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Exhibition and lecture offer a Medieval View of Cyprus
November 2, 2021
An exhibition coming up at the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR) in Nicosia explores 15th century Cyprus through the eyes of a traveller. Titled The Grünenberg Experience: A Medieval view of Cyprus, the exhibition looks at the German 15th century traveller Konrad Grünenberg’s visit to Cyprus in 1486.
In collaboration with the Baden State Library in Karlsruhe, and with the sponsorship of the German Embassy and support from the Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt, CVAR will host some of the rarest and earliest illustrations of Cyprus contained in the two manuscript versions of Grünenberg’s journals: the codex kept in the Baden State Library, most probably the author’s own copy of his journal, and the Gotha Research Center codex of the University of Erfurt, which is believed to be a copy that was presented by the author to a dignitary.