Documentation and evaluation of the greek inscriptions of Crete (13th-17th c.)

该项目的目的是全面和系统地记录克里特岛在威尼斯占领时期（1211-1669）的希腊铭文，并从历史文化的角度对它们进行评估。据目前所知，在343种媒介上有462个铭文，其中绝大多数位于农村教堂和修道院。令人惊讶的是，这些丰富的铭文宝藏的意义，首先在于传递了宝贵的历史、教会历史、社会学和文化信息，其次在于它们具有重要的参考价值，为艺术史学家和语言学家提供了见解。从这个意义上说，这些碑文是真正的宝藏。它们所载的资料使我们能够深入了解产生它们的社会的性质、它们的宗教和政治思想以及关于赞助及其动机的结论、在岛上活跃的绘画讲习班以及所使用的语言和表达方式。从这一时期和这些农村地区来看，除了这些来源之外，几乎没有任何希腊语的书面证据，除了一些文学作品，这些作品的信息对了解克里特岛城市的历史更重要。此外，威尼斯的占领（1211-1669）和克里特岛在东西方之间的地缘政治地位提供了一个特别迷人的框架，这对欧洲中世纪研究具有重要意义。此外，应该强调的是，与拜占庭文化领域的其他地区相比，克里特铭文的年代比例非常高。此外，值得注意的是，克里特岛的铭文保存了整个拜占庭地区大多数画家的名字。这一切都为历史文化视角的研究提供了理想的环境。因此，对克里特岛铭文的科学记录和评价将为我们提供一种迟来的和不可或缺的工具，这将是对基础研究的重要贡献，并将作为进一步研究其他广泛领域的起点。

The objective of the project is to thoroughly and systematically document the Greek inscriptions of Crete in the time of the Venetian occupation (1211-1669) and to evaluate them from a historical-cultural point of view. On the present state of knowledge there are 462 inscriptions on 343 media, the great majority of which is located in rural churches and monasteries.The significance of this rich treasure of inscriptions, which surprisingly has been little considered in the previous research, lies firstly in the transmission of valuable historical, church historical, sociological and cultural information and secondly in their important references, which provide insights for art historians and philologists. In this sense the inscriptions are a true treasure trove. The information they contain allow insights into the nature of the society which produced them, their religious and political ideas as well as conclusions regarding patronage and its motives, the painting workshops active on the island and the language and expressions used. From this period and these rural areas, other than these sources there is hardly any written evidence in Greek, apart from some literary works whose information is more important for understanding the history of Cretan cities. Furthermore, the Venetian occupation (1211-1669) and the geopolitical position of Crete between the East and the West provide an especially fascinating framework, which is of essential significance for European Medieval Studies. Moreover it should be highlighted that compared to other regions of the Byzantine cultural sphere, a very high percentage of the Cretan inscriptions are dated. In addition, it is notable that the Cretan inscriptions preserve the majority of the painters names from the entire Byzantine area. All this offers ideal circumstances for research into the historical-cultural point of view.The scientific documentation and evaluation of the Cretan inscriptions will thus provide us with an overdue and indispensable tool, which will be an important contribution to fundamental research and will serve as a starting point for further examinations into an extensive range of other areas.