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The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
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The Weight of a Glass Coin in Akmonia

Tarih Dergisi
The main subject of this paper is one of the glass coin weights of the Early Byzantine period, which was minted by the governor of Constantinople and the authorities of other major cities of the Empire from the 6th to the mid-7th century to control their
Emre Taştemür, Münteha Dinç
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Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa) in Substantiating Justice in Land Tax

The Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the relationship between the systemization of kharāj (land tax) and the higher objective of Islamic law or Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa. After the conquest of Sawād region (located in modern‐day southern Iraq), the First Caliph ʿUmar (634 ‐ 644 CE) introduced a new approach to the distribution of ghanīmah (spoils of war), leaving ...
Öznur Özdemir, Mehmet Asutay
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Cotton textiles from the Byzantine period to the Medieval period in ancient Palestine

Revue d'ethnoécologie, 2019
In ancient Palestine, the early presence of cotton textiles can only be attested by one net dated to the Roman period. Cotton was first imported in small quantities during the Byzantine period, in the 5th-7th c. CE.
Orit Shamir
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Archeo‐Inspiration from the Cultural History of Glass: Historic Accounts, Anecdotes and Hard Facts as Challenges to Modern Material Science

Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 16, 17 March 2026.
Glass, historically valued for its purity and durability, has long inspired artists and societies. This article introduces the concept of “Archeo‐Inspiration”, drawing on cultural and historical contexts of glass to guide future material innovations.
Eva von Contzen, Julia von Ditfurth, Fabian Stroth, Bastian E. Rapp   +3 more
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Iconographic Veneration of St. Gregory Palamas in the Late Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Period

Forum Theologicum Sardicense
The study covers a wide range of sources that provide information about the remembrance of St. Gregory Palamas after the fall of Constantinople and its submission to the Ottoman rule (1453).
Svetoslav Ribolov
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Byzantine painting treatises: the case of Codex Panteleimoniensis 259

I Quaderni del MAES, 2018
This article aims to examine the material of a codex entitled Hermeneia of the Painters. The manuscript in question constitutes a copy of an esteemed constitutio textus of late byzantine period regarding the descriptions of Saint’s physiognomy along with
Constantine M. Vapheiades
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Capacity Optimization and Hierarchical Robust Control Verification of Wind–Solar–Diesel Hybrid Microgrid Based on Improved Multi‐Objective Grey Wolf Algorithm

Engineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2026.
To address high‐altitude power transmission challenges, a composite controller was developed to suppress strong wind interference, demonstrating the effectiveness of hierarchical control in complex dynamic systems. Hardware‐in‐the‐loop experiments verified the robustness of the control algorithm, providing methodological support for developing ...
Shaofeng Bai, Jun Zhong
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Byzantine Epic of the French Knight Chateaumorand

Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки
This article discusses French-Byzantine relations in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries and France's participation in the struggle against Ottoman expansion.
Tatiana Viktorovna Kushch
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Byzantine Lead Seal of Constantine, Notarios and Abydikos from Bulgaria

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2019
Introduction. The paper deals with a byzantine lead seal of Constantine, notarios and abydikos, which originated from the vicinity of the medieval fortress of Rusokastro, southeastern Bulgaria. Methods.
Nikolay Kanev
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