Epigrapher · Scholar
Cyril Mango
1928–2021 · United Kingdom
Byzantinist, historian, art historian. Worked with Ernest Hawkins and Susan Boyd; wrote with David Winfield.
Life and work
- 14 April 1928Born in Constantinople (Wikidata).
ConstantinopleWikidata record Q1148656
- 1969–1970Co-author with Winfield of the First Preliminary Report on the Panagia tou Arakos, Lagoudera (1968 season); contributed the appendix on the north-door inscription, which he found palaeographically very close to the inscription dated 1333 in the Asinou narthex, supporting Winfield's suggestion that the same painter worked in both churches.
- 1971Winfield (1971, p. 264) credits "Professor C. Mango" with identifying stylistic relations at Hagios Neophytos.
- 8 February 2021Died in Oxford (Wikidata).
OxfordWikidata record Q1148656
Connections
3 peopleScholarship
- Wrote with David Winfield1969–1970
Colleagues & contacts
- Worked with Ernest HawkinsIcons and church artCyril Mango worked with E. J. W. Hawkins on the report and its study of the monastery's wall paintings. Mango et al. 1990, p. 63
- Worked with Susan BoydIcons and church artCyril Mango worked with Susan Boyd on the report and its study of the monastery's wall paintings. Mango et al. 1990, p. 63
Recording and study
5 records- Published2
Icons and church artC. Mango published a fragmentary painted inscription from Kanakaria.
fragmentary painted inscription at KanakariaPapacostas 2002, p. 57
Cyril Mango published the inscription over the exterior of the north door in an appendix to the article.
Panagia tou Arakos, LagouderaWinfield 1969, p. 377
- Studied1
Icons and church artCyril Mango and his collaborators carried out fieldwork to conserve, clean, and study the north church's wall paintings.
wall paintings of the north churchChrysostomos monasteryMango et al. 1990, p. 63
- Connected with1
Icons and church artCyril Mango brought the church at Lagoudhera into the Dumbarton Oaks program.
Connected with Dumbarton OaksThe church of the Panaghia tou Arakos at LagoudheraWinfield & Winfield 2003, p. 11
- Other work1
Cyril Mango measured the buildings for the architectural drawings.
measurements for the architectural drawingsMonastery of St. Chrysostomos at KoutsovendisMango et al. 1990, p. 63
Discussed in documents
- Winfield (1971). Reports on Work at Monagri, Lagoudera, Hagios Neophytos, CyprusIdentified stylistic relations at Hagios Neophytos
Sources
- 1.David C. Winfield; Cyril Mango (1969/1970). “The Church of the Panagia tou Arakos, Lagoudera: First Preliminary Report, 1968”. Dumbarton Oaks Papers.
- 2.David C. Winfield (1971). “Reports on Work at Monagri, Lagoudera, and Hagios Neophytos, Cyprus, 1969/1970”. Dumbarton Oaks Papers.
- 3.Wikidata record Q1148656. Online
- 4.Cyril Mango, E. J. W. Hawkins, Susan Boyd (1990). “The Monastery of St. Chrysostomos at Koutsovendis (Cyprus) and Its Wall Paintings. Part I: Description”. Dumbarton Oaks Papers 44, 63-94.
- 5.D. Winfield, J. Winfield (2003). The Church of the Panaghia tou Arakos at Lagoudhera, Cyprus: The Paintings and Their Painterly Significance. Washington, DC, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.
- 6.Tassos C. Papacostas (2002). “A tenth-century inscription from Syngrasis, Cyprus”. Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 26, 42-64.
- 7.D. C. Winfield (1969). “The Church of the Panagia tou Arakos, Lagoudera: First Preliminary Report, 1968”. Dumbarton Oaks Papers 23-24, 377-380.