16th-Century Ship Graffiti on the Town Walls of Eivissa, Balearic Islands, Spain

Among the historical ship depictions in Eivissa (Balearic Islands, Spain), the graffiti of galleys on the Renaissance city walls are of particular interest. From archival documents the building sequences of this monument can be confirmed. Thus the galley graffiti on the eastern side of the bastion of Sant Bernat can be narrowed down chronologically to slightly after 1568. These graffiti are also interpreted from the social history point of view, in the light of ongoing corsair incursions during the 16th century.
© 2009 The Author     

'On of the Princypalle Havenes of the See': The Port of Famagusta and the Ship Graffiti in the Church of St George of the Greeks, Cyprus

In its 1000-year history the port has been the source of triumph and tragedy for the city of Famagusta, being the conduit through which flowed both enormous wealth and destruction. Today the French medieval and Greek Orthodox churches, and the Venetian walls, though ruined, still carry physical traces of this turbulent society in the form of ship graffiti. Though such images are often classified as 'low-art', they are nevertheless imbued with a deep social significance, which the maritime historian can yet use to get a glimpse of an important, though virtually-forgotten, heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean.
© 2007 The Author     

明宝庆公主墓葬的清理及明代公主墓葬制度分析——兼释赵伯容墓志

2008年9月,南京三山之原发现明太祖朱元璋最幼女宝庆公主墓葬.该墓为前后砖室券顶结构,墓前有绿釉琉璃构件,为研究明代公主墓葬制度提供了新的例证.墓葬遭破坏,仅存墓志,记载了宝庆公主的生平.另于发掘中征集到驸马赵辉之孙赵伯容墓志,为研究赵氏家族历史提供了新的资料.