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Philippe Trélat

fl. 2011–2019

Historian of medieval and Ottoman Cyprus who wrote on Nicosia's markets, on Cypriot luxury objects exported west and on George Jeffery's diaries.

Biography

Philippe Trélat published on Cyprus in the Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes, mostly on the medieval and Ottoman island. In volume 41 (2011) he and Hesperia Iliadou traced Nicosia's market places from the Lusignan and Venetian periods (1192-1571) through the Ottoman period (1571-1878), using documents and traveller accounts1. In the same volume he reviewed Despina Pilides's two-volume edition of the diaries of George Jeffery, Curator of Ancient Monuments, summarising Jeffery's work on the Famagusta fortifications, Kolossi and Bellapais and his supervision of the Cyprus Museum building from 1907 to 1918, and questioning some identifications on her plan of Nicosia3.

His article in volume 43 (2013), "Le goût pour Chypre", dealt with Cypriot art objects and precious fabrics exported to the West between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries2. His dates and institution are not recorded, and he is not known to have excavated or collected.

Life and work

  1. 2011
    With Hesperia Iliadou, published a study of the market places and commercial and artisan activity of Nicosia in the Latin (13th c.) and Ottoman eras (to the 19th c.), based on documents and traveller accounts.

    NicosiaTrélat & Iliadou 2011

  2. 2011
    Reviewed Despina Pilides, George Jeffery: His Diaries and the Ancient Monuments of Cyprus (Nicosia 2009, 2 vols) for the Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes: describes Jeffery's career as Curator of Ancient Monuments, his role at the Cyprus Museum building (1907-1918), and the diaries (1898-1935); notes errors in the Nicosia plan identifications.

    Trélat 2011

  3. 2013
    Published an article on precious fabrics and art objects produced in Latin-period Cyprus and exported to the West (13th-15th c.), drawn from church and princely inventories, account books and notarial deeds.

    Trélat 2013

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Sources

  1. 1.Philippe Trélat, Hesperia Iliadou (2011). “Localiser les marchés. Les activités artisanales et commerciales à Nicosie durant les périodes latine et ottomane / Tracing the market place: Commercial and artisan activity in Nicosia between the Latin and Ottoman eras”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 41, 289-. Online
  2. 2.Philippe Trélat (2013). “Le goût pour Chypre. Objets d'art et tissus précieux importés de Chypre en Occident (XIIIe-XVe siècles)”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 43, 455-472. Online
  3. 3.Philippe Trélat (2011). “Review of Despina Pilides, George Jeffery: His Diaries and the Ancient Monuments of Cyprus (Nicosia, 2009)”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 41, 357-.