Landowner · Dealer
Sophronios III, Archbishop of Cyprus
d. 1900 · Cyprus
Archbishop of Cyprus. Sold to Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer; worked with Max Ohnefalsch-Richter.
Life and work
- 15 June 1882With the Cadi and the Mufti, petitioned the High Commissioner, Sir Robert Biddulph, for a government grant to create a museum on the island.
NicosiaMarangou 2000
- 1889As landowner received a share of the objects from Ohnefalsch-Richter's Tamassos excavations for the Berlin Museum, including an iron sword with a gold sword nail (the helmet and mail went to Berlin). He sold his share to the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Bulwer, whose collection was later given to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Connections
4 peopleSales, gifts & bequests
- Gave to Robert Biddulph1882
- Represented by Eustathios Constantinidesprobably1889
- Sold to Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer1889
Colleagues & contacts
- Connected with Robert Biddulph1882
- Worked with Max Ohnefalsch-Richter1889
Objects
Iron sword with gold sword nail (and other finds of the 1889 Tamassos division)
From TamassosFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (via Bulwer; per Ohnefalsch-Richter 'since presented to the Museum at Cambridge')1889Ohnefalsch-Richter 1893, p. 446
Sources
- 1.Max Ohnefalsch-Richter (1893). Kypros, the Bible and Homer. London, Asher & Co.. Online
- 2.Robert Stuart Merrillees (2005). “Towards a fuller history of the Cyprus Museum”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 35, 191-214. Online
- 3.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
- 4.C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Online