It is hard to imagine a more distinguished group Of contributors than the ones assembled here. The catalogue will stand apart from previous scholarship on this subject because it is focused specifically on Crete [and addresses] the kernel of the 'Cretan questioN:namely， how did the restless little socially mixed， commercially dynamic cities on the fringe of an island of peasant small-holders assume the artistic mantle of Constantinople and turn it into a Renaissance art-industry？ This catalogue addresses that kernel through the person of Angelos. Angelos is the product of a generations scholarly effort， and it is exciting to see the components of his painstaking construction laid out here - historical， artistic，economic， social.

Preface 6

AIMI LIA YEROU LANOU

(PRESIDENT OF THE BENAKI MUSEUM BOARD

OF TRUSTEES)

Sponsor's Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

MARIAVASSILAKI

Scientific Committee

Lenders to the Exhibition

Contributors to the Catalogue

PART I:

AROUND 1400:

HISTORICAL REALITY,

ARTISTIC CONDITIONS

I.

Before the Fall: Political and

Economic Conditions in

Constantinople in the Fifteenth

Century

ANGELIKI LAIOU

2.

The History of Crete during the

Fifteenth Century on the Basis

of Archival Documents

CHRYSSA MALTEZOU

3.

Candia between Venice,

Byzantium and the Levant:

The Rise of a Major Emporium

to the Mid-Fifteenth Century

DAVID JACOBY

4.

The Icon in Constantinople

around 14oo

ROBIN CORMACK

5.

From Constantinople to Candia:

Icon Painting around 1400

MARIA VASSILAKI

CATALOGUE TO PART I

PART I1:

THE PAINTING

OF ANGELOS

6.

The Will ofAngelos Akotantos

MARIA KAZANAKI-LAPPA

7.

The Art of Angelos

MARIA VASSILAKI

8.

The LegacyofAngelos

NANO CHATZI DAKIS

CATALOGUETO PART II

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Picture Credits