Category Archives: Academic Papers

A Christmas visitor: the Byzantine emperor’s trip to London in the winter of 1400–01

Posted on December 10, 2020 by proverbs6to10

This article first appeared on the website of Dr Caitlin Green. Dr Green writes. The aim of following post is to share an interesting fifteenth-century image of the meeting between King Henry IV and the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos … Continue reading →

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Event – Building God’s Empire: Archaeology, religion and the Byzantine conquest of Africa

Posted on October 31, 2019 by proverbs6to10

This looks like an interesting event to attend for those who can make it. The combination of Justinian, Belisarius, and the idea of rebuilding the western Roman empire is an intoxicating mix, and a great story. To be held at … Continue reading →

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A very long way from home: early Byzantine finds at the far ends of the world

Posted on March 24, 2017 by proverbs6to10

Through the wonders of the complex web and links of social media I came across this post the other day by Dr Caitlin Green on her personal website. She is a historian and writer whose professional interests lie in the … Continue reading →

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SPBS Summer Lecture – Hellenic Centre London, 7 June

Posted on May 31, 2016 by proverbs6to10

The Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies summer lecture will be held on 7 June 2016 at The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington St, London W1U 5AS. Professor Liz James will talk about: Material Faith: the mosaic of the Archangel … Continue reading →

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Monks’ Secret: Asbestos Lurking Beneath Byzantine Wall Paintings

Posted on January 31, 2016 by proverbs6to10

Hundreds of years before asbestos became ubiquitous in the construction industry, Byzantine monks used the fibrous material in plaster coatings underlying their wall paintings during the late 1100s, new research shows. By Joseph Castro First published in Live Science, April … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s Great Musical Gamble

Posted on May 8, 2014 by proverbs6to10

Another article from the New English Review on an interesting subject. I can only imagine that the situation has got worse sincein the middle east in general since this was first written. By Geoffrey Clarfield. First published in the New … Continue reading →

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Irony And Humor In The Semantically Subversive Byzantine Empire

Posted on March 7, 2014 by proverbs6to10

The Byzantine Empire arose after the death of the Roman Emperor Constantine. To make the empire more manageable, it was split into eastern and western halves, with Rome as the seat of the west and Constantinople as the capitol of … Continue reading →

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Event: AD 312 Constantine’s Victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge – British Museum, 3 November 2012

Posted on October 30, 2012 by proverbs6to10

This sounds like a cracker! The Roman Society and the Association for Roman Archaeology will mark the anniversary of the Battle of the Milvian Bridge with a series of four lectures exploring the significance and legacy of the battle, the … Continue reading →

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The Romans as Viewed by Arabic Authors in the 9th and 10th Centuries A.D.

Posted on October 1, 2012 by proverbs6to10

This paper appears in the Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences (Special Issue) Vol. 3, No. 10 (2012) and is by Elias Giannakis. Introduction: Of the peoples that the Arabic authors of the 9th and 10th century showed special interest were … Continue reading →

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Byzantine studies: Intrigue within, perils without

Posted on March 31, 2012 by proverbs6to10

To the modern mind, the world of Byzantium is by turns fascinating, disturbing and puzzling. The eastern Roman empire and the culture it spawned were a powerful presence in global history for more than a thousand years, roughly from the … Continue reading →

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What did the ancients eat?

Posted on May 7, 2011 by proverbs6to10

By Christina Sanoudou First published in ekathimerini.com Thursday May 5, 2011 What were the ancient Greeks’ favorite specialities? How has the diet in the region changed since Byzantine times? These are among the many questions that will be addressed at … Continue reading →

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Christian Themes in Art: The First Christian Art and its Early Developments

Posted on April 19, 2011 by proverbs6to10

I suppose many of us like to think that the age of the internet has opened up access to new resources, giving us free access to things that were once only available to the privileged. This is obviously a truism, … Continue reading →

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The miraculous icon of the Virgin from Chełm

Posted on November 21, 2010 by proverbs6to10

This paper is written entirely in French but having used my best schoolboy French I think it is worthwhile posting for those that have mastered the language better than I. The icon is known as Kholmska Bohorodytsya, the Icon of the … Continue reading →

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