Senachereim in Byzance: New Seals of Theodoros Senachereim from Bulgaria
Introduction. The new seal of proedros Theodoros Senachereim presents the oikeios of emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1081–1118), well-known from written sources. Analysis.
Nikolay A. Alekseienko +1 more
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Was the later emperor Nikephoros Botaneiates the dux of Braničevo and Niš in the 1050s? [PDF]
The mystery concerning a seal type erroneously interpreted in the past, could be solved with the help of a new parallel piece. The legend presents Nikephoros Botaneiates (who later became emperor) as magistros, bestes, bestarches , and doux of ...
Wassiliou-Seibt Alexandra-Kyriaki
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From the History of Byzantine Servile Aristocracy: Chalkoutzes Family in the 10th–11th Centuries
The article is devoted to the genus Chalkoutzes, whose representatives occupied a strong position in the Byzantine aristocracy during the 10th–11th centuries. The author, analyzing documentary, narrative and data of lead seals, presents data on more than
Dmitriy S. Borovkov
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Leo Sgouros is one of the Byzantine magnates who ruled in the northeastern Peloponnese in the late 12th – early 13th centuries. The paper discusses the separatist activity of the Leo Sgouros which allowed him in a short time to create ephemeral ‘state ...
Viktor N. Chkhaidze
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Du livre imprimé au Web sémantique : le projet du Dictionnaire des éditeurs français du xixe siècle
This article aims to describe technical issues of DEF19 project (Dictionnaire des éditeurs français du xixe siècle, i.e. 19th-century French Publishers Dictionary).
Jean-Charles Geslot +1 more
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Berkeley Prosopography Services: Building Research Communities and Restoring Ancient Communities through Digital Tools [PDF]
Berkeley Prosopography Service (BPS) is an innovative open-source digital tool and service that automatically extracts prosopographic data from TEI-encoded text and generates visualizations of the dynamic social networks contained in the text corpora ...
Laurie Pearce +3 more
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We Could, but Should We? Ethical Considerations for Providing Access to GeoCities and Other Historical Digital Collections [PDF]
We live in an era in which the ways that we can make sense of our past are evolving as more artifacts from that past become digital. At the same time, the responsibilities of traditional gatekeepers who have negotiated the ethics of historical data ...
Bastian M. +11 more
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Exchanging logoi for aloga: cultural capital and material capital in a letter of Michael Psellos [PDF]
In a letter to his friend Iasites (Sathas 171), Michael Psellos proposes that he give the letter itself in exchange for a horse. Exploiting the polysemy of alogon and logos in Greek, Psellos is able to frame this playful representation of a gift exchange
Bernard, Floris
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Misreading in the Name of Companions of Prophet Mohammad [PDF]
Misreading-tashif- being interpreted as an alteration in the dots and letters of a word while keeping its original structure is one of the corruptions of written sources which is also noticeable in the sources of history of Islam.
Ramezan Mohammadi
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Standards for Networking Ancient Person-data: Digital approaches to problems in prosopographical space [PDF]
Prosopographies disambiguate names appearing in sources by creating lists of persons, but the progress of scholarship now makes these lists difficult to maintain.
Bodard, Gabriel +5 more
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