Some Basic Bibliography
Be sure you have consulted or checked for similar works*
and cross-check against bibliography appearing
at the end of relevant lecture topics

 

Texts on the History of Byzantine Art:

Beckwith, John. Early Christian and Byzantine Art (1979) Art Ref. N7832 .B3 1979

Beckwith, John. The Art of Constantinople (1968 ed.) Art N6250 .B4 1968

Brehier, Louis. L'art byzantin (1924) Spec. Coll. 709.02 B746

Dalton, O. M. Byzantine Art and Archaeology (1961 reprint) Art N6250 .D2 1961

Grabar, Andre. Art of the Byzantine Empire (1966) Art N6250 .G6913

Grabar, Andre. Byzantium: Byzantine Art in the Middle Ages (1966) Art N6250 .G6913 1966a

Hutter, Irmgard. Early Christian and Byzantine Art (1988 ed.) Archit. N7832 .H8713 1988

Rice, David Talbot. Art of the Byzantine Era (1966 ed.) N6250 .R463 1966

Rice, David Talbot. Byzantine Art (1968) N6250 .R47 1968

Runciman, Steven. Byzantine Style and Civilization (1975) N6250 .R8

Schug-Wille, Christa. Art of the Byzantine World (NY, 1969) Not at UK

 

Good Introductions:

Baynes, Norman Hepburn and H.S.L.B. Moss, eds. Byzantium: an Introduction to East Roman Civilization (1953 ed.) WTY: DF504.5 .B390 1953

Brehier, Louis. The Life and Death of Byzantium (trans. M. Vaughan) (1977) not at UK

Browning, Robert. The Byzantine Empire (1980) WTY: DF531 .B7 1980

Byron, Robert. The Byzantine Achievement: an Historical Perspective, AD 330-1453 (1987 reissue of 1929 ed.) WTY: DF531 .B8 1964

Diehl, Charles. Byzantium: Greatness and Decline (trans. N. Walford) (1957) WTY: DF531 .D42

Hussey, Joan M. The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire (1986) WTY: BX300 .H87 1986

Runciman, Steven. Byzantine Civilisation (1933) WTY: DF531 .R8 1933

Whitting, Phillip. Byzantium: an Introduction (1981 reprint of 1971 ed.) WTY: DF552 .B96 1981

 

Texts on Byzantine Cultural History:

Haussig, Hans. A History of Byzantine Civilization (1971) WTY: DF521 .H313 1971

Kazhdan, Alexander, & G. Constable, People and Power in Byzantium (1982) DF521 .K35 1982

Kazhdan, Alexander & A.W. Epstein, Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries (1985) DF601 .K39 1985

Laiou, Angeliki E. and Henry Maguire, eds., Byzantium, a World Civilization (1992)

Mango, Cyril. Byzantium: the Empire of New Rome (1980) DF5521 .M36 1980

Mango, Cyril. Byzantium and its Image: History and Culture of the Byzantine Empire and its Heritage (London, 1984) WTY DF552 .M360 1984

Rice, Tamara Talbot. Everyday Life in Byzantium (1967) Art DF531 .R5

Wessel, Klaus. Die Kultur von Byzanz (1970) WTY: DF521 .W47

 

Basic Texts on Byzantine History:

Lemerle, Paul. A History of Byzantium (trans. A. Matthew) (1964) Not at UK

Ostrogorsky, Georg. History of the Byzantine State (1969, 2d ed.) WTY: DF552.5 .O8153 1969

Obolensky, Dimitrii. The Byzantine Commonwealth: Eastern Europe, 500-1453 (1971) WTY: DF552 .O25

Runciman, Steven. The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 (1965; 1990 reissue) WTY: DF649 .R8 1965

Treadgold, Warren. A History of the byzantine State and Society (1997) WTY: DF552 .T65 1997

Vasiliev, A.A. Histoire de l'empire byzantin (1932) WTY: DF552 .V314 1932

 

Collected Studies (articles by eminent scholars):

Age of Spirituality: a Symposium (1977) Art N5340 .A35

Buchthal, Hugo. Art of the Mediterranean World (1983) Art N5345 .B8 1983

Cutler, Anthony. Imagery and Ideology in Byzantine Art (1992) Art ND3357.A1 C87 1992

Demus, Otto. Byzantine Art and the West (1970) Art N5975 .D4

Demus, Otto. Studies in Byzantium, Venice, and the West (1998) Art N6250 .D458 1998

Grabar, Andre. L'art de la fin de l'antiquite et du moyen-age (3 vols.) Art N7832 .G65

Kitzinger, Ernst. The Art of Byzantium and the Medieval West (1970) Art N6250 .K57 1976

Krautheimer, R. Studies in Early Christian, Medieval, and Renaissance Architecture (1979, 3d ed.) Art Ref. NA4817 .K7 1979

L'Orange, H.P. Likeness and Icon. Selected Studies in Classical and Early Mediaeval Art (1973) Art N5610 .L67

Maguire, Henry. Rhetoric, Nature and Magic in Byzantine Art (1998) Art N7852.5 .M35 1998

Mango, Cyril. Byzantium and its Image: History and Culture of the Byzantine Empire and its Heritage (1984) WTY: DF552 .M360 1984

Oikonomides, Nicolas. Documents et etudes sur les institutions de Byzance, 7e-15e siecles (1976) WTY DF503 .O38

Weitzmann, Kurt. Studies in Classical and Byzantine Manuscript Illumination (1971) Art ND2930 .W45

Weitzmann, Kurt. Byzantine Book Illumination and Ivories (1980) Art Osz. ND2930 .W39

