History of dance in Cyprus

1500 to 1800

Le Mélante du St. Videl. Secretaire de Monseigneur Le Conestable.

Print, 1624. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale. Book cover. The scene represents life in utopian Arcadia, in this case Cyprus.

Female dancers among musicians, from a scene of "Praise the Lord".

Mural dated 1740 approx. Nicosia, Archbishopry.

Cassas, Louis-François: View of the cloister of Bellapais Abbey (Vue du cloître de l'abbaye de Bellapais - Αποψη του μοναστηριού και του αβαϊου του Μελλαπαϊς).

Watercolor dated 1799, 25 x 37 cm. France, Tours, Musée des Beaux-Arts (991-5-2).