The Byzantine Review

ByzRev 06.2024.039: Gregory Tucker, The Hymnography of the Middle Byzantine Ecclesiastic Rite & its Festal Theology.

Eirini Afentoulidou — 2024-06-29

Gregory Tucker, The Hymnography of the Middle Byzantine Ecclesiastic Rite & its Festal Theology. Introduction – Edition & Translation – Commentary (Studies in Eastern Christian Liturgies 5). Münster: Aschendorff 2022. XXVI, 661 pp. – ISBN 978-3-402-21772-6 (€ 68.00)

ByzRev 06.2024.038: Oliver Hellmann – Arnaud Zucker (éds.), On the Diffusion of Zoological Knowledge in Late Antiquity and the Byzantine Period

Stavros Lazaris — 2024-06-25

Oliver Hellmann – Arnaud Zucker (éds.), On the Diffusion of Zoological Knowledge in Late Antiquity and the Byzantine Period (AKAN-Einzelschriften 14). Trier: WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier 2023. 198 p. – ISBN 978-3-86821-982-1

ByzRev 06.2024.037: Alexander Alexakis – Dimitrios S. Georgakopoulos (Hrsg.), Kalligraphos – Essays on Byzantine Language and Literature and Palaeography, from Byzantine Historiography to Post-Byzantine Poetry.

Martin Hinterberger — 2024-06-25

Alexander Alexakis – Dimitrios S. Georgakopoulos (Hrsg.), Kalligraphos – Essays on Byzantine Language and Literature and Palaeography, from Byzantine Historiography to Post-Byzantine Poetry. Festschrift in Honour of Ioannes Mavromatis (Byzantinisches Archiv 42). Berlin – Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2023. XIV, 383 S. – ISBN 978-3-11-100981-0

ByzRev 06.2024.036: John Osborne, Rome in the Ninth Century.

Annie Labatt — 2024-06-21

John Osborne, Rome in the Ninth Century. A History in Art. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2023. xi+348 pp., 53 figs. – ISBN 978-1-009-41537-8

ByzRev 06.2024.035: Joanita Vroom, Feeding the Byzantine City.

Pamela Armstrong — 2024-06-20

Joanita Vroom, Feeding the Byzantine City. The Archaeology of Consumption in the Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 500–1500 (Medieval and Post-Medieval Mediterranean Archaeology 5). Turnhout: Brepols 2023. 350 pp. 157 figures. – ISBN 978-2-503-60566-1

ByzRev 06.2024.034: Giedré Mickunaite, Maniera Greca in Europe’s Catholic East.

Mirosław Piotr Kruk — 2024-06-19

Giedré Mickunaite, Maniera Greca in Europe’s Catholic East. On Identities of Images in Lithuania and Poland, 1380s–1720s (Central European Medieval Studies 6). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press 2023. 238 pp. – ISBN 978-90-485-3270-4

ByzRev 06.2024.033: Catherina Recker, Seraphim und Cherubim in der Spätantike und Byzanz.

Christopher Sprecher — 2024-06-19

Catherina Recker, Seraphim und Cherubim in der Spätantike und Byzanz. Der Dunkle Stil Gottes (Dissertationen der LMU München 63). Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag AG, 2023. 346 pp. – ISBN 978-3-487-16342-0 (€ 60.70).

ByzRev 06.2024.032: Florin Leonte, Ethos, Logos, and Perspective.

Vessela Valiavitcharska — 2024-06-04

Florin Leonte, Ethos, Logos, and Perspective. Studies in Late Byzantine Rhetoric (Routledge Research in Byzantine Studies). London – New York: Routledge 2023. 229 pp. – ISBN 978-1-032-34336-5

ByzRev 06.2024.031: Sergej Pavlovič Karpov, История Таны (Азова) в XIII–XIV вв. [History of Tana (Azov) in the XIII–XIV centuries].

Rafał Quirini-Popławski — 2024-06-04

Sergej Pavlovič Karpov, История Таны (Азова) в XIII–XIV вв. [History of Tana (Azov) in the XIII–XIV centuries]. Vol. I: Тана в ХIII–XIV вв. [Tana in the XIII–XIV centuries] (Новая Византийская библиотека. Исследования). Saint Petersburg: Алетейя 2021. 378 pp., 6 figs. – ISBN 978-5-00165-314-1

ByzRev 06.2024.030: Mirela Ivanova, Inventing Slavonic.

