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John Tzetzes and His Patron: The Puzzle of Isaac Komnenos

Античная древность и средние века
This article clarifies the identity of one of the correspondents of the twelfth-century Byzantine intellectual John Tzetzes. Among the addressees of his epistles was Isaac Komnenos, whose identification has caused controversy among the researchers.
Boris Mikhailovich Frolov
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A Hoard of 12th Century Byzantine Coins

Analele Banatului. Arheologie-Istorie, 2020
The aim of this paper is to present a hoard, which is most likely a fragment of a more extensive treasure and which was recovered by the Romanian judicial authorities in 2014.
Cristiana Tataru
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Review: Emperor John II Komnenos: Rebuilding New Rome 1118-1143, by Maximilian C. G. Lau

Enarratio Publications of the Medieval Association of the Midwest
Lucas McMahon
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“Serbian land” in the Tărnovо inscription of John Asen II in the light of the political and geographical terminology of the time [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta
This study examines the notion of friendship depicted in the epistolary corpus of Euthymios Malakes who served as bishop of Neai Patrai during the second half of the twelfth century.
Komatina Ivana, Komatina Predrag
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Images of Trebizond and the Pontos in Contemporary Literature in English with a Gothic Conclusion [PDF]

, 2016
A Byzantinist specializing in the history of the Empire of Trebizond (1204–1461), the author presents four books of different genres written in English and devoted to the medieval state on the south coast of the Black Sea. The most spectacular of them is
Dąbrowska, Małgorzata
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In the Chronographia, is Michael Psellos’ concern for the army entirely disinterested? [PDF]

, 2012
The present article analyzes Psellos’ commentary on the disarray of the Byzantine army in the Chronographia. The topic is examined in relation to the political circumstances of the time, and the author’s own particular situation.
Vratimos Antonios
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Khoniates' Asia Minor: Earthly and Ultimate Causes of Decline [PDF]

, 2014
A social-historical reading of historical causation in Khoniates' Khronike Diegesis, with particular reference to the information he provides on Asia ...
Nicholas S.M. Matheou
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The Limburg Staurotheke: A Reassessment [PDF]

, 2012
Dedicatory inscriptions on Middle Byzantine reliquaries have been analyzed for their documentary information, including prosopography, provenance, and date. Relying solely on this data limits our understanding of these objects.
Brad Hostetler
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Some Anti-Heretic Fragments in the 14th Century Bulgarian Canon Law Miscellanies [PDF]

, 2014
It is well known that the major anti-heretic written source from the Second Bulgarian Empire is the Tsar Boril’s Synodicon, proved to have been compiled to serve the Synod against the Bogomils, convened in Tărnovo in 1211. However, the subsequent century
Tsibranska-Kostova, Mariyana
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The Byzantine apocalyptic tradition a fourteenth-century Serbian version of the Apocalypse of Anastasia [PDF]

, 2011
Early translations of the Apocalypse of Anastasia into Old Church Slavonic appear in several versions incorporated into miscellanies of the zbornik (collection) type. These texts belong to various genres of religious prose and are usually assembled in
Marjanović-Dušanić Smilja
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