Dumbarton Oaks papers. Volume 72

Synopsis

Eastern Aristocracies And Imperial Courts : Constantine's Half-brother, Licinius's Prefect, And Egyptian Grain / Raymond Van Dam -- Not A Hospital But A Leprosarium : Basil's Basilias And An Early Byzantine Concept Of The Deserving Poor / Daniel Caner -- Dionysiac And Christian Elements In The Lysos Episode In The Greek Alexander Romance ([beta] Rec.) / Benjamin Garstad -- Verbal And Nonverbal Diplomatic Communication At The Imperial Court Of Constantinople (fifth-sixth Centuries) / Audrey Becker -- The Dux And The Nun : Hagiography And The Cult Of Artemios And Febronia In Constantinople / Aude Busine -- Psalms Useful For Everything : Byzantine And Post-byzantine Manuals For The Amuletic Use Of The Psalter / Michael Zellmann-rohrer -- The Origin And The Members Of The Kamyrzes Family : A Contribution To Byzantine Prosopography / Andreas Groutzioukostas And Alexander-kyriaki Wassiliou-seibt -- Greek Literature In Exile : The Books Of Andronicus Callistus, 1475-1486 / Paul Botley -- Contesting Ceremony, Constructing Byzantium : Reading Pseudo-kodinos In Early Modern Europe / Nathanael Aschenbrenner. Editors, Elena Boeck, Joel Kalvesmaki. Aincludes A Brief Essay And Symposium Program For The Dumbarton Oaks Symposium Rethinking Empire, Held At Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, Washington, D.c., April 21-22, 2017; Symposiarchs: Dimiter Angelov And Paul Magdalino. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.