Vladislav Knoll — 2024-06-02

Mirela Ivanova, Inventing Slavonic. Cultures of Writing between Rome and Constantinople (Oxford Studies in Byzantium). Oxford: Oxford University Press 2024. 247 pp. – ISBN 978-0-19-889150-5

ByzRev 06.2024.029: George Theotokis – Dimitrios Sidiropoulos, Byzantine Military Rhetoric in the Ninth Century.

Jonathan T. Wild — 2024-06-02

George Theotokis – Dimitrios Sidiropoulos, Byzantine Military Rhetoric in the Ninth Century. A Translation of the Anonymi Byzantini Rhetorica Militaris. Abingdon: Routledge 2021. vii, 97 pp. – ISBN 978-0-367-90208-7

ByzRev 06.2024.028: Patria von Konstantinopel. Text, Übersetzung und Kommentar von Margarethe Billerbeck

Albrecht Berger — 2024-06-02

Patria von Konstantinopel. Text, Übersetzung und Kommentar von Margarethe Billerbeck (Opuscula 11). Speyer: Kartoffeldruck-Verlag 2023. 83 S. – ISBN 978-3-939526-62-9.

ByzRev 06.2024.027: Stephanie Rumpza, Phenomenology of the Icon.

György Geréby — 2024-05-28

Stephanie Rumpza, Phenomenology of the Icon. Mediating God through the Image. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2023. 350 pp. – ISBN 978-1-009-31792-4

ByzRev 06.2024.026: Joanna Benčeva, Трапезата във византийско-балканския свят X–XV век

Grigori Simeonov — 2024-05-28

Joanna Benčeva, Трапезата във византийско-балканския свят X–XV век [Die Ernährung in Byzanz und auf dem Balkan, 10.–15. Jahrhundert]. Sofia: ИК „Гутенберг“ 2019. 316 S. – ISBN 978-619-176-157-9

ByzRev 06.2024.025: Tenčo Popov, Солун и Епир под върховната власт на цар Йоан II Асен след 1230 г.

Francesco Dall’Aglio — 2024-05-21

Tenčo Popov, Солун и Епир под върховната власт на цар Йоан II Асен след 1230 г. [Thessalonica and Epirus under the Sovereignty of Tsar Ivan Asen II after 1230]. Sofia: Университетско издателство ‟Св. Климент Охридски” 2023. 270 pp. – ISBN 978-954-07-5674-5

ByzRev 06.2024.024: Anthony Kaldellis – Marion Kruse, The Field Armies of the East Roman Empire, 361–630.

Adrastos Omissi — 2024-05-21

Anthony Kaldellis – Marion Kruse, The Field Armies of the East Roman Empire, 361–630. Cambridge – New York: Cambridge University Press 2023. xviii+205 pp. – ISBN 978-1-009-29694-6

ByzRev 06.2024.023: Paul Gonetz, Antike und Byzantinische Compendia medica.

Thibault Miguet — 2024-05-21

Paul Gonetz, Antike und Byzantinische Compendia medica. Ihre Intention und Dimension für die Medizin- und Pharmaziegeschichtsschreibung (Byzantinisches Archiv – Series Medica 3). Berlin – Boston: De Gruyter 2023. ix+293 pp. – ISBN 978-3-11-105823-8

ByzRev 06.2022.022: Panagiotis Ch. Athanasopoulos (ed.), Translation Activity in the Late Byzantine World.

Péter Bara — 2024-05-19

Panagiotis Ch. Athanasopoulos (ed.), Translation Activity in the Late Byzantine World. Contexts, Authors, and Texts (Byzantinisches Archiv, Series philosophica 4). Berlin – Boston: Walter de Gruyter 2022. viii+619 pp., 14 ill., 36 tables. – ISBN 978-3-11-067700-3 (€ 129.95)

ByzRev 06.2024.021: Maria Manolova-Voykova, Византийска керамика от българското черноморско крайбрежие (VIII–XIV в. сл. Хр.)

