Search Results: Byzantine Studies from Leaf and Stone Books

New Rochelle, New York: Aristide d Caratzas Pub. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 089241443x . 736 pp. Illustrated. In English, French, German, Italian and Russian. Black cloth boards with silver gilt have just a bit of shelf wear, a few small stains to the edges not affecting text, otherwise crisp and nice.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

London: Harvard University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0674050673 . Xviii, 343 pages, appendices, notes and index. Light blue glossy dust jacket with black and white picture of saint on the cover, corners creased and top edge slightly bumped. Cloth cover has slight wear at the head, tail and corners. Half title and first blank have corner crease, otherwise interior clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 343 pages .

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Pontifical Inst of Medieval Studies. Good with no dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Softcover. 0888444125 . Vii, 439-764 pp. Indexes, bibliography, concordance.. Part II only. Colored frontis plate portrait of Basil. Bright yellow card covers are generally clean and nice, spine faded to almost white. Interior has owner name and address inside front cover, otherwise clean and good. These essays commemorating the 1600th anniversary of St. Basil's death have been written by a team of international scholars whose expertise ranges from church history, theology, liturgy, iconography to paleography, philosophy and the humanities. The studies open with a new updated chronology of Basil's life and works followed by an analysis of his writings within the context of his activity as an ascetic and churchman. Since no critical edition is as yet available of his complete works, 4 studies are devoted to the manuscript tradition of his writings in Greek and of all the… Read More

Chicago, Illinois: Stanford University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Softcover. 0804718962 . Xv + 504 pp. Notes, glossary, bibliography, index. Nicely illustrated. Octavo. 1st edition, later printing. Glossy soft covers with a 12th century image of Emperor Michael I. Crowning his son Theophylact, in red, gold and blue. Bit of corner curl to the covers, pencil erasure inside first blank, some shelf dust at bottom edge. A classic from Treadgold, well and clearly written. "This is the story of how the Byzantine Empire, led by a succession of extraordinary rulers, emerged from a long decline to reclaim its place as the leading state of the medieval world. Illustrated with 48 halftones and 10 maps." ; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall; 504 pages .

Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 091765188X . KB17...420 pp. First title page in red & black with acanthus border, b/w engraving on verso, decorations and illustrations throughout. Quarto. Burgundy cloth with brilliant gilt to front cover, spine is blank. Covers show minimal signs of shelf wear, interior is clean and bright. The first title says it is Volume One of Byzantine Musical Anthology for Chorus of Three Mixed Voices with Organ Accompaniment. Includes a history of Byzantine Music. The first half of the book is in Greek with occasional English, hymns are in Greek with romanized transliteration below. There is an English section at the rear with translation of the text and hymns. Heavy for international shipping ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 420 pages .

Allendale, NJ: Alleluia Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0911726543 . KB28...72 pp. Index. Octavo. Limited edition of 1000 -- this is the original 1992 printing, not the later 1995. Dark red cloth covers with Byzantine double eagle in bright gilt, virtually no wear. Interior first blank has a pencil erasure on the corner, otherwise fresh and clean. Interior end papers with double eagle. Map of the Byzantine empire. Archbishop Raya's history of the Byzantine Eastern Orthodox church in nearly new condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 72 pages .

Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert. Good. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 9025609686 . xvi + 308 pp. Index. Pale blue original paper wraps have some creases at top edge, and bottom front, corners bit dog-eared, some light shelf soil to wraps. Interior has some glue marks at front hinge, few pages with storage dog-ears, otherwise clean and nice. Contents include Feudal Character of the Administration; Administrative Units; Regional Administrators; Subordinate Officials in the Provinces; Fiscal Apparatus; the Judiciary; the Privileges of Towns. Very hard to find.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Princeton, New Jersey: Darwin Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0878501061 . Xiv + 271 pp with 57 figures on unpaginated pages at rear. Octavo. Edited volume with 11 articles by different contributors. 10 English articles and 1 French. Navy blue cloth boards. Book is in good condition, very clean with no marks. Minimal wear, very faint at base of spine. ; Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam I; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 3 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2011. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0521430933 . KB17...Xxiv, 918 pp. Sources, literature, index. 70 illustrations in the text. Oversized octavo. Rich purple glossy hardcover with white text, a gold coin of Empress Eirene. Covers are clean and unmarked, slightest bit of shelf soil on the edges, interior clean and unmarked. Heavy for international shipping. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 918 pages .

London: Temple Smith. Good in Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0851170641 . 232 pp. Chronology, bibliography, notes, index. Map of Byzantine empire and second of growth of Bulgaria. Hot pink glossy dust jacket is clean, some chips and tears at top corners and spine tips, price clipped. Book itself has some occasional light pencil check marks in the text, otherwise good. Studies the 2 states during the 9th and 10th centuries when the essential features of Bulgarian society and of East Slav society in general were being formed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pages .

London, ET AL: Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521246768 . KB40...vii, 388 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Octavo. Green dust jacket with cream is a bit sun faded but otherwise intact. Book covers are clean, first blank has owner name in ink, otherwise clean and unmarked. A good copy. Surveys the relations between Catholics outside and inside the Ottoman Empire from the fall of Constantinople to 1923, and traces the subsequent history of the Latin Catholics and each of the Eastern Catholic churches in the Ottoman Empire until its dissolution in 1923. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 396 pages .

