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The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies
Edited by Robin Cormack, John F. Haldon, and Elizabeth Jeffreys

Print Publication Date: Oct 2008 Subject: Classical Studies

Online Publication Date: Nov 2012

(p. xvi) List of Illustrations, Plans, Maps, Charts

I.2.3. Entwistle: Weights and weighing equipment

Table 1 Late Roman and Byzantine Metrological System 40

Fig. 1 6 oz spheroidal copper-alloy weight, c.200–400 CE, Department of Prehistory

and Europe, British Museum (Reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees of the British
Museum) 41
Fig. 2 3 oz copper-alloy weight with architectural decoration, 4th–5th cent. CE,
Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum (Reproduced by courtesy of
the Trustees of the British Museum) 43
Fig. 3 1 lb copper-alloy weight with two emperors, late 4th–late 5th cent. CE,
Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum (Reproduced by courtesy of
the Trustees of the British Museum) 43
Fig. 4a and b Copper-alloy exagium solidi with Honorius and Theodosios, and
Fortuna (rev.), 408–23 CE, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum
(Reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum) 44
Fig. 5 Copper-alloy counterpoise weight in the form of a bear cuddling its cub, 5th–
6th cent. CE, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum (Reproduced by
courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum) 46

I.2.4. Crow: Archaeology

Fig. 1 Gertrude Bell's workers at the excavations of the Byzantine settlement of

Maden Şehir, Binbirkilise, Turkey 1907 (Gertrude Bell Photographic Archive,
Historical Studies, Newcastle University) 48

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Fig. 2 Skeleton excavated from the later church at Kilise Tepe in Isauria; the bones
can be dated by radiocarbon dating to the late 12th–13th centuries (M. P. C. Jackson
in Postgate and Thomas 2007; for the C-14 date see Bronk Ramsey and others 2000:
73–4) 52
Fig. 3 The reconstructed fragments of an 8th–9th-century amphora of the ‘Byzantine
globular’ type, representing a survival from earlier Late Roman forms of LR 1 and 2;
found from excavations of a late antique and Byzantine olive-press at Pyrgos
Cheimarrou, Naxos; amphorae of (p. xvii) this type are also known from excavations
in Constantinople, Crete, and Aigina, and are indicative of continuous long-distance
trade in the Aegean (information and photograph by A. Vionis) 55

I.2.10. Wilson: Greek palaeography

Fig. 1 Lincoln Gr. 15, p. 243 (early 11th cent.): Gospels (copyright Lincoln College
Oxford) 104
Fig. 2 Laud Gr. 75, fo. 2r (977 CE): John Chrysostom, Homilies on Genesis (with the
permission of the Bodleian Library) 107

I.2.11. Hickey: Papyrology

Fig. 1 The manufacture of a sheet of papyrus 116

Fig. 2 Quantifying and qualifying literary texts, 301–700 CE (data source: Leuven
Database of Ancient Books) 117
Fig. 3 Dioskoros of Aphrodite, iambic encomium on Romanos (P. Rein. II 82; joins
with P. Lond. Lit. 98) 119
Fig. 4 A receipt for a wage advance from the Apion dossier (P. Oxy. descr. 19) 121
Fig. 5 The provenances of Greek and Latin documentary papyri (data source:
Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens) 122

I.2.12A. Müller: Imperial chrysobulls

Fig. 1 Chrysobull, 22 Sept. 1355, issued by John V Palaiologos for the Docheiariou
Monastery, Mt Athos (Dölger 1965: no. 3048) (Reproduced with permission,
Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) 131
Fig. 2 Chrysoboullon sigillion, Nov. 1342, issued by John V Palaiologos to the soldiers
of Klazomenai (Dölger 1965: no. 2883) (Reproduced with permission, Bayerische
Akademie der Wissenschaften) 133
Fig. 3 Prostagma, Jan. 1344, to the protos of Mt Athos, issued by John V Palaiologos
(Dölger 1965: no. 2893) (Reproduced with permission, Bayerische Akademie der
Wissenschaften) 134

I.2.12B. Morris: Athos

Fig. 1 The Typikon of Tzimiskes (before 972), with signatures of monks (courtesy of
Éditions Lethielleux) 138

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I.2.13. C. Mango: Epigraphy

Fig. 1 Base of the Egyptian Obelisk, Hippodrome, Istanbul (390 CE) (Photo: Cyril
Mango) 145
(p. xviii) Fig. 2 Conciliar Edict, 1166, Ayasofya Museum, Istanbul (Photo: Cyril