 

Very General Introductions (non-specialist):

Lassus, Jean. The Early Christian and Byzantine World (1967) Art N7832 .L294 1967

Huyghe, Renee, ed. Larousse Encyclopedia of Byzantine and Medieval Art (1963) Art N5970 .H813

 

Exhibitions (in addition to those you already know about):

Arts Council of Europe. Byzantine Art, an European Art (1964) all media, excellent introductory essays Art N6250 .G75 1964

Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery. Early Christian and Byzantine Art (1947) Art N7823.B3 W3

Bank, Alisa V. Byzantine Art in the Collections of the Soviet Museums (1965) Art Osz. N6250 .B27

Bettini, Sergio. Venezia e Bizanzio (196x) Not at UK

Curcic, Slobodan. Byzantium at Princeton (1987) Art ZZ86.17433

Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale. Byzance et la France medievale (1958) Byzantine manuscripts in the Bibliotheque nationale Spec. Coll. 091 P218b

Vikan, Gary, ed. Illuminated Greek Manuscripts from American Collections (1973) Art ND3155 .I4 1973

 

Byzantine Painting (except manuscripts):

Athens, Byzantine Museum. Icons (1975) Art N2422 .C43 1975

Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery. Holy Image, Holy Space (1988) N8186 .G8 B990 1988

Belting, Hans, Cyril Mango, and Doula Mouriki. The Mosaics and Frescoes of St. Mary Pammakaristos at Istanbul (1978) NA5870 .P3 .B40

Bihalji-Merin, Oto. Byzantine Frescoes and Icons in Yugoslavia (1960) Art ND943 .B513

Chatzidakis, N. Hosios Loukas (1997) on order

Cormack, Robin. Writing in Gold: Byzantine Society and its Icons (1985) Art N6250 .C66 1985

Demus, Otto. Byzantine Mosaic Decoration (1948; 1976 reprt.) Art NA3780 .D39 1976

Diez, Ernst and Otto Demus. Byzantine Mosaics in Greece: Daphni and Hosias Lukos (1931) Art Osz. NA3780 .D5

Elbern, Viktor. Das Ikonenkabinett der fruhchristlich-byzantinischen Sammlung (1979) N8186.G3 .B44 1979

Felicetti-Liebenfels, W. Geschichte der byzantinischen Ikonenmalerei (1972) Art N8189.R9 F44

Grabar, Andre. Byzantine Painting: Historical and Critical Study (1953) Art ND142 .G7

Jerphanion, G. de. Une nouvelle province de l'art byznatine: les eglises rupestres de Cappadoce (1925-1942) WTY

Kostof, Spiro. Caves of God: the Monastic Environment of Byzantine Cappadocia (1972) Art NA5869.C3 K6

Lazarev, Viktor. Storia della pittura bizantina (1967) Art ND142 .L316

Mango, Cyril. Materials for the Study of the Mosaics of St. Sophia at Istanbul (1962) King North storage: NA5870.A9 M3

Megaw, A.H. S. and E.J. Hawkins, The Church of the Panagia Kanakaria at Lynthrankomi (196x) Art NA3780 .M4

Millet, Gabriel and Anatole Frolow. La peinture du moyen-age en Yougoslavie (4 vols.) (1954-7) Art Osz. ND1256.Y8 M5 1954

Mouriki, Doula. The Mosaics of Nea Moni on Chios (1985) Art NA3780 .M6812 (2 vols.)

Muller, Paul J. Byzantinische Ikonen (1978) Art N8187.5 .M940 1978

Oakeshott, Walter. The Mosaics of Rome from the Third to the Fourteenth Centuries (1967) Art Osz. NA3850.R6 O15 1967b

Papageorgiou, A. Icons of Cyprus (1970) Art Osz. N8189.C9 P313

Pelekanides, Stylianos. Kastoria (1985) on order

Restle, Marcel. ByzantineWall Painting in Asia Minor (3 vols.) (1968) Art ND2794 .R413

Rice, David Talbot. Byzantine Painting: the Last Phase (1968) Art (lost?)ND142 .R52 1968b

Rice, David Talbot. Icons and their History (1974) Art N8187 .R52 1974

Skawran, Karin M. The Development of Middle Byzantine Fresco Painting (1982) ND2752 .S530 1982

Soteriou, G. and N. Icons du Mont Sinai (2 vols.) (1956, 1957) Not at UK

Thierry, Nicole. Nouvelles eglises rupestres de Cappadoce (1968) on Cappadoccia, not at UK

Torp, Jhalmar. The Integrating System of Proportion in Byzantine Art: an Essay on the Method of the Painters of Holy Images (1984) Art N62250 .T670 1984

Underwood, Paul A. The Kariye Djami (3 vols) (1966); vol.4, 1975, is a collection of individual studies by various scholars on the church and its decoration Art NA5870.K3 U5 1966

UNESCO. Greece: Byzantine Mosaics (1959) Art N5300 .U540 v.13 1960

Weitzmann, Kurt. The Icon: Holy Images, 6th to 14th Century (1978) Art N8187 .W44

Weitzmann, Kurt. The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai, the Icons (1976) Art Osz. N8189.E32 S558

Weitzmann, Kurt. A Treasury of Icons (1967) Art Osz. N8080 .I413 1968b

 

Manuscripts and Manuscript Illumination:

Anderson, Jeffrey. The New York Cruciform Lectionary (1992) Not at UK

Belting, Hans. Das illuminierte Buch in den spatbyzantinischen Gesellschