Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 42 - Hardcover

The annual journal Dumbarton Oaks Papers was founded in 1941 for the publication of articles relating to late antique, early medieval, and Byzantine civilization in the fields of art and architecture, history, archeology, literature, theology, law, and the auxiliary disciplines. Numerous maps, tables, illustrations, and color plates provide supplementary information for many of the articles.

In this issue: Kathleen Corrigan, "The Witness of John the Baptist on an Early Byzantine Icon in Kiev"; Ann Terry, "The Sculpture at the Cathedral of Eufrasius in Poreč"; Natalia Teteriatnikov, "Upper-Story Chapels near the Sanctuary in Churches of the Christian East"; Mark J. Johnson, "Toward a History of Theoderic's Building Program"; Paul Magdalino, "The Bath of Leo the Wise and the 'Macedonian Renaissance' Revisited: Topography, Iconography, Ceremonial, Ideology"; Robert W. Edwards, "The Vale of Kola: A Final Preliminary Report on the Marchlands of Northeast Turkey"; Joseph D. C. Frendo, "History and Panegyric in the Age of Heraclius: The Literary Background to the Composition of the Histories of Theophylact Simocatta"; John Meyendorff, "Mount Athos in the Fourteenth Century: Spiritual and Intellectual Legacy"; Nicolas Oikonomides, "Mount Athos: Levels of Literacy"; and Robert F. Taft, S.J., "Mount Athos: A Late Chapter in the History of the Byzantine Rite."