How Long to Read The Art of Dining in Medieval Byzantium

How Long Does it Take to Read The Art of Dining in Medieval Byzantium?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 15 minutes to read The Art of Dining in Medieval Byzantium by Lara Frentrop

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Thousands of intact ceramic bowls and plates as well as fragments made in the medieval Byzantine empire survive to this day. Decorated with figural and non-figural imagery applied in a variety of techniques and adorned with colourful paints and glazes, the vessels can tell us much about those who owned them and those who looked at them. In addition to innumerable ceramic vessels, a handful of precious metal bowls and plates survive from the period. Together, these objects make up the art of dining in medieval Byzantium. This art of dining was effervescent, at turns irreverent and deadly serious, visually stunning and fun. It is suggestive of ways in which those viewing the objects used a quotidian and biologically necessary (f)act – that of eating – to reflect on their lives and deaths, their aspirations and their realities. This book examines the ceramic and metal vessels in terms of the information offered on the foods eaten, the foods desired and their status; the spectacle of the banquet; the relationship between word and image in medieval Byzantium; the dangers of taste; the emergence of new moral and social ideals; and the use of dining as a tool in constructing and enforcing hierarchy. This book is of appeal to scholarly and non-scholarly audiences interested in the art and material culture of the medieval period and in the social history of food and eating.

How long is The Art of Dining in Medieval Byzantium?

The Art of Dining in Medieval Byzantium by Lara Frentrop is 189 pages long, and a total of 48,951 words.

This makes it 64% the length of the average book. It also has 60% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Art of Dining in Medieval Byzantium Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 27 minutes to read The Art of Dining in Medieval Byzantium aloud.

What Reading Level is The Art of Dining in Medieval Byzantium?

The Art of Dining in Medieval Byzantium is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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