Mango) 146

I.2.14. Nesbitt: Sigillography

Fig. 1 Seal of Nicholas of Athens (© Dumbarton Oaks, Byzantine Collection,

Washington, DC) 151
Fig. 2 Seal of Nikephoros Botaneiates (© Dumbarton Oaks, Byzantine Collection,
Washington, DC) 151
Fig. 3 Seal of Basil, Chartoularios of the Armeniakoi (© Dumbarton Oaks, Byzantine
Collection, Washington, DC) 152
Fig. 4 Seal of Panaretos, Judge of the Armenian Themes (© Dumbarton Oaks,
Byzantine Collection, Washington, DC) 153

I.2.15. Georganteli: Numismatics

Fig. 1. Copper follis of Anastasios (491–518), large series, mint of Constantinople,

officina Δ, wt 18.12 g, the Barber Institute Coin Collection B109; P. D. Whitting
Collection 163
Fig. 2. Gold solidus of Anastasios (491–518), mint of Constantinople, wt 4.47 g, the
Barber Institute Coin Collection B16; P.D. Whitting Collection 163
Fig. 3. Copper follis of Justinian I (527–65), mint of Antioch, officina Γ, regnal year
13 (=539/40), wt 17.45 g, the Barber Institute Coin Collection B792; P. D. Whitting
Collection 163
Fig. 4. Gold solidus of Justinian II, second reign (705–11), mint of Constantinople,
Class II, wt 4.41 g, the Barber Institute Coin Collection B4463; P. D. Whitting
Collection 163
Fig. 5. Gold solidus of Leo IV (775–80), mint of Constantinople, Class I (776–8), wt
4.41 g, the Barber Institute Coin Collection B4583; P.D. Whitting Collection 163
Fig. 6. Silver miliaresion of Leo V (813–20), mint of Constantinople, wt 2.15 g, the
Barber Institute Coin Collection B4634; P. D. Whitting Collection 163
Fig. 7. Copper follis of Theophilos (829–42), mint of Constantinople, wt 6.84 g, the
Barber Institute Coin Collection B4695; G. Haines Collection 163
Fig. 8. Gold nomisma histamenon of Nikephoros II (963–9), mint of Constantinople,
Class II, wt 4.44 g, the Barber Institute Coin Collection B4928; G. Haines Collection
163
(p. xix) Fig. 9. Gold nomisma histamenon of Nikephoros III (1078–81), mint of

Constantinople, Class II, wt 4.1 g, the Barber Institute Coin Collection B5498; G.
Haines Collection 163

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Fig. 10. Gold nomisma tetarteron of Nikephoros III (1078–81), mint of

Constantinople, Class II, wt 3.2 g, the Barber Institute Coin Collection B5502; P. D.
Whitting Collection 163
Fig. 11. Copper follis of Nikephoros III (1078–81), mint of Constantinople, wt 6.69 g,
the Barber Institute Coin Collection B5510; P. D. Whitting Collection 163
Fig. 12. Gold hyperpyron of Alexios I (1081–1118), mint of Constantinople, post-
reform (1092–1118), wt 4.27 g, the Barber Institute Coin Collection B5545; P. D.
Whitting Collection 165
Fig. 13. Electrum trachy of Manuel I (1143–80), mint of Thessalonike, wt 4.2 g, the
Barber Institute Coin Collection B5782; P.D. Whitting Collection 165
Fig. 14. Billon trachy of Alexios III (1195–1203), mint of Constantinople, wt 4 g, the
Barber Institute Coin Collection B5931; P. D. Whitting Collection 165
Fig. 15. Copper tetarteron of John II (1118–43), mint of Thessalonike, wt 5.80 g, the
Barber Institute Coin Collection B5673; P. D. Whitting Collection 165
Fig. 16. Silver aspron of Theodora (c.1285), mint of Trebizond, wt 3 g, the Barber
Institute Coin Collection ET124; P. D. Whitting Collection 165
Fig. 17. Gold hyperpyron of Michael VIII (1258–82), mint of Constantinople, wt 4.28
g, the Barber Institute Coin Collection B6141; P. D. Whitting Collection 165
Fig. 18. Gold hyperpyron of John V Palaiologos with John VI Kantakouzenos (1347–
53), mint of Constantinople, wt 3.83 g, the Barber Institute Coin Collection B6370; P.
D. Whitting Collection 165
Fig. 19. Silver basilikon of Andronikos II with Michael IX (1294–1320), mint of
Constantinople, wt 2.13 g, the Barber Institute Coin Collection B6288; P. D. Whitting
Collection 165
Fig. 20. Silver stavraton of John V (1341–91), period 1354–76, mint of
Constantinople, wt 8.8 g, the Barber Institute Coin Collection B6380; P. D. Whitting
Collection 165
Fig. 21. Silver one-eighth stavraton of Constantine XI (1449–53), mint of
Constantinople, wt 0.57 g, the Barber Institute Coin Collection 4–2006; the Despot
Collection of Late Byzantine Coins 165