Vesna Bikić — 2024-05-19

Maria Manolova-Voykova, Византийска керамика от българското черноморско крайбрежие (VIII–XIV в. сл. Хр.) [Byzantine Pottery from the Bulgarian Black Sea Region (8th–14th c.)]. Varna: Онгъл 2023. 354 pp., 11 figs., 122 pls. – ISBN 978-619-258-012-4

ByzRev 06.2024.020: Andreas Rhoby, La letteratura bizantina.

Emanuele Scieri — 2024-05-03

Andreas Rhoby, La letteratura bizantina. Un profilo storico (Studi Superiori). Roma: Carocci 2022. 192 pp. – ISBN 978-88-290-1235-0

ByzRev 06.2024.019: Hans Georg Thümmel, Ikonologie der christlichen Kunst, Band 4: Ostkirche.

Manuela Studer-Karlen — 2024-05-01

Hans Georg Thümmel, Ikonologie der christlichen Kunst, Band 4: Ostkirche. Paderborn: Schöningh 2022. X, 314 S., 162 s/w Abb. – ISBN 978-3-506-78048-5

ByzRev 06.2024.018: Rustam Shukurov, Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 650–1461

Alexandre M. Roberts — 2024-04-26

Rustam Shukurov, Byzantine Ideas of Persia, 650--1461 (Global Histories before Globalisation). London: Routledge 2023. xvii+270 pp. – ISBN 978-1-03-207067-4. Open access at https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003205197

ByzRev 06.2024.017: Diana Mishkova, Rival Byzantiums. Empire and Identity in Southeastern Europe.

Boris Todorov — 2024-04-24

Diana Mishkova, Rival Byzantiums. Empire and Identity in Southeastern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2023. x+357 pp. – ISBN 978-1-108-49990-3

ByzRev 06.2024.016: Christian Gastgeber, Byzantinische Soziographik.

Georgi Parpulov — 2024-04-24

Christian Gastgeber, Byzantinische Soziographik. Der griechische Schreiber und seine Handschrift (Prolegomena Byzantina 1). Baden-Baden: Ergon 2024. 315 pp. – ISBN 978-3-98740-092-6

ByzRev 06.2024.015: Cilliers Breytenbach – Elli Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas.

Felix Schäfer — 2024-04-24

Cilliers Breytenbach – Elli Tzavella, Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas. From Paul to Justinian I (1st–6th cent. AD) (Early Christianity in Greece 1 = Ancient Judiasm and Early Christianity 114). Leiden – Boston: Brill 2023. XXVI, 599 S. – ISBN 978-90-04-50960-3 (€ 174,41)

ByzRev 06.2024.014: Georgios Theotokis, The Campaign and Battle of Manzikert, 1071.

Maximilian Lau — 2024-04-21

Georgios Theotokis, The Campaign and Battle of Manzikert, 1071. Leeds: Arc Humanities Press, 2024. xx+201 pp. ISBN 978-1-64189-435-7

ByzRev 06.2024.013: Niamh Bhalla, Experiencing the Last Judgement

Angeliki Lymberopoulou — 2024-04-03

Niamh Bhalla, Experiencing the Last Judgement (Studies in Byzantine Cultural History). Abingdon – New York: Routledge 2022. xv+381 pp., 53 colour figs. – ISBN ‎978-0-367-89850-2

ByzRev 06.2024.012: Cyril Pavlikianov, Medieval Greek and Slavic Documents of the Athonite Monastery of Hagiou Pavlou (St. Paul) (1010-1580).

Kirill Maksimovič — 2024-03-28

Cyril Pavlikianov, Medieval Greek and Slavic Documents of the Athonite Monastery of Hagiou Pavlou (St. Paul) (1010-1580). Critical Edition and Commentary of the Texts. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2023. 343 pp. - ISBN: 978-954-07-5705-6

ByzRev 06.2024.011: Nikolas Bakirtzis – Luca Zavagno (eds), The Routledge Handbook of the Byzantine City.

Philipp Niewöhner — 2024-03-22

Nikolas Bakirtzis – Luca Zavagno (eds), The Routledge Handbook of the Byzantine City. From Justinian to Mehmet II (ca. 500 – ca. 1500). London: Routledge 2024. 508 pp., 115 figs. – ISBN: 978-0-367-19679-0

ByzRev 06.2024.010: Mihail Mitrea, Holiness on the Move.

Rosemary Morris — 2024-03-22

Mihail Mitrea, Holiness on the Move. Mobility and Space in Byzantine Hagiography. London – New York: Routledge 2023, xvi + 255 pp.; 31 b/w ills. – ISBN 978-1-032-29079-9 (£120.00)

ByzRev 06.2024.009: Nektarios Zarras, Ideology and Patronage in Byzantium.

Georgi Parpulov — 2024-03-19

Nektarios Zarras, Ideology and Patronage in Byzantium. Dedicatory Inscriptions and Patron Images from Middle-Byzantine Macedonia and Thrace (Βυζάντιος. Studies in Byzantine History and Civilization 21). Turnhout: Brepols 2023. 176 pp. 44 figs. – ISBN 978-2-503-60532-6

ByzRev 06.2024.008: John Osborne, Rome in the Ninth Century.

Chiara Croci — 2024-03-19

John Osborne, Rome in the Ninth Century. A History in Art. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2023. 348 pp. – ISBN 978-1-00-941537-8

ByzRev 06.2024.007: Richard Evans – Shaun Tougher (eds), Generalship in Ancient Greece, Rome and Byzantium.

Jonathan Wild — 2024-03-11

Richard Evans – Shaun Tougher (eds), Generalship in Ancient Greece, Rome and Byzantium. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 2022. 376 pp. – ISBN 978-1-4744-5996-9

ByzRev 06.2024.006: Arabella Cortese, Cilicia as Sacred Landscape in Late Antiquity.

Jon C. Cubas Díaz — 2024-02-25

Arabella Cortese, Cilicia as Sacred Landscape in Late Antiquity. A Journey on the Trail of Apostles, Martyrs and Local Saints (Spätantike, frühes Christentum, Byzanz, Reihe B, Studien und Perspektiven 53). Wiesbaden: Reichert 2022. 480 pp. 43 Ill. 301 Ill. – ISBN 978-3-7520-0637-7 (€ 198.00 DE)

ByzRev 06.2024.005: Michiel D. J. Op de Coul (ed.), Theodori Prodromi Epistulae et Orationes

Ioannis Polemis — 2024-02-14

Michiel D. J. Op de Coul (ed.), Theodori Prodromi Epistulae et Orationes (Corpus Christianorum Series Graeca 81). Turnhout: Brepols 2023. cxxxii+182 pp. – ISBN 978-2-503-54413-7

ByzRev 06.2024.004: Marek Meško, Alexios Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081–1095

Savvas Kyriakidis — 2024-02-12

Marek Meško, Alexios Komnenos in the Balkans, 1081–1095 (New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture). Cham: Palgrave MacMillan 2023. xvi + 425 pp. – ISBN 978-3-031-26295-1

ByzRev 06.2024.003: Alexander Riehle, Die Briefsammlungen des Nikephoros Choumnos.

Ioannis Polemis — 2024-02-10

Alexander Riehle, Die Briefsammlungen des Nikephoros Choumnos. Einleitung, Edition, Übersetzung (Byzantinisches Archiv 43). Berlin – Boston: De Gruyter 2023. xxxv + 529 pp. – ISBN 978-1-614-51601-9

ByzRev 06.2024.002: Maria Bakondiu – Olga Gratziu (Hrsg.), Η γλυπτική στη βενετική Κρήτη (1211–1669).

Chryssa Ranoutsaki — 2024-02-02

Maria Bakondiu – Olga Gratziu (Hrsg.), Η γλυπτική στη βενετική Κρήτη (1211–1669). Τόμ. Α΄: Μελέτες, τόμ. Β΄: Lapidarium. Herakleio: Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης 2022.

ByzRev 06.2024.001: Dariusz Brodka, Prokop von Caesarea

Annegret Weil Helmbold — 2024-01-15

Dariusz Brodka, Prokop von Caesarea (Studienbücher Antike 29). Hildesheim – Zürich – New York: Georg Olms Verlag 2022. 200 S. – ISBN 978-3-487-16270-6