Results for: Byzantine
The Development of the Komnenian Army : 1081 - 1180.
Birkenmeier, John W.
Leiden: Brill, 2002.
Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges. 263 p. w/glossary, bibliography, index. A detailed history of Byzantine armed forces under this dynamic medieval dynasty.
Price: $125.00
Oriental Forerunners of Byzantine Painting. University of Chiago Oriental Institute Publications Volume 1.
Breasted, James Henry editor.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1924.
Tall quarto (oversized). Ex-library with all stickers and faults associated with that condition. Wear to edges and corners of boards. Corners bumped. 105 p. w/illustrations, maps, diagrams and additonal pages with 23 plates at end.
Price: $30.00
Byzantine Papers : Proceedings of the First Australian Byzantine Studies Conference, Canberra, 17 - 19 May 1978.
Elizabeth and Michael Jeffreys and Ann Moffatt, editors.
Canberra: Humanities Research Centre, Australian Nationaal University, 1981.
Octavo sized. Light wear to edges of covers with some minor scuffing and slight browning to edges of covers. Name of previous owner written on half title page in ink. Otherwise, clean unmarked text. Tight binding. Light foxing to upper edges of pages. 156 pages plus 13 plates with notes after each essay. The essays in this work are: 1. Thoughts on Some Early Medieval Miracles, 2. Malalas and Justinian's Codification, 3. Theophanes' Account of the Reign of Heraclius, 4. Byzantium and the Arabs : The Image of the Byzantines as Mirrored in Arabic Literature, 5. Illustrations from the "Triumph" of Joseph the Patriarch, 6. Anglo-Saxons and Icelanders at Byzantium, with Special Reference to the Icelandic Saga of St. Edward the Confessor, 6. Literary Evidence for the Dating of the Backovo Ossuary Frescoes, 7. The Vernacular ... for Agnes of France, 8. The Later Greek Verse Romances : A Survey, 9. Bessarion before the Council of Florence : A Survey of His Early Writings (1423-1437).
Price: $65.00
Interaction of the "Sibling" Byzantine and Western Cultures in the Middle Ages and Italian Renaissance (330 - 1600).
Geanakoplos, Deno Jean.
New Haven, CT.: Yale University Press, 1976.
Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has wear to edges with a few nicks and some scuffing to covers with heavy wear along spine. Light foxing to upper and fore-edges of pages. Name and address of previous owner written on front free endpaper. Errata sheet by half-title page. 416 pages with chronolgy, maps, endnotes, appendix (Latin text of Chalcondyles' Discourses), bibliography, and index. A mutli-discipline examination of the interactions between Byzantine culture and that of the Latin West from the early Middle Ages to the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
Price: $50.00
The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World.
Laiou, Angeliki E. and Roy Parviz Mottahedeh.
Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Center For Byzantine Studies, 2001.
Small quarto (slightly oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. Slight scuffing to covers of dj and boards. 297 p. w/ notes, illustrations, index. A collection of essays viewing the Crusades from the perspectives of different factions. Essays include: The Idea of Jihad in Islam before the Crusades; The land of war : Europe in the Arab Hero Cycles; The Crusaders Through Armenian Eyes; Byzantine Perceptions of Latin Religious "Errors"; Byzantine Trade with Christians and Muslims in the Crusades; and more.
Price: $135.00
Icons and Power : the Mother God in Byzantium.
Pentcheva, Bissera V.
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006.
Small quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. 302 p. w/ color and b&w illustrations, notes, extensive bibliography, index. An important study that investigates the "fusion of Marian cult and imperial rule with the powers assigned to the images" of the Virgin Mary. uncommon.
Price: $250.00
