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Treasures of the Ferrell Collection
by Jeffrey Spier
James Ferrell has collected Greek and Roman antiquities for many years to satisfy his life-long interest in ancient history. His collection is particularly important for its focus on jewelry, engraved gems and cameos, imperial medallions, and silver plate dating from the end of the Roman Empire and the early Byzantine period (3rd-7th centuries AD). It was at this time that the Roman Empire was gradually overrun by barbarian invaders and shifted ...
Hardback. Price GB £86.00

Nicopolis ad Istrum III: A late Roman and early Byzantine City: the Finds and the biological Remains
edited by Andrew Poulter
This, the third and final monograph, completes the description of the excavations carried out by the British team, part of the Anglo-Bulgarian archaeological programme on the site of Nicopolis ad Istrum in northern Bulgaria, one of the best-preserved ancient cities of the Roman Empire. The site provided a unique opportunity to compare the changing layout and economy of an urban centre from the Roman to the late Roman and the early Byzantine ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £50.00, Our Price GB £14.95

The Rise and Fall of Byzantine Butrint
by Richard Hodges
This lavishly illustrated book details one of the most turbulent periods of Mediterranean history (AD 400-1200) in the light of the latest archaeological results from the Epirote city of Butrint. The flourishing Christian city, with its churches and elaborate mosaic pavements, was gradually replaced first by a succession of homesteads before the re-making of Butrint as a town around AD 1000. However, Byzantine authority was eventually ...
Paperback. Price GB £12.00

Ehrenstatuen in der Spätantike: Chlamydati und Togati
by Ulrich Gehn
German Description:
Ehrenstatuen, konstitutiver Bestandteil der antiken, insbesondere der römischen Stadtkultur und ein ausnehmend konservatives Medium der Selbstdarstellung der gesellschaftlichen Eliten, erfahren in der Spätantike (spätes 3. bis 6. Jahrhundert) einige auffällige Veränderungen. Sie zeigen die Geehrten in zwei bis dahin nicht gekannten Erscheinungsbildern, gekleidet in die Chlamys, einen militärischen Mantel, oder in eine ...
Hardback. Price GB £85.00

Frühbyzantinische textile Kopfbedeckungen: Typologie, Verbreitung, Chronologie und soziologischer Kontext nach Originalfunden
by Petra Linscheid
English summary: The analysis of archaeological textiles in order to write their ancient cultural history is still in its infancy. This study contributes to this process by cataloging more than 600 original pieces of headwear from the late Roman and early Byzantine periods, and evaluates them in terms of their location, date, sociological context, visual and written sources, as well as their precursors and successors. The majority of the ...
Hardback. Price GB £113.00

Nicopolis ad Istrum, The Finds, Vol 1
by Andre G. Poulter, R. F. Falkner and J. D. Shepherd
The report is concerned with the pottery and glass from the 1985-1992 excaations. Contents: Section 1: The Excavations of the Social and Economic Context; The Aims of the Programme and the Excavations; The Results of the Excavations and the History of the Site; The Economical and Social Implications of the Pottery and Glass; Section 2: The Pottery; The Ceramic Analysis: Methodology; Wares and their Associated Types; The Problems of Residuality ...
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The Balboura Survey and Settlement in Highland Southwest Anatolia
by J.J. Coulton with contributions by P. Armstrong, A. Erdentu?, D. H. French, M. Kiel, N.P. Milner, N. Sekunda, P. Roberts, and J.M. Wagstaff
The Balboura Survey, conducted between 1985 and 1994, investigated the settlement history of a small district in the ancient region of Kabalia in the mountains of southwestern Turkey. Although the survey's focus was on the Hellenistic-Early Byzantine city of Balboura and its western territory, the fieldwork revealed significant prehistoric occupation, and the project included research into Ottoman and recent settlement.

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Hardback. Price GB £80.00

The Byzantine World
edited by Paul Stephenson
This massive volume offers a panorama of current research, gathering 31 of the biggest names in Byzantine studies to survey new developments in their particular areas of expertise, to summarise their own recent findings, and to point out future directions and areas of study. The effect, therefore is not to produce anything approaching a comprehensive history, but a series of thought-provoking and often strikingly original takes on dynamic and ...
Paperback. Price GB £32.99
Hardback. Price GB £140.00

The History of Zonaras: From Alexander Severus to the Death of Theodosius the Great
translation introduction and commentary by Thomas M. Banchich and Eugene N. Lane
Zonaras was a Byzantine civil-servant writing in the twelfth century. His Epitome of histories is a massive undertaking, abbreviating and sytnhesising earlier works to create a history of the world from Adam until the Comneni. This volume translates and analyses a small part of it, one of Zonaras' most detailed passages. The commentary is particularly full, identifying and presenting translations of Zonaras' sources, and noting where he diverges ...
Paperback. Price GB £22.99
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New Light on Old Glass: Recent Research on Byzantine Glass and Mosaics
edited by Chris Entwistle and Liz James
This new publication brings together a range of leading scholars from Europe, America and the Middle East to discuss the most recent research in the field of Byzantine glass and mosaics in an interdisciplinary context. New Light on Old Glass explores how mosaics are perhaps the most outstanding examples of Byzantine art which survive; revealing changing aesthetics and issues surrounding the technical production of glass in medieval artistic ...
Paperback. Not yet published - advance orders taken. Price GB £45.00