Chicago: Art Bulletin. Good with no dust jacket. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st Thus. 74 pp. Double page color plates and 74 figures. This is the article from the Art Bulletin, without a title page or other descriptive help, handsomely library bound with marbled boards and 3/4 cloth with gilt to the spine. Bit of rubbing, old library label to bottom front, interior has normal library markings, otherwise clean and nice. The miniatures of the Rockefeller McCormick manuscript (Codex 2400) , a complete Byzantine New Testament, including a full color double page spread. Very nice. ; Ex-Library; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; 74 pages .

Rochester: University of Rochester Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 1580461255 . KB28...x, 283 pp. Index, notes on contributors. Octavo. Black cloth with silver gilt to spine. Covers are clean and unmarked, interior is clean as well. A nice copy. "The historical settings treated here stretch from the Roman Hellenism of Justin Martyr in the second century to the ninth-century programs of religious and moral correction by resourceful Carolingian reformers. Baptismal orations, funerary inscriptions, Christian narratives about the conversion of stage-performers, a bronze statue of Constantine, early Byzantine ethnographic writings, and re-located relics are among the book's imaginative points of entry. This focused collection of essays by leading scholars, and the afterword by Neil McLynn, should ignite conversations among students of religious conversion and related processes of cultural interaction, diffusion, and change both in the historical sub-fields of Late… Read More

Thessaloniki: Byzantine Institute. Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. xi + 188 pages + 141 b/w plates + [7] pgs designs. Illustrated with maps, one folding. Linen cloth boards with red are clean, just a bit of wear at corners and spine tips. Interior clean and unmarked, binding webbing showing at one page, but otherwise very nice. Red and black title pages -- one in Latin, one in Greek. Text entirely in Greek. Loose errata sheet. Heavy, will require additional international postage.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

Leiden; Boston: Brill. Good with no dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 9004149449 . Xv, 403 pp. Bibliography, index. Plate figures at rear of book. Octavo. Dark green cloth with photo of ancient buildings in Cyprus. Covers have minor wear, one scratch. Interior is tight, former owner turned down a couple of corners and left a few small ink marginalia. Priced low to reflect condition but still quite usable. This book was issued with a slightly different cover by Brill in 2005 under the ISBN 9004147675. "This volume is the only scholarly work in English examining the multicultural society of the Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus during the first two centuries of Frankish rule following the conquest of the Byzantine island during the Third Crusade. In this global synthesis based on original research, often in manuscripts, six chapters by acknowledged experts treat the main ethnic groups – Greeks and Franks – and the economy, religion, literature, and art of a frontier society between… Read More

Utrecht: Willen Van De Water. Good with no dust jacket. 1686-87. First Edition. Leather. [8], 108, [12],51, [7], 71, [6] pp. Indices following each section. Octavo. Title page for each part, the first dated 1687, the second two 1686. Contemporary diced calf with triple gilt ruling, spine compartments with gilt, marbled edges, matching marbled end papers, silk page marker still present. Head and tail pieces. Leather is rubbed at extremities, spine gilt mostly gone and spine a bit rubbed, head of spine rubbed. Interior front cover has bookplate of William Markham ( 1719-1807) , the archbishop of York and the namesake for the town in Ontario. Overall title page has a bit of chipping at bottom edge. Paper is clean and unmarked saved for the occasional light foxing. A collection of philological studies of subjects from Greek antiquity, including a study of the Piraeus harbour, as well as the editio princeps of the grammarian Helladius Byzantinus (4th century) , by the Dutch scholarJohannes van… Read More

Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Good with no dust jacket. 1987. Softcover. 3525251874 . 143 pp. Indexes. Literaturverzeichnis. Octavo. Pumpkin glossy card covers with brown and white have a minor bit of shelf wear, bottom corner has a small crease. Title page has gift inscription "best wishes, Chris" with giftee inked out, otherwise clean and unmarked. In German with some Greek. ; Hypomnemata; Vol. 88; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 143 pages; Signed by Author .

Amsterdam: A. M. Hakkert. Good. 1976. Hardcover. 9025607861 . Xiv + 712 pps. Text in German. Blue hardcover with black lettering. Book is ex-library with usual interior marks. Book is otherwise in good condition, clean with no other marks. Minimal wear with slight tear on title page. ; Ex-Library; 8.50 X 5.90 X 1.70 inches .

England: Gregg International Publishing Ltd.. Good. 1970. Hardcover. 0576991783 . Viii + 568 pp. Gregg International reprint of 1914 Moscow, Russian original. Title page in English and Russian, otherwise text is Russian. Scarce. Green cloth boards with gold gilt lettering on spine. Book is in good condition with minimal exterior wear. Interior is clean with no marks. ; X X .

Rome: Pont. Institutum Orientalium Studiorum. Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Paperback. xii, 388 pp. Indices. Bibliography. Beige card covers have small old sticker, bit of age and corner curl but still respectable. Interior is clean and unmarked, many pages never separated. ; Orientalia Christiana Analecta; Vol. 198; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 388 pages .