 Professor Turyn has published books on Greek manuscripts in the Vatican Library, and here he examines book scripts and subscriptions from the dated Greek manuscripts in the libraries of Great Britain.  These to-scale facsimile reproductions, one hundred ninety-eight in total, provide ample paleographical material that will help in dating other manuscripts. The author presents the chronological evidence and extensively interprets the prosopographical and linguistic elements of the manuscripts. At the same time he elucidates the origins of a manuscript, its character as a document of Byzantine culture, and its role in the transmission of ancient and medieval Greek literature.  

Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteen and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Great Britain (Dumbarton Oaks Studies)

History

Turyn, Alexander

Europe

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection

The 12,000 coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and the Whittemore Collection at the Fogg Art Museum form one of the greatest specialized collections of Byzantine coins in the world. The catalogue, edited by Alfred R. Bellinger and Philip Grierson, publishes the majority of these coins, dating between 491 and 1453, in five volumes. The first volume in the catalogue covers the coins of Anastasius I through Maurice, and includes a history of the collections.

Anastasius I to Maurice, 491–602 (1) (Dumbarton Oaks Collection Series)

Arts & Photography

Bellinger, Alfred R.

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

This description and iconographic analysis of an Olmec pectoral, with an early Maya figure and glyphic text incised on its reverse, offers evidence of the presence of writing in the Late Pre-Classic Maya lowlands.

An Early Stone Pectoral from Southeastern Mexico (Studies in Pre-Columbian Art & Archaeology ; No 2)

Coe, Michael D.

For the first time since Maudslay's magnificent studies of the turn of the century, we have a publication in which new Maya materials are adequately published. Good photographs and easy-to-consult large-scale foldout drawings...This is a detailed and successful attempt to utilize all of the available information, calendrical, mythological, and historical, to reach as full an interpretation as is possible.

Three Maya Relief Panels at Dumbarton Oaks (Studies in Pre-Columbian Art & Archaelogy ; No 2)

Benson, Elizabeth P.

This is a reprint of the second revised edition of the text and translation of the De Administrando Imperio written and compiled by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in the tenth century. It contains a wide variety of information on both foreign relations and internal administration and is one of the most important historical documents surviving from the Middle Byzantine period. Its confidential character and generally honest appraisal of the empire’s political situation enhance its value for students of Byzantium and Europe during this period. The edition includes general and critical introductions, an index of proper names, and an extensive glossary, as well as grammatical notes and an index of sources and parallel passages.

Constantine Porphyrogenitus: De Administrando Imperio (Dumbarton Oaks Texts)

Porphyrogenitus, Constantine

Ancient Civilizations

In volume 2 of this series, Part I examines Phocas and Heraclius (602–641) and Part II covers the period between Heraclius Constantine to Theodosius III (602–717).

Phocas to Theodosius III, 602–717 (2) (Dumbarton Oaks Collection Series)

Grierson, Philip

History & Criticism

Dumbarton Oaks is indeed fortunate in having been able to enlist the scholarship and experience of Kurt Weitzmann for the preparation of this volume, which goes beyond the normal limits of a catalogue and which will be a source of the greatest interest to scholars and students in Byzantine and allied mediaeval studies.

Ivories and Steatites (3) (Dumbarton Oaks Collection Series)

Weitzmann, Kurt

The 12,000 coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and the Whittemore Collection at the Fogg Art Museum form one of the greatest specialized collections of Byzantine coins in the world. The catalogue, edited by Alfred R. Bellinger and Philip Grierson, publishes the majority of these coins, dating between 491 and 1453, in five volumes. The third volume in this catalogue is in two parts. Part I examines Leo III to Michael III (717?867) and Part II covers the period between Basil I and Nicephorus III (867?1081). Continuing the practice established in volume two, an extensive general introduction treats the historical background, the monetary system, mints and mint activity, and types and inscriptions, while the introduction to each reign covers chronology, main features of the coinage, and types issued by mint.

Leo III to Nicephorus III, 717–1081 (3) (Dumbarton Oaks Collection Series)

ix + 226 pp. with 102 figs. & 11 illus. 8vo.

Mesoamerican Writing Systems: A Conference at Dumbarton Oaks, October 30th and 31st, 1971 (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)

Proceedings of a cutting-edge conference at Dumbarton Oaks on death and the afterlife in pre-Columbian America.

Death and the Afterlife in Pre-Columbian America

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