Valonia. A Journal of Anatolian Pasts 1 (2024)Istanbul 2024ISSN 3062-0120216 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb. / num. b/w-figs., 26 x 19 cm; broschiert / softcover

Engin Akyürek – Merve Özkılıç (eds.),A Century of Byzantine Studies in Turkey.Papers from the Sixth International Sevgi Gönül Byzantine Studies Symposium,Istanbul, 22–24 June 2023Istanbul 2025ISBN 978-605-9388-33-7XXX + 680 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 24,5 x 19,5 cm; broschiert/softcoverThe International Sevgi Gönül Byzantine Studies Symposium, which has been held annually for the last seventeen years has made a remarkable contribution to the development of Byzantine studies in Turkey. The Sixth Symposium was held in 2023, marking the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Republic. The symposium took this opportunity to evaluate the progress of Byzantine studies in Turkey through a common platform, thus the title became, “A Century of Byzantine Studies in Turkey.” This volume contains the 27 papers presented at the symposium, investigating the different aspects of academic and archeological studies regarding Byzantium in the country, including analysis on the role of universities, field studies, restorations, museology and publishing among a range of topics.

Yelyzaveta I. Akhypova, Icons from the 10th–13th centuries in Stone, Bone and Ceramics from Ukraine.A catalogueCluj – Napoca 2025ISBN 978-606-020-907-2256 S./pp., Farb- und S/W-Abb./colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 22 cm; kartoniert/hardcover This book is devoted to a very special circle of works that have reached us from the art of Kyiv Rus of the late 10th-11th centuries, and from the artistic heritage of those principalities, which after the collapse of the vast Kyiv state were formed in the southern and south-western parts of its territory. These principalities continued to exist in the 12th-13th centuries, until the invasion of the Tatar-Mongol hordes in 1230-40s, i.e. in the pre-Mongol period, and partly survived in the following decades. When it comes to the artistic culture of that vast world, we usually remember, first of all, the ecclesiastical architecture, the mosaics and the frescoes of the churches of Kyiv and Chernihiv, the enormous 11th-century icons of Novgorod, made, apparently, by artisans then visiting Kyiv, the miniatures of the 1056-57 Ostromir Lectionary, the decorations of other outstanding illustrated manuscripts, as well as the precious gold and silver jewelry, decorated with cloisonné enamel and other exquisite methods of jewelry art. The monumental sculpture also existed in that world: carvings in white stone (limestone) on the facades of some churches, narrative and ornamental plastic of certain interior elements such as remarkable reliefs(both patterned and narrative) on the slate slabs that decorated Kyiv’s churches. However, monumental sculpture and relief played relatively a modest role in that artistic world. This assessment of the role of sculpture will not change much even if we recall the existence of wooden sculpture, the art inherited from pagan times and known to us from the few surviving relatively late works of the north-east and north-west of Rus, which being largely primitive in nature have reached us only in small numbers due to the poor preservation of the material employed. (Foreword by Engelina Smirnova).

Zavercan Öztürk – Yavuz Yeğin – Murat Özyıldırım, Cambazlı KilisesiAnkara 2025 ISBN 978-625-6925-75-5109 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 19 x 13 cm; broschiert/softcover

Andreas Gkoutzioukostas – Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt – Dimitrios P. Drakoulis (eds.), Lead Seals in Byzantine Thrace (6th-12th c.) Proceedings of the International Conference Sigillography Meets Historical Geography. Vienna, 19 April 2023Thessaloniki 2023ISBN 978-960-656-186-3 502 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Constantinos M. Constantopoulos, Byzantine Lead Seals – The Stamoules’ Collection(Siatras Numismatic Studies, 10)Athens 2023ISBN 978-628-5818-00-5 108 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 23,5 x 16 cm; broschiert/softcoverAnastasios Stamoules was a Greek born in 1843 at the small town of Selymbria, Eastern Thrace, then a part of the Ottoman Empire. He studied in the Orthodox College of the Oecumenical Patriarchate at Constantinople. From very young age, he had started collecting objects relating to the history of Thrace. As a result a huge collection of Greek, Roman and Byzantine objects was formed. Unfortunately the biggest part of this collection was stolen by the troops of the Allies during WW I. The forced population displacement of the 1920's lead the whole family in Athens. In 1924 Stamoules donated the coins and the lead seals that managed to bring with him to the Numismatic Museum. This book presents in detail the Byzantine lead seals of Stamoules' Collection. What is important is that all seals were locally collected, at the small area around Selymbria, one could justifiably call it "the Selymbria Collection". The Byzantine city was an important strategic settlement located in the interior of the Long Walls of Thrace, at the end of Via Egnatia, it also was a religious centre, as is still obvious from the remains of many churches that survive. It is mentioned in the sources as an archdiocese and later as a metropolis. Therefore the seals of the Collection can also be used as a primary material for historical studies.

Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt, Ὁ Χριστὸς αὐτὸς σφραγὶς ἀσφαλεστάτη. Byzantinische Bleisiegel der Sammlung Gert BoersemaThessaloniki 2022ISBN 978-960-656-125-2ISBN 978-960-7856-64-7192 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 23,5 x 16 cm; broschiert/softcover This volume contains the edition - along with comments and interpretations - of selected Byzantine lead seals in the collection of Gert Boersema (the Netherlands), which are nearly exclusively unique specimens, dating from the 6th to the 14th century. The inscriptions offer new results and aspects for the Byzantine administrative history, prosopography, historical geography, and economic history, but furthermore concern the Byzantine church, monasteries, domains, and especially the Byzantine aristocracy. Short English abstracts contribute a kind of regestes, representing the value of the contents. The book is an attribution to basic research of Byzantine history. Systematische Edition, Kommentierung und Interpretation erlesener byzantinischer Bleisiegel der Sammlung Gert Boersema (Niederlande) - fast ausschließlich Unikate, die chronologisch vom 6. bis ins 14. Jahrhundert reichen. Aus den Siegelinschriften resultieren neue Ergebnisse und Aspekte zu Verwaltungsgeschichte, Prosopographie, historischen Geographic, Wirtschaftsgeschichte, sowie zu den thematischen Bereichen: Kirche, Klosterwesen, Domänen, Aristokratie. Kurzresümees in englischer Sprache bieten eine Art Regest zum inhaltlichen Wert des jeweiligen Lemmas. Das Buch ist ein weiterer Beitrag zur Grundlagenforschung der byzantinischen Geschichte.

Panayotis Katsafados,The Church of St. George, KariniaInner Mani (1281)Essays on its Epigraphy and Unusual ImageryAthen 2024ISBN 978-618-5611-35-4160 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour- and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 20,5 cm; broschiert/softcover

Enis Karakaya,İstanbul’un Bizans Dönemi Banliyöleri / Istanbul Suburbs in the Byzantine Period Istanbul 2024 ISBN 978-625-99806-3-8X + 336 S./pp., zahlr Farb- und SW-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Ebru Fatma Fındık – Sema Doğan – Vera Bulgurlu,St.Nicholas Church Demre – Myra Istanbul 2024 ISBN 978-605-396-570-1112 S./pp., zahlr Farbabb./num. colour figs., 23,5 x 16,5 cm; broschiert/softcover

Batu Bayülgen – Turgut Saner,Architectural Description of Byzantine Remains in Istanbul. Excavations and Surveys in the City within the Walls (1927 - 2021)Istanbul 2024ISBN 978-625-94334-9-3Set of two volumes (text + folded plates) in a special slipcasevol. I: Architectural Description of Byzantine Remains in Istanbulvol. II: Plans XXII + 696 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./ num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Ayşe Nur Yücetaş, Bizans Maden Sanatında Anikonik Tasvirler.Amasya Müzesi Örnekleriyle Izmir 2023ISBN 978-625-6812-05-5VIII + 224 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./ num. colour and b/w-figs., 27,5 x 19 cm; broschiert/softcover

Basema Hamarneh – Davide Bianchi (eds.),Architecture as Sacred Space. Shaping the Holy in Late Antiquity and ByzantiumWien 2024ISBN 978-3-85161-306-3164 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover Die Publikation versammelt Studien zur Analyse der nicht wahrnehmbaren und doch sehr offensichtlichen Grenze zwischen der Materialität einer architektonischen Konstruktion und dem Sakralen. Die Beiträge versuchen anhand von Beispielen aus der Welt der Spätantike folgende Fragen zu diskutieren: Wie verhalten sich Architektur und sakraler Raum zueinander? Wie sollten sie betrachtet werden? Wie trugen Ritual, Erinnerung und gebaute Umwelt zur kulturellen Ausformulierung heiliger Räume und ihrer Wahrnehmung bei? Und was erklärt die anhaltende Anziehungskraft heiliger Räume?Die einzelnen Kapitel befassen sich mit den architektonischen Gegebenheiten in Orten und Gebieten von Bordeaux bis Rom, von Hierapolis bis Konstantinopel und von Shivta bis Aksum.

