Dumbarton Oaks Papers Number Twenty-Nine

Published by Dumbarton Oaks Center For Byzantine Studies, Washington DC, 1975

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Large quarto volume bound in original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. Contains the following essays: Peter Charanis - Cultural Diversity and the Breakdown of Byzantine Power in Asia Minor; Helene Ahrweiler - L'experience nicenne; Speros Vryonis, Jr. - Nomadization and Islamization in Asia Minor; Nicole Thierry - L'art monumental byzantin en Asie Mineure du XI siecle au XIV; Anthony Bryer - Greeks and Turkmens / The Pontic Exception; Stephen Hill - The Early Christian Church at Tomarza, Cappadocia. A Study Based on Photographs Taken in 1909 by Gertrude Bell; Shigebumi Tsuji - The Headpiece Miniatures and Genealogy Pictures in Paris; Lawrence Nees - An Illuminated byzantine Psalter at Harvarard University; Ioli Kalavrezou-Maxeiner - The Imperial Chamber at Luxor; Judith Herrin - Realities of Byzantine Provincial Government / Hellas and Peloponessos, 1180-1205; Jacques Ryckmans - The Pre-Islamic South Arabian Bronze Horse in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection - with Technical Remarks by I. Vandevivere. Then two Field Reports: Cecil L. Striker and Y Dogan Kuban - Work at Kalenderhane Camii in Istanbul / Fifth Preliminary Report (1970-74); Richard P. Harper - Excavations at Dibsi Faraj, Northern Syria, 1972-74 / A Preliminary Note on the Site and its Monuments with an Appendisx by Tony J. Wilkinson. Finally, a section of Notes: John W. Nesbitt - the Office of the Oikistikos / Five Seals in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection; Steven H. Wander - The Cyprus Plates and the Chronicle of Fredegar; Stephen Hill - The "Preatorium" at Musmiye. Profusely illustrated throughout, with some plates in color. A fine copy of the book in a fine example of the dust jacket. Fine / Fine. Seller Inventory # 018149

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dumbarton Oaks Papers Number Twenty-Nine

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Center For Byzantine Studies, Washington DC

Publication Date: 1975

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First edition.