Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection Publications

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5.Cover: Early Byzantine Pilgrimage Art: Revised Edition

Early Byzantine Pilgrimage Art: Revised Edition

Vikan, Gary

Early Byzantine Pilgrimage Art explores the portable artifacts of eastern Mediterranean pilgrimage from the fifth to the seventh century, presenting them in the context of contemporary pilgrims’ texts and the archaeology of sacred sites. Gary Vikan significantly expands this narrative in the revised, enlarged edition of the book.

11.Cover: Lighting in Early Byzantium

Lighting in Early Byzantium

Bouras, Laskarina
Parani, Maria G.

This book is the first general survey of lighting in Byzantium. The first part of the book discusses the technology and types of lighting devices and explains their decorative symbolism and social function. The second half illustrates this narrative by drawing on a Dumbarton Oaks exhibition.

12.Cover: Arab-Byzantine Coins: An Introduction, with a Catalogue of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection

Arab-Byzantine Coins: An Introduction, with a Catalogue of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection

Foss, Clive

This illustrated handbook presents a concise history of the development of the coinage of the early Arab caliphate in the seventh century. The historical introduction, which includes descriptions of all the basic types, is followed by a summary catalogue of the recently acquired collection of Arab-Byzantine coins at Dumbarton Oaks.

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