(p. xx) I.2.18. Bardill: Brickstamps

Fig. 1 Constantinople (from Bardill 2004); Thessalonike (from Hébrard 1920, Tafrali
1913, Soteriou 1952); Rome 195

I.2.19. Hennessy: Constantinople

Plan 1 Constantinople in the 6th cent. (after J. Haldon, The Palgrave Atlas of Byzantine
History) 203
Fig. 1 Walls of Constantinople 204
Fig. 2 Exterior of Hagia Sofia in the mid-19th cent. (Fossati) 208
Fig. 3 Interior of Hagia Sofia in the mid-19th cent. (Fossati) 209

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II.3.1. Whittow: Geographical survey

Map 1 The Balkans: physical geography (after J. Haldon, The Palgrave Atlas of
Byzantine History) 221
Map 2 Asia Minor: physical geography (after J. Haldon, The Palgrave Atlas of
Byzantine History) 224

II.3.2A. Greatrex: Political-historical survey, c.250–518

Map 3 The Roman Empire in the late 4th cent. (after C. Mango, The Oxford History
of Byzantium) 234

II.3.2B. Haldon: Political-historical survey, 518–800

Map 4 The Byzantine Empire in the 6th cent. (after C. Mango, The Oxford History of
Byzantium) 251
Map 5 The Byzantine Empire in the 8th cent. (after C. Mango, The Oxford History of
Byzantium) 259

II.3.2C. Holmes: Political-historical survey, 800–1204

Map 6 The Byzantine Empire under Basil II (after C. Mango, The Oxford History of
Byzantium) 270

II.3.2D. Laiou: Political-historical survey, 1204–1453

Map 7 The Byzantine Empire in 1204 (after C. Mango, The Oxford History of
Byzantium) 281
Map 8 The Byzantine Empire in the second half of the 14th cent. (after C. Mango,
The Oxford History of Byzantium) 284

II.4. Belke: Communications

Map 9 Major roads in the Balkans, 7th–12th cents. (after J. Haldon, The Palgrave
Atlas of Byzantine History) 297
(p. xxi) Map 10 Major routes in Asia Minor, 7th–12th cents. (after J. Haldon, The

Palgrave Atlas of Byzantine History) 299

II.7.1. Bardill: Building materials and techniques

Fig. 1 Byzantine styles of vaulting 340

II.7.2. Ousterhout: Churches and monasteries

Fig. 1 Jerusalem, Holy Sepulchre, redrawn after Corbo 363

Fig. 2 Constantinople, St John Stoudios, redrawn after Mathews 364
Fig. 3 Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, redrawn after Van Nice 364
Fig. 4 Trilye, St Stephen(?), redrawn after Pekak 365

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Fig. 5 Constantinople, Myrelaion, now Bodrum Camii, redrawn after Striker 366
Fig. 6 Chios, Nea Moni, redrawn after Bouras 366
Fig. 7 Constantinople, Christ Pantokrator, now Zeyrek Camii, redrawn after Megaw
367
Fig. 8 Hosios Loukas, redrawn after Stikas 368
Fig. 9 Constantinople, Christ of the Chora, now Kariye Camii, redrawn after
Underwood 368

