The Byzantine Review

ByzRev 06.2024.072: Kaya Şahin, Peerless among princes: the life and times of Sultan Süleyman.

András Kraft — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100

Kaya Şahin, Peerless among princes: the life and times of Sultan Süleyman. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2023. XIV + 384 pp. – ISBN 978-0-19-753163-1

ByzRev 06.2024.071: Taisiya Leber, Stifterinnen und ihre Stiftungen auf dem Balkan des Spätmittelalters

Georgi Parpulov — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100

Taisiya Leber, Stifterinnen und ihre Stiftungen auf dem Balkan des Spätmittelalters (Mainzer Veröffentlichungen zur Byzantinistik 17). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2023. xii+490 pp. – ISBN 978-3-447-12089-0

ByzRev 06.2024.070: Nina-Maria Wanek, Cultural Transfer of Music Between Byzantium and the West:

Evangelia Spyrakou — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100

Nina-Maria Wanek, Cultural Transfer of Music Between Byzantium and the West: The Case of the Chants of the So-Called Missa Graeca (Byzantina Austaliensia 27). Leiden: Brill 2024. xxiv+661 pp. – ISBN 978-90-04-51307-5 (€ 239.00 excl. VAT)

ByzRev 06.2024.069: Baukje van den Berg, Homer the Rhetorician: Eustathios of Thessalonike on the Composition of the Iliad. Oxford – New York 2022 | Douglas Olson – Eric Cullhed, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Commentary on the Odyssey. II: Rhapsodies 5–8. Leiden: Brill 2023

Michael Zellmann-Rohrer — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100

Baukje van den Berg, Homer the Rhetorician: Eustathios of Thessalonike on the Composition of the Iliad (Oxford Studies in Byzantium). Oxford – New York: Oxford University Press 2022. xviii + 260 pp. – ISBN 978-0-19-286543-4

Douglas Olson – Eric Cullhed, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Commentary on the Odyssey. Volume II: Commentary on Rhapsodies 5–8. Leiden – Boston: Brill 2023. xxvi + 511 pp. – ISBN 978-9-00-454870-1

ByzRev 06.2024.068: Konstantin M. Klein – Johannes Wienand (eds), City of Caesar, City of God: Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity (Millennium Studies 97).

Haggai Olshanetsky — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100

Konstantin M. Klein – Johannes Wienand (eds), City of Caesar, City of God: Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity (Millennium Studies 97). Berlin – Boston: De Gruyter 2022. xvi, 349 pp. – ISBN 978-3-11-071720-4.

ByzRev 06.2024.067: Christopher James Sprecher, Emperor and God: Passion Relics and the Divinisation of Byzantine Rulers, 944–1204

Brad Hostetler — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Christopher James Sprecher, Emperor and God: Passion Relics and the Divinisation of Byzantine Rulers, 944–1204 (Kulturelles Erbe: Materialität – Text – Edition, 5). Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing 2024. xx + 241 pp. – ISBN 978-3-96822-226-4 (hardcover), 978-3-96822-225-7

ByzRev 06.2024.066: Paul Magdalino, Roman Constantinople in Byzantine Perspective.

Albrecht Berger — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Paul Magdalino, Roman Constantinople in Byzantine Perspective. The Memorial and Aesthetic Rediscovery of Constantine’s Beautiful City, from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance (Brill Research Perspectives in Byzantine Studies). Leiden – Boston: Brill 2024. VI, 169 pp. – ISBN 978-90-04-69889-5 (paperback), 978-90-04-70076-5 (e-book)

ByzRev 06.2024.065: Neil Churchill, Power and Representation in Byzantium: The Forging of the Macedonian Dynasty

Juan Signes Codoñer — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Neil Churchill, Power and Representation in Byzantium: The Forging of the Macedonian Dynasty (Studies in Byzantine Cultural History). London – New York: Routledge 2024. 265 pp. – ISBN 978-1-003-25529-1

ByzRev 06.2024.064: Zhenya Zhekova – Stela Doncheva, Production of Imitative Byzantine Folles in the First Bulgarian Kingdom.

Ilia Curto Pelle — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Zhenya Zhekova – Stela Doncheva, Production of Imitative Byzantine Folles in the First Bulgarian Kingdom. Veliko Tarnovo: Faber 2022. 316 pp., color illustrations. – ISBN 978-619-00-1586-4

ByzRev 06.2024.063: Fotini Kondyli, Rural Communities in Late Byzantium: Resilience and Vulnerability in the Northern Aegean.

Pavel Murdzhev — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Fotini Kondyli, Rural Communities in Late Byzantium: Resilience and Vulnerability in the Northern Aegean. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2022. 302 pp. – ISBN 978-1-10-884549-6

ByzRev 06.2024.062: Charalambos Dendrinos (ed.), Manuelis II Imperatoris Opera Theologica.

Florin Leonte — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Charalambos Dendrinos (ed.), Manuelis II Imperatoris Opera Theologica. De processione Spiritus Sancti, De ordine in Trinitate, Epistula ad Alexium Iagoupem (Corpus Christianorum Series Graeca 71). Turnhout: Brepols 2022. cliv+435 pp. – ISBN 978-2-503-52807-6

ByzRev 06.2024.061: Lara Frentrop, The Art of Dining in Medieval Byzantium

Elena Stamatellou — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Lara Frentrop, The Art of Dining in Medieval Byzantium (Studies in Byzantine Cultural History). Abingdon – New York: Routledge 2023. 188 pp., 18 b/w figures. – ISBN 978-0-36786-001-1

ByzRev 06.2024.060: Alexander Olson, Environment and Society in Byzantium, 650–1150.

Grigori Simeonov — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Alexander Olson, Environment and Society in Byzantium, 650–1150. Between the Oak and the Olive. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan 2020. 258 S. – ISBN 978-3-030-59935-5

ByzRev 06.2024.059: Émeline Marquis (Hrsg.), Epistolary Fiction in Ancient Greek Literature

Michael Grünbart — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Émeline Marquis (Hrsg.), Epistolary Fiction in Ancient Greek Literature (Philologus. Supplemente / Philologus. Supplementary volumes 19). Berlin – Boston: De Gruyter 2023. VIII, 243 S. – ISBN 978-3-11-099624-1

ByzRev 06.2024.058: Maria Tomadaki, Iohannis Geometrae Carmina Iambica

Nikolas Churik — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Maria Tomadaki, Iohannis Geometrae Carmina Iambica (Corpus Christianorum Series Graeca 100). Turnhout: Brepols 2023. lviii, 211 pp. – ISBN 978-2-503-60447-3

ByzRev 06.2024.057: Fabian Stroth, The Church of St. Polyeuktos at Constantinople

Georgios Makris — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Fabian Stroth, The Church of St. Polyeuktos at Constantinople (Elements in the History of Constantinople). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2024. 4, 82 pp. – ISBN 978-1-009-51706-5

ByzRev 06.2024.056: Michael Malone-Lee, Cardinal Bessarion (1403–1472).

Gianmario Cattaneo — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Michael Malone-Lee, Cardinal Bessarion (1403–1472). Most Latin of Greeks, Most Greek of Latins (Studies in Medieval History and Culture). Abingdon – New York: Routledge 2023. 216 pp., 2 ill. – ISBN 978-1-032-44240-2 (£ 135.00)

ByzRev 06.2024.055: Heather A. Badamo, Saint George Between Empires: Image and Encounter in the Medieval East.

Piotr Ł. Grotowski — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Heather A. Badamo, Saint George Between Empires: Image and Encounter in the Medieval East. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press 2023. 264 pp., 24 color and 48 b&w ill., 3 maps. – ISBN 978-0-271-09522-6

ByzRev 06.2024.054: Alessandra Bucossi – Luigi D’Amelia (eds), Nicetae Thessalonicensis dialogi sex de processione spiritus sancti

Tikhon Alexander Pino — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Alessandra Bucossi – Luigi D’Amelia (eds), Nicetae Thessalonicensis dialogi sex de processione spiritus sancti (Corpus Christianorum Series Graeca 92). Turnhout: Brepols 2021. cx + 282 pp. – ISBN 978-2-503-58640-3

ByzRev 06.2024.053: Dieter R. Simon – Diether R. Reinsch, Ἡ Πεῖρα – Die Peira: Ein juristisches Lehrbuch des 11. Jahrhunderts aus Konstantinopel.

Marc D. Lauxtermann — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Dieter R. Simon – Diether R. Reinsch, Ἡ Πεῖρα – Die Peira: Ein juristisches Lehrbuch des 11. Jahrhunderts aus Konstantinopel. Text, Übersetzung, Kommentar, Glossar (Forschungen zur byzantinischen Rechtsgeschichte. Neue Folge 4). Berlin: De Gruyter 2023. 2 volumes, 1245 pp. – ISBN 978-3-11-078629-3

ByzRev 06.2024.052: Marco Fasolio, Ai margini dell’impero.

Brendan Osswald — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Marco Fasolio, Ai margini dell’impero. Potere e aristocrazia a Trebisonda e in Epiro da Basilio II alla quarta crociata. Spoleto: Fondazione Centro Italiano di Studi sull’alto medioevo 2022. xvi + 414 pp. – ISBN 978-8-86-809381-5

ByzRev 06.2024.051: Glenn Peers, Byzantine Media Subjects.

Georgi Parpulov — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Glenn Peers, Byzantine Media Subjects. Ithaca: Cornell University Press 2024. 300 pp., 41 b&w and 38 colour ill. – ISBN 978-1-5017-7626-7

ByzRev 06.2024.050: Vincent Puech, Les élites de cour de Constantinople (450–610).

Fiona Haarer — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Vincent Puech, Les élites de cour de Constantinople (450--610). Une approche prosopographique des relations de pouvoir (Scripta Antiqua 155). Bordeaux: Ausonius 2022. 367 pp., 6 maps. – ISBN 978-2-35613-475-2

ByzRev 06.2024.049: Toby Bromige, Armenians in the Byzantine Empire:

Polina Ivanova — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Toby Bromige, Armenians in the Byzantine Empire: Identity, Assimilation and Alienation from 867 to 1098. London: I. B. Tauris 2023. 208 pp. – ISBN 978-0-7556-4242-7

ByzRev 06.2024.048: Anthony Kaldellis, The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium.

Boris Todorov — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Anthony Kaldellis, The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2024. xxiv + 1133 pp., 8 plates. – ISBN 978-0-197-54932-2 (hardback)

ByzRev 06.2024.047: Jesse W. Torgerson, The Chronographia of George the Synkellos and Theophanes.

Błażej Cecota — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Jesse W. Torgerson, The Chronographia of George the Synkellos and Theophanes. The Ends of Time in Ninth-Century Constantinople (Brill’s Series on the Early Middle Ages 28). Leiden – Boston: Brill 2022. xviii + 458 pp. – ISBN 978-90-04-50169-0

ByzRev 06.2024.046: Jean-Luc Fournet, The Rise of Coptic: Egyptian versus Greek in Late Antiquity

Siegfried G. Richter — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Jean-Luc Fournet, The Rise of Coptic: Egyptian versus Greek in Late Antiquity (The Rostovtzeff Lectures). Princeton: Princeton University Press 2020. X, 206 pp. – ISBN 978-0-691-19834-7

ByzRev 06.2024.045: Giulia Rossetto, Greek Palimpsests at Saint Catherine’s Monastery (Sinai): Three Euchologia as Case Studies

Margherita Matera — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Giulia Rossetto, Greek Palimpsests at Saint Catherine’s Monastery (Sinai): Three Euchologia as Case Studies (Denkschriften der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse 544; Veröffentlichungen zur Byzanzforschung 44). Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press 2023. 293 pp. – ISBN 978-3-7001-8910-7

ByzRev 06.2024.044: Georgi Parpulov, Middle-Byzantine Evangelist Portraits

Kathleen Maxwell — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Georgi Parpulov, Middle-Byzantine Evangelist Portraits : A Corpus of Miniature Paintings (Manuscripta Biblica, Paratextus Biblici 7). Berlin – Boston: De Gruyter 2022. XIV, 167 pp., 79 plates. – ISBN 978-3-11-075463-6

ByzRev 06.2024.043: Georgi Parpulov, Middle-Byzantine Evangelist Portraits

Ioanna Rapti — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200

ByzRev 06.2024.042: Rustam Shukurov, Византия и Азия.

Georgi Parpulov — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Rustam Shukurov, Византия и Азия. Гибель цивилизации [Byzantium and Asia: The Demise of a Civilization]. Saint Petersburg: Наука 2023. 375 pp. – ISBN 978-5-02-040284-3

ByzRev 06.2024.041: Marco Aimone (with contributions by Erica Cruikshank Dodd – Rika Gyselen – Peter Northover – Jack Ogden), The Wyvern Collection: Byzantine and Sasanian Silver, Enamels and Works of Art.

Lara Frentrop — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Marco Aimone (with contributions by Erica Cruikshank Dodd – Rika Gyselen – Peter Northover – Jack Ogden), The Wyvern Collection: Byzantine and Sasanian Silver, Enamels and Works of Art. London: Thames & Hudson 2020. 552 pp. – ISBN 978-0-500-25249-9

ByzRev 06.2024.040: David Khunchukashvili, Die Anfänge des letzten Zarentums

Susana Torres Prieto — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200

David Khunchukashvili, Die Anfänge des letzten Zarentums. Politische Eschatologie in der Moskauer Rus’ zwischen Byzanz und dem Heiligen Römischen Reich (Europa im Mittelalter 42). Berlin – Boston: De Gruyter 2023. 409 pp. – ISBN 978-3-11-079010-8v

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

Eirini Afentoulidou — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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–XV вв. [History of Tana (Azov) in the XIII–XV centuries].

Rafał Quirini-Popławski — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Sergej Pavlovič Karpov, История Таны (Азова) в XIII–XV вв. [History of Tana (Azov) in the XIII–XV 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 — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Sun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Sun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Fri, 03 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200

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 — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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 — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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 — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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 — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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 — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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 — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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, Philipp Pilhofer — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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 — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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 — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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 — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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 — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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 — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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