The Cyprus Calendar 1950: Terraced Vineyards
Creator:
Smith, Norman
Date:
1950-03
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Printed in lower left recto: Terraced Vineyards, Norman Smith; A country abounding in all things necessary for life. It produceth oyle and grain of several sorts, wine that lastest until the eight yeare; grapes whereof they make raisings of the sunne and sundry herbs, as well physical as for food; George Sandys 1610 (A Relation of a Journey); The Cyprus Calendar 1950; March
Description:
A printed picture of terraced vineyards forms the March page of the Cyprus Calendar (1950). The picture portrays the fertile earth in the Cyprus countryside terraced by the villagers to hold vines. The area must be in the Limassol district where the wine producing villages exist. In the gender division of labour found in rural Cyprus, sowing was an exclusively male activity. In the procreation metaphors employed by Greek Cypriots, the ‘seed’ (sporos) is identified with men while a woman’s womb is likened to the fertile soil.
Dimensions:
26 x 20 cm
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Identifier:
PNT-00296
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© Costas and Rita Severis Foundation
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