Late Antiquity & Byzantium
The Roman Empire from the rise of Christianity in the fourth century to its fall in the west in the fifth, and the Eastern/Byzantine Empire through to its fall in the fifteenth century.
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Codex Washingtonianus: An Analysis of the Textual Affiliations of the Freer Gospels Manuscript [Hardback]
Megan Burnett (Author)
£85.00ISBN: 9781463244514
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Texts and Studies
Volume: 27
This book investigates the biblical text of Codex Washingtonianus, also called the Freer Gospels, Codex W and GA 032. There are numerous distinctive features in this early and important gospel book, including the differing affiliation of its text ... .... Learn More -
Jacob of Sarug's Homily on Paul's Word to Seek What is Above and on Outer Darkness: - [Paperback]
Dominique Sirgy (Editor)
£22.00ISBN: 9781463244644
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity
Volume: 76
Jacob of Sarug's homily on the Apostle Paul's advice to those who prioritise worldly matters, leading to an afterlife remote from God. .... Learn More -
Butrint 6: Excavations on the Vrina Plain Volume 1: The Lost Roman and Byzantine Suburb [Paperback]
Simon Greenslade (Editor)
£39.95ISBN: 9781789258790
Published by : Oxbow Books
Butrint 6 describes the excavations carried out on the Vrina Plain by the Butrint Foundation from 2002–2007. Lying just to the south of the ancient port city of Butrint, these excavations have revealed a 1,300 year long story of a changing communi... .... Learn More -
Ancient Arms Race: Antiquity's Largest Fortresses and Sasanian Military Networks of Northern Iran: A joint fieldwork project by the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and the University of Edinburgh (2014–2016) [Hardback]
Eberhard Sauer (Author); Jebrael Nokandeh (Author); Hamid Omrani Rekavandi (Author)
£90.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789254624
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: British Institute of Persian Studies Archaeological Monograph Series
Volume: 7
Which ancient army boasted the largest fortifications, and how did the competitive build-up of military capabilities shape world history? Few realise that imperial Rome had a serious competitor in Late Antiquity. Late Roman legionary bases, normal... .... Learn More -
Jacob of Sarug's Homily on the Fashioning of Creation [Paperback]
Edward Mathews Jr. (Editor)
£56.00ISBN: 9781463243869
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity
Volume: 67
Recognised as a saint by both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d. 521) produced many narrative poems that have rarely been translated into English. Of his reported 760 metrical homilies, only a... .... Learn More -
The Text of the Gospels in Gregory of Nazianzus [Hardback]
Sally Guthrie (Author)
£109.00ISBN: 9781463243371
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Texts and Studies
Volume: 28
Quotations in early Christian writers provide important evidence for the text of the New Testament as well as the ways in which Scripture was used and received in the early Church. The fourth-century archbishop Gregory of Nazianzus was one of the ... .... Learn More -
Mehmet the Conqueror and Constantinople: A Portrait of Youth and Ambition [Hardback]
Christopher Eimer (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781912667666
Published by : Spink Books
In its significance for both Islam and Christianity, and ultimately the wider world, the fall of Constantinople on 29 May 1453 was to herald the dawn of the early modern period and bring universal recognition to the man forever known as Mehmet the... .... Learn More -
Constantinople: Archaeology of a Byzantine Megapolis [Paperback]
Ken Dark (Author); Ferudun Özgümüş (Author)
£35.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789258066
Published by : Oxbow Books
Istanbul, Europe's largest city, became an urban centre of exceptional size when it was chosen by Constantine the Great as a new Roman capital city. Named after him, the city has been studied through its rich textual sources and survi... .... Learn More -
Jacob of Sarug's Homily on the Love of God towards Humanity and of the Just towards God [Paperback]
Dominique Sirgy (Editor)
£21.00ISBN: 9781463244323
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity
Volume: 74
Jacob of Sarug's homily chronicles the unravelling of God's love in sacred history and the inability of humankind to return God's love and grace. .... Learn More -
The Stanzaic Poems of Jacob of Serugh: A Collection of His Madroshe and Sughyotho [Paperback]
Sebastian Brock (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781463244309
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Texts from Christian Late Antiquity
Volume: 72
Although the verse homilies of Jacob of Serugh are well known to lovers of Syriac literature, his stanzaic poetry, in the form of madroshe and sughyotho, have been largely forgotten. This volume contains twenty-five poems preserved in their comple... .... Learn More
