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February 28—Maxime Emion, A military and social elite in the Later Roman Empire: protectores Augusti (3rd-6th c. CE)

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is pleased to announce our last meeting of Winter 2017: A military and social elite in the Later Roman Empire: protectores Augusti (3rd-6th c. CE) Missorium of Theodosius, 4-5th c. CE. Real Academia de la … Continue reading

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February 14—Felix Szabo, Servants of the Lord: Eunuchs in Middle Byzantine Christianity (843-1204 CE)

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is pleased to announce our next meeting: Servants of the Lord: Eunuchs in Middle Byzantine Christianity (843-1204 CE) The monk Sabas instructs the emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates. Bibliothèque National de France MS Coislin … Continue reading

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February 8—Dörthe Führer, Geoffrey of Vitry’s Commentary on the Medieval Alexander Epic

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is pleased to announce our next meeting: Geoffrey of Vitry’s Commentary on the Medieval Alexander Epic Alexander the Great unhorses Porus, King of India. British Library Royal MS 20 B XX, f. 53r … Continue reading

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January 31—Kelly Holob, Rational Worship and Harmonization in the Hymns of Synesius of Cyrene

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is pleased to announce our next meeting: Rational Worship and Harmonization in the Hymns of Synesius of Cyrene Eitharide muse in neo-attic style (2nd-1st c. BCE, Archaeological Museum, Istanbul) Erich Lessing Culture and … Continue reading

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January 17—Christopher A. Faraone, A Medieval Copper Plaque from Egypt (Louvre inv. AD 00372): Composite Amulet or Pattern-Book for Making Individual Body-Amulets?

The Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium is pleased to announce our first meeting of Winter Quarter 2017: A Copper Plaque in the Louvre: the Transformation of Greek Amulets in Late-Antique Egypt Christopher A. Faraone Professor of Classics, Frank and Gertrude Springer Professor in … Continue reading

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