Andreas Külzer – Veronika Polloczek – Mihailo St. Popović (Hrsg.), Raum und Geschichte. Der historische Atlas "Tabula Imperii Byzantini" an der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften(Studies in Historical Geography and Cultural Heritage, 3)Novi Sad 2020ISBN 978-86-6263-305-7 239 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Taf./num. colour and b/w-pls., 22,5 x 14 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Andreas Külzer – Mihailo St. Popović (Hrsg.), Space, landscapes and settlements in Byzantium: Studies in historical geography of the Eastern Mediterranean Presented to Johannes Koder (Studies in Historical Geography and Cultural Heritage, 1)Novi Sad 2017ISBN 978-86-6263-191-6 526 S./pp., Illustrationen, Karten, 22,5 x 14 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverBeiträge teilweise englisch, teilweise deutsch, 1 Beitrag russisch in kyrillischer Schrift

Andreas Külzer (Hrsg.), Herbert Hunger und die Wiener Schule der Byzantinistik. Rückblick und Ausblick(Studies in Historical Geography and Cultural Heritage, 2)Novi Sad 2019ISBN 978-86-6263-243-2 350 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Taf./num. colour and b/w-pls., 22,5 x 14 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Mehmet Emin Yılmaz,Kiliseye Çevrilen Türk Eserleri / The Turkish Monuments Converted into ChurchesIstanbul 2020ISBN 978-975-7618-70-6XXVIII + 569 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Esra Keskin,Küçük Asya'da kutsal kent Euchaita ve Bizans dönemi taş eserleri / The holy city Euchaita in Asia Minor and the stoneworks of Byzantine periodIstanbul 2015ISBN 978-605-9825-97-9229 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 24 x 16 cm; broschiert/softcover

Éva Garam, Funde byzantinischer Herkunft in der Awarenzeit vom Ende des 6. bis zum Ende des 7. Jahrhunderts(Monumenta Avarorum Archaeologica 5)Budapest 2001ISBN 978-963-9046-59-7 432 S./pp., 40 Farb- und 139 S/W-Taf. / 40 colour and 139 b/w-pls., 28 x 20 cm; broschiert/softcoverantiquarisches Exemplar mit Widmung der Autorin / antiquarian copy with dedication by the author

Pavlina Vladkova,Novae. The Residence of Theoderic the GreatVeliko Tarnovo 2023ISBN 978-954-9489-00-2 80 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour-figs., 20 x 14,5 cm; paperbackzweisprachig englisch-bulgarisch bilingual english-bulgarian

Abdullah Mehmet Avunduk, Rumelihisarı Semtindeki Doğu Roma (Bizans) Üsluplu Plastik Taş EserlerIzmit 2023ISBN 978-605-71715-8-0192 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour-figs., 19,5 x 13,5 cm; broschiert/paperback

Nilay Çorağan, The Wall paintings of the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre ASMS (AKMED Series in Mediterranean Studies) 5 Istanbul 2023ISBN 978-625-8022-57-5XII + 318 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Pavlina Vladkova,Novae: Sector VIII А. Buildings extra murosA residential building, necropolis and basilica from the Early Byzantine periodSofia 2023ISBN 978-954-9489-95-8 232 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 28,5 x 20 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverbulgarisch mit einer ausführlichen englischen Zusammenfassung /bulgarian with an extended summyary in English

Ludovic Bender, Ermitages et monastères rupestres byzantins de Laconie (Péloponnèse). Archéologie et paysages(Studies in Historical Geography and Cultural Heritage, 4)Novi Sad 2022ISBN 978-86-6263-412-2 381 S./pp., 79 Farb- und S/W-Taf./colour and b/w-pls., CD-ROM; 22,5 x 14 cm; kartoniert/hardcover The landscape of the Southeast Peloponnese (Laconia, Greece), a very important region of the Empire in the context of the late Byzantine period, was comprised of important bishopric centers, such as Mistra and Monemvasia, as well as numerous villages, powerful monastic foundations, and smaller hermitages frequently built in caves and isolated settings. Grounded both on systematic fieldwork and detailed surveys of the monuments, this book is the first comprehensive study of the eremitical and monastic landscapes of the region. It investigates the interactions of isolated hermits and established communities, the relationships of large monasteries to smaller foundations, and the interweaving of monastic and rural economies. It aims at identifying the monks themselves, their preoccupations and aspirations, which are reflected not only by the choice of the patron saints of the holy places they founded or the content of the painted decoration but also by the choice of location or a deep relationship with natural elements of the landscape.