Details of evidence of Jewish community in the Byzantine Empire

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	Details of evidence 1056
	Where was this Jewish community?	Methone (Messenia; Modon; Methoni)
	When is there evidence of this Jewish community?	1497
	Which occupation?	Silk, production (High-grade ) ; Artisans, women (Jewish women who were producing and selling silk belts, caps, veils and scarves)
	Which residential condition?	Jewish street (One of the streets in the town’s suburbs was entirely inhabited by Jews)
	Reference.	Letts 1946: 81; Starr 1949: 64; Nanetti 2012: 217
	Link to Pleiades.	http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570483

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Free to use but please cite
"de Lange, N, A. Panayotov and G. Rees (2013):
Mapping the Jewish Communities of the
Byzantine Empire available at www.byzantinejewry.net"
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Details of evidence 1056