II.7.4. Cormack: Wall-paintings and mosaics

Fig. 1 The apse of the Church of the Koimesis, Nicaea 392

II.8.2. Parani: Fabrics and clothing

Fig. 1 The Middle Byzantine imperial chlamys-costume (based on the portrait of

Michael VII Doukas in Coislin 79, fo. 2r, 1071–81; after M. Parani, Reconstructing the
Reality of Images) 414
Fig. 2 The Middle Byzantine male crossed loros-costume (based on the portrait of
Michael VII Doukas in Coislin 79, fo. 1 (2 bis)v, 1071–81; after M. Parani,
Reconstructing the Reality of Images) 414
Fig. 3 The Late Byzantine male simplified loros-costume (based on the portrait of
Manuel II Palaiologos in Par. suppl. gr. 39, fo. VI, 1407; after M. Parani,
Reconstructing the Reality of Images) 414
Fig. 4 The Middle Byzantine female loros-costume (based on the portrait of Maria of
Antioch in Vat. gr. 1176, fo. IIr, 1166; after M. Parani, Reconstructing the Reality of
Images) 415
Fig. 5 The Late Byzantine female loros-costume (based on the portrait of Anna of
Savoy in Stuttgart, cod. hist. 2° 601, fo. 4, 1328–41; after M. Parani, Reconstructing
the Reality of Images) 415
(p. xxii) Fig. 6 Late Byzantine male official dress (based on the portrait of the

protosebastos Constantine Komnenos Raoul Palaiologos in Oxford, Lincoln College,

MS. gr. 35, fo. 6r, 1327–42) 416
Fig. 7 Episcopal dress (based on the portrayal of St Ignatios in the katholikon of
Hosios Loukas Monastery, Phokis, Greece, 11th cent.) 416
Fig. 8 Monastic dress (adapted from the portrayal of St Gregory of Agrigento in the
chapel of the Holy Trinity, Monastery of St John Chrysostom, Koutsovendes, Cyprus,
early 12th cent.) 417

II.8.4. Armstrong: Ceramics

Fig. 1 Cooking pots: (a) round-bodied; (b) casserole-style; (c) one-handled with flat
bottom 432
Fig. 2 Plain tablewares: (a) small jug; (b) jug; (c) table amphora; (d) chafing dish 437
Fig. 3 Storage vessels: (a) open container for dry ingredients; (b) free-standing
pithos; (c) pithos that would have been partly buried 438

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II.8.7. Lowden: Book production

Fig. 1 Monastery of Megaspelaion, MS 8, 12th cent.: Gospel Book, opening of Gospel

of Luke (photo: J. Lowden) 467
Fig. 2 Jerusalem, Greek Patriarchate, MS Taphou 14, 11th cent.: Homilies of St
Gregory of Nazianzos (photo: J. Lowden) 468
Fig. 3. Istanbul, Topkapi Saray Museum, MS 8, 12th cent.: Octateuch, unfinished
miniature (photo: J. Lowden) 469

III.9.1. Featherstone: Emperor and court

Fig. 1 Plan of the Great Palace (adapted from W. Müller-Wiener, Bildlexikon zur
Topographie Istanbuls, 1977: 232) 507
Fig. 2 Plan of the Chrysotriklinos area of the Great Palace 510

III.10.1. Haldon: Structures and administration

Fig. 1 The imperial and fiscal administration, c.560 547

Fig. 2 The imperial military and palatine administration, c.560 548
Fig. 3 The imperial administration, c.700–1050 549
Fig. 4 Court and administration under the Komnenoi and Angeloi, c.1081–1204 550
Fig. 5 Court and administration under the Laskarids and Palaiologoi, 1204–1453 551

(p. xxiii) III.16.1. Maguire: Art and text

Fig. 1 Icon with the Annunciation, Monastery of St Catherine, Sinai 727

III.16.2. Ševčenko: Art and liturgy

Fig. 1 Hamilton Psalter: veneration of an icon of the Theotokos 735

III.16.4. Cormack: Art and iconoclasm

Fig. 1 Khludov Psalter: iconoclasts whitewashing an image of Christ (Moscow,

Historical Museum, cod. 129, fo. 67r) 753

III.16.5. Vassilaki: Icons

Fig. 1. Sinai, Monastery of St Catherine, encaustic icon of Christ Pantokrator, 6th

cent. 760
Fig. 2. London, British Museum, the Restoration of Icons, c.1400 (Reproduced by
courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum) 761
Fig. 3. Sinai, Monastery of St Catherine, two wings of a triptych with the Mandylion,
mid-10th cent. 762
Fig. 4. Kastoria, Byzantine Collection, bilateral icon, second half of the 12th cent.
763

IV.20. Howard-Johnston: Byzantium and its neighbours

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Map 11 The Caucasus, c.1000–1460 (after J. Haldon, The Palgrave Atlas of Byzantine
History) 941
Map 12 The Empire's northern neighbours (after C. Mango, The Oxford History of
Byzantium) 942

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