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Current Lecture Programme Tuesdays at 6:00pm. Members and Guests. Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly W1J 0BE If you are not a member, and would like to attend a lecture as a guest of the Society, click here to send your name, contact details, and the subject of the lecture you would like to attend. We will confirm your attendance by email. The Society welcomes new members. If you are interested in joining the Society further details can be given to you when you attend the lecture. | |
2010
| 27 April | Bet McLeod A closer look at the Chalcis Treasure The Chalcis Treasure was discovered in the 1860s in the town of Chalcis on the island of Euboea, Greece, and comprises over 300 pieces of jewellery and small items of personal adornment. The collection is now divided between the British Museum and the Ashmolean Museum. It is thought the Treasure was hidden prior to the 1470 Turkish invasion of the island, then known as Negroponte and one of the most significant trading ports in the Venetian maritime empire. The Treasure contains objects of varying dates, ranging from the 13th to the 15th centuries, and of such different stylistic affinities as the Byzantine Empire and contemporary Western Europe. |
| 25 May | Barbara Armbruster Riches beyond compare: gold jewellery from an ancient Scythian burial in Siberia In 2000-2003 an undisturbed 'royal' burial of a man and woman in the Tuva Republic, Siberia, was excavated by a joint German-Russian research team. Thousands of gold articles decorated in the Scythian animal style, dated to the late 7th century BC, were discovered. This lecture will describe the gold, which is extraordinary not only for its sheer quantity, beauty and workmanship, but also for the variety of techniques employed, and for the different methods used to decorate the clothing of the man and the woman. |
| 22 June | Susan Stronge An aspect of Indian jewellery |
| 28 September | Simone Michel Magical gems from Roman Egypt |
| 26 October | Gillie Hoyte Byrom Fired with Enthusiasm - a personal journey creating enamel portrait miniatures |
| 23 November | Susan Cross The creative journey |