The Byzantine Review

ByzRev 07.2025.019: Clair McPherson, Nilus of Ancyra, Byzantine Theologian and Ascetic

Joel Kalvesmaki — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Clair McPherson, Nilus of Ancyra, Byzantine Theologian and Ascetic (Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristics 81). Piscataway: Gorgias Press 2024. viii, 337 pp. – ISBN 978-1-4632-4609-9

ByzRev 07.2025.018: Garrick V. Allen, Words Are Not Enough: Paratexts, Manuscripts, and the Real New Testament.

Georgi Parpulov — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Garrick V. Allen, Words Are Not Enough: Paratexts, Manuscripts, and the Real New Testament. Grand Rapids MI: William B. Eerdmans 2024. xviii, 198 pp. – ISBN 978-0-8028-8335-3

ByzRev 07.2025.017: Gabriella Bernardi with a contribution by Spyros Koulouris and preface by Massimo Bernabò, Bernard Berenson and Byzantine Art: Correspondence, 1920–1957

Georgi Parpulov — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Gabriella Bernardi with a contribution by Spyros Koulouris and preface by Massimo Bernabò, Bernard Berenson and Byzantine Art: Correspondence, 1920–1957 (Medieval and Early Modern Europe and the World 3). Turnhout: Brepols 2022. 697 pp. – ISBN 978-2-503-59671-6

ByzRev 07.2025.016: Roland Betancourt, The Secrets We Keep: Hidden Histories of the Byzantine Empire.

Benjamin Anderson — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Roland Betancourt, The Secrets We Keep: Hidden Histories of the Byzantine Empire. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute 2024. 90 pp., 23 ill., incl. 1 map. – ISBN 978-1-60606-908-0

ByzRev 07.2025.015: Claudia Rapp, Elitekultur und christliche Religiosität in Spätantike und Byzanz

Georgi Parpulov — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Claudia Rapp, Elitekultur und christliche Religiosität in Spätantike und Byzanz (Karl-Christ-Preis für Alte Geschichte 6). Göttingen: Verlag Antike 2024. 84 pp. – ISBN 978-3-911065-06-1

ByzRev 07.2025.014: Theodoros Alexopoulos, Photios von Konstantinopel „Mystagogie des Heiligen Geistes“.

Cristian I. Dumitru — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Theodoros Alexopoulos, Photios von Konstantinopel „Mystagogie des Heiligen Geistes“. Übersetzung und theologischer Kommentar (Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte 153). Berlin – Boston: De Gruyter 2023. 433 pp. – ISBN 978-3-11-079011-5

ByzRev 07.2025.013: Maria Luisa Agati, Alla vigilia delle Crociate: Michele VII Ducas (1071–1078)

Luisa Andriollo — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Maria Luisa Agati, Alla vigilia delle Crociate: Michele VII Ducas (1071–1078) (Hellenica 104). Alessandria: Edizioni dell’Orso 2022. xii, 268 pp. – ISBN 978-88-3613-294-2

ByzRev 07.2025.012: Emmanuel S. Moutafov, The Chora Monastery of Constantinople

Athanasios Semoglou — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Emmanuel S. Moutafov, The Chora Monastery of Constantinople (Elements in the History of Constantinople). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2024. 96 pp. – ISBN 978-1-108-93113-7

ByzRev 07.2025.011: Carmelo Nicolò Benvenuto, Refutationes theologicae doctrinae Latinorum:

John Raffan — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Carmelo Nicolò Benvenuto, Refutationes theologicae doctrinae Latinorum: introduzione, testo critico e traduzione (Akribos anaginoskein 3). Potenza: Basilicata University Press 2024. 196 pp. – ISBN 978-88-31309-36-3 http://www.fedoabooks.unina.it/index.php/fedoapress/catalog/book/978-88-31309-36-3 (open access)

ByzRev 07.2025.010: Claire Vernon, From Byzantine to Norman Italy:

Dana Katz — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Claire Vernon, From Byzantine to Norman Italy: Mediterranean Art and Architecture in Medieval Bari (New Directions in Byzantine Studies). London: I. B. Taurus 2023. xii + 269 pp. 137 ill., 4 maps. – ISBN 978-1-7883-1506-7 (hb). £76.50 (hb), £20.87 (e-book).

