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eLibrary: Byzantium 500-1000 Mosaics

From 330 to 1000 CE, the Byzantine Empire, with Constantinople as its capital, stood as a formidable force. Its mosaics uniquely contributed to a rich cultural identity.

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Articles

Baker, K.M., The Anicia Juliana Codex: A Product of Cultural Inheritance and Appropriation in 6th-century Byzantium (Doctoral dissertation, University of Oklahoma) 2013, 1-143. [pdf]

Carr, A.W., Icons and the Object of Pilgrimage in Middle Byzantine ConstantinopleDumbarton Oaks Papers56, 2002, 75-92. [pdf]

Crone, P., Islam, Judeo-Christianity and Byzantine Iconoclasm. In Arab-Byzantine Relations in Early Islamic Times Routledge, 2017, 361-397). [pdf]

Daim, F., Byzantine Belt Ornaments of the 7th and 8th Centuries in Avar ContextsIntelligible Beauty’. Recent Research on Byzantine Jewellery. British Museum Research Publication178, 2010, 61-71. [pdf]

de la Fuente, D.H.,. Poetry and Philosophy at the Boundaries of Byzantium (5th-7th Centuries): Some Methodological Remarks David Hernández De La Fuente. New Perspectives on Late Antiquity in the Eastern Roman Empire, 2014, 81. [book]

Drauschke, J., Byzantine'and'oriental'imports in the Merovingian Empire from the second half of the fifth to the beginning of the eighth centuryReading Medieval Studies32, 2006, 53-73. [pdf]

Evans, H.C. and Wixom, W.D. (eds)The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843–1261, Met, New York, 1997 [pdf]

Evans H.C. and Ratliff, B,.Byzantium and Islam in the Age of Transition, 7th-9th century, Met, New York, 2012 [pdf] 

Elsner, J.,Image and iconoclasm in ByzantiumArt History11(4), 1998, 471-491. [pdf]

Fokas, E., The Iconoclastic Controversy in 8th and 9th Century ByzantiumBishop Street: Student Journal of Theological Studies, 2021, 1-128. [pdf]

Foord, E.A.,. The Byzantine Empire. Рипол Классик 1911, 1-391 [book]

Gallatin, H.K., A Study in Civil Government and Imperial Defense in the Seventh Century Byzantine State Under Emperor Constans II (641-668). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 1972, 1-24 [document preview]

Gândilă, A., Some aspects of the monetary circulation in the Byzantine province of Scythia during the 6th-7th centuries. 2008, 301-330. [pdf]

Izdebski, A., . The changing landscapes of Byzantine northern AnatoliaArchaeologia Bulgarica16(1), 2012, 47-66. [pdf]

Kaya, T.Ü.L.İ.N., Routes and Communications in Late Roman and Byzantine Anatolia (ca. 4th-9th centuries AD). Middle East Technical University, Institute of Social Sciences, Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, Ankara. 2020, 1-492. [pdf]

Karalis, V., Breaking the Image, Celebrating the Word: Byzantine Iconoclasm and the Tendency to AbstractionLiterature & Aesthetics22(2) 2012 [pdf download]

Lemerle, P. Byzantine Humanism: The First Phase: notes and remarks on education and culture in Byzantium from its origins to the 10th century (Vol. 3). Brill. 1986, 1-229. [pdf]

Marjanović, D.,. Creating Memories in Late 8th-century ByzantiumThe Short History of Nikephoros of Constantinople.(Central European Medieval Studies.) Amsterdam. 2018, 1-17. [pdf]

Marsili, G., From design to construction: integrated approaches for the study of ecclesiastical building sites in the early Byzantine MediterraneanArcheologia dell'architettura: XXVIII, 1, 2023, 77-99. [Adobe reader needed]

Morrisson, C. ed.,. Trade and markets in Byzantium. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2012 [pdf]

Neri, E., Morvan, C., Colomban, P., Guerra, M.F. and Prigent, V.,. Late Roman and Byzantine mosaic opaque “glass-ceramics” tesserae (5th-9th century)Ceramics International42(16), 2016, 18859-18869. [pdf]

Pevny,O.Z.(ed)  Perceptions of Byzantium and Its Neighbors (843–1261), MET, New York, 2000 [pdf]

Ratliff, B. and Evans, H.C. eds., Byzantium and Islam: Age of transition, 7th-9th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012, 1-332 [book]

Reeves, A., Parkinson, B., Miller, C., Berger, E., Israel, G. and Williams, N., 2022. Western Europe and Byzantium circa 500–1000 CEWorld History Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500. [article]

Scott, R., Byzantine chronicles and the sixth century. Routledge. 2018, 1-328 [book]

Seibt, W., The Use of Monograms on Byzantine Seals in the early Middle-Ages (6th to 9th centuries)Parekbolai. An Electronic Journal for Byzantine Literature6, 2016, 1-14. [pdf]

Sypiański, J., December. Arabo-Byzantine relations in the 9th and 10th centuries as an area of cultural rivalry. In Byzantium and the Arab World: Encounter of Civilizations= Βυζάντιο και Αραβικός κόσμος: Συνάντηση Πολιτισμών 2011, 1-465. [pdf]

Telelis, I.G., Historical-climatological Information from the Time of the Byzantine Empire (4th-15th Centuries AD). History of Meteorology2, 2005. 41-50 [pdf download]

Theodoropoulos, P.,. Did the Byzantines call themselves Byzantines? Elements of Eastern Roman identity in the imperial discourse of the seventh centuryByzantine and modern Greek studies45(1), 2021, 25-41. [pdf]

Zavagno, L. and Olgun, Z., The Emperors, the Caliph (s) and the Doctor: Cross-Cultural Encounters and Interactions on the “Periphery” of Byzantium (ca. 650-950). Mediterranean Mosaic: History and Art, 9. [pdf]

Videos

The Rotunda of Thessaloniki (The Byzantine Legacy) 6 minutes

Italy Ravenna Mosaics (Michael Grossman) 6 minutes

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (Smart History) 11 minutes

6th Century Byzantine Ivories (ESTU Online) 20 minutes

Rise of Byzantium. (ZaytoonReport)  55 minutes