construction of a new wall enclosure. It was divided into two unequal parts, northern and southern, by the main thoroughfare of the city, the Mese or Leophoros, as it was called by the Byzantines
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Late Roman and Early Byzantine architectural elements from northern Greece are analyzed isotopica... more Late Roman and Early Byzantine architectural elements from northern Greece are analyzed isotopically and under optical cathodoluminescence microscopy to determine their quarry of origin. Thirteen pieces come from Nea Anchialos, two from Thessaloniki, and one from Philippi. Marble is assigned to the quarries of Proconnesos, Thasos, and Philippi. On the basis of their marble, typology and style, the sculptures are attributed to sculptors from northern Greece or from Constantinople. The sculptors may have exported their works fully finished or carved them at the building sites in northern Greece. Sculptors from Constantinople clearly established workshops in northern Greece and made use of Thasian marble.
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Georgios Karagiannis Sophia Sotiropoulou, Ifigenia Grigoriadou, Georgios Apostolidis, Christos Salpistis, Semeli Pingiatoglou, Aristotelis Mentzos, “In situ analysis of archaeological objects: application and optimization of a mobile lab”, Technart 2015, April 27 - 30, 2015, Catania, Italy
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Georgios Karagiannis, Georgios Apostolidis, Christos Salpistis, Semeli Pingiatoglou, Aristotelis Mentzos, “Acoustic Microscopy applied to archaeological objects”, Technart 2015, April 27 - 30, 2015, Catania, Italy
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ASMOSIA XI: Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone, 2017
Late Roman and Early Byzantine architectural elements from northern Greece are analyzed isotopica... more Late Roman and Early Byzantine architectural elements from northern Greece are analyzed isotopically and under optical cathodoluminescence microscopy to determine their quarry of origin. Thirteen pieces come from Nea Anchialos, two from Thessaloniki, and one from Philippi. Marble is assigned to the quarries of Proconnesos, Thasos, and Philippi. On the basis of their marble, typology and style, the sculptures are attributed to sculptors from northern Greece or from Constantinople. The sculptors may have exported their works fully finished or carved them at the building sites in northern Greece. Sculptors from Constantinople clearly established workshops in northern Greece and made use of Thasian marble.
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AN INSCRIPTION FROM PHILIPPI
FROM THE ARCHIVE OF ST. PELEKANIDIS
During the digitization of the p... more AN INSCRIPTION FROM PHILIPPI
FROM THE ARCHIVE OF ST. PELEKANIDIS
During the digitization of the photo archive of the Octa-gonal church excavation a picture of an inscribed
stone was found among the takes of the year 1958. The actual stone was recently discovered deposited at the
northwest annex of the stairwell of Basilica A. Most
probably the stone came from the area of the basilica Extra muros and was collected by its excavator,
the late Stylianos Pelekanidis for further study. The text of the stone mentions the burial place
of Harmodios and Charidemos which was bought from
Martyrios after paying the (right) price.
The shape of the letters and the ligatures point toward a date from the second half of the ninth to the
first half of the tenth century. The names are purely Greek; the spelling is correct. It seems that among the city population there were educated native Greek speakers. It also seems that at this time there was an organized cemetery at Philippi.
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Les complexes ecclésiastiques à l’époque mésobyzantine :
renaissance ou survivance ?
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FROM THE ARCHIVE OF ST. PELEKANIDIS
During the digitization of the photo archive of the Octa-gonal church excavation a picture of an inscribed
stone was found among the takes of the year 1958. The actual stone was recently discovered deposited at the
northwest annex of the stairwell of Basilica A. Most
probably the stone came from the area of the basilica Extra muros and was collected by its excavator,
the late Stylianos Pelekanidis for further study. The text of the stone mentions the burial place
of Harmodios and Charidemos which was bought from
Martyrios after paying the (right) price.
The shape of the letters and the ligatures point toward a date from the second half of the ninth to the
first half of the tenth century. The names are purely Greek; the spelling is correct. It seems that among the city population there were educated native Greek speakers. It also seems that at this time there was an organized cemetery at Philippi.
FROM THE ARCHIVE OF ST. PELEKANIDIS
During the digitization of the photo archive of the Octa-gonal church excavation a picture of an inscribed
stone was found among the takes of the year 1958. The actual stone was recently discovered deposited at the
northwest annex of the stairwell of Basilica A. Most
probably the stone came from the area of the basilica Extra muros and was collected by its excavator,
the late Stylianos Pelekanidis for further study. The text of the stone mentions the burial place
of Harmodios and Charidemos which was bought from
Martyrios after paying the (right) price.
The shape of the letters and the ligatures point toward a date from the second half of the ninth to the
first half of the tenth century. The names are purely Greek; the spelling is correct. It seems that among the city population there were educated native Greek speakers. It also seems that at this time there was an organized cemetery at Philippi.