ByzRev 07.2025.009: Jason Fossella, The dromos and Byzantine communications, diplomacy, and bureaucracy, 518–1204

Lucas McMahon — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Jason Fossella, The dromos and Byzantine communications, diplomacy, and bureaucracy, 518–1204 (The Medieval Mediterranean 137). Leiden – Boston: Brill 2023. XV, 202 pp. – ISBN 978-90-04-68127-9

ByzRev 07.2025.008: David Holton – Geoffrey Horrocks – Marjolijne Janssen – Tina Lendari – Io Manolessou – Notis Toufexis, The Cambridge Grammar of Medieval and Early Modern Greek in 4 vols.

Maxim Kisilier — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0100

David Holton – Geoffrey Horrocks – Marjolijne Janssen – Tina Lendari – Io Manolessou – Notis Toufexis, The Cambridge Grammar of Medieval and Early Modern Greek in 4 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2019. 2024 pp. – ISBN 978-0-521-19529-4

ByzRev 07.2025.007: Friederike Berger, Die griechischen Handschriften der Signaturengruppen Rep. I und Rep. II

Luigi Orlandi — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Friederike Berger, Die griechischen Handschriften der Signaturengruppen Rep. I und Rep. II (Leihgabe Leipziger Stadtbibliothek) (Katalog der Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, Neue Folge, 5, 2). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag 2022. 229 pp., 8 tav. – ISBN 978-3-447-11885-9

ByzRev 07.2025.006: Theodore Metochites, On Morals or Concerning Education. Translated by Sophia Xenophontos

Eleni Kaltsogianni — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Theodore Metochites, On Morals or Concerning Education. Translated by Sophia Xenophontos (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library 61). Cambridge, Massachusetts – London: Harvard University Press 2020. xxvi, 285 pp. – ISBN 978-0-6742-4463-4

ByzRev 07.2025.005: James Howard-Johnston, Byzantium: Economy, Society, Institutions 600–1100.

Paul Magdalino — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0100

James Howard-Johnston, Byzantium: Economy, Society, Institutions 600–1100. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2024. 320 pp. – ISBN 978-0-19-8897-8

ByzRev 07.2025.004: Susanna Valpreda, Sikelia 1: La cultura bizantina della Sicilia orientale.

Francesco Dalbon — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Susanna Valpreda, Sikelia 1: La cultura bizantina della Sicilia orientale. Castelvetrano: Lithos 2023. 384 pp. – ISBN 979-12-80926-10-4

ByzRev 07.2025.003: Alain Touwaide, Greek Medical Manuscripts – Diels’ Catalogue, newly revised and updated, 5 vols.

Isabel Grimm-Stadelmann — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Alain Touwaide, Greek Medical Manuscripts – Diels’ Catalogue, newly revised and updated, 5 vols. (Medical Traditions 2/1–5). Berlin – Boston: De Gruyter 2021.

Vol. 1: Diels’ Catalogue with Indices. CCI, 421 S. (https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110599961)

Vol. 2: Corpus Hippocraticum. LXXXIV, 122 S. (https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110600001)

Vol. 3: Corpus Galenicum. XCI, 120 S. (https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110600049)

Vol. 4: Ceteri Medici. CXVIII, 189 S. (https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110601992)

Vol. 5: The Manuscripts and their Texts. CLVI, 410 S. (https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110621556)

ByzRev 07.2025.002: Cornelia A. Tsakiridou, The Orthodox Icon and Postmodern Art:

Maximos Constas — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Cornelia A. Tsakiridou, The Orthodox Icon and Postmodern Art: Critical Reflections on the Christian Image and Its Theology (Routledge Research in Art and Religion). New York – London: Routledge 2025. 190 pp., 39 figs. – ISBN 978-1-032-18113-4

ByzRev 07.2025.001: Michael Edward Stewart – David Alan Parnell – Conor Whately (eds), The Routledge Handbook on Identity in Byzantium.

Catherine Holmes — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Michael Edward Stewart – David Alan Parnell – Conor Whately (eds), The Routledge Handbook on Identity in Byzantium. Abingdon – New York: Routledge 2022. xiv, 453 pp. – ISBN 978-0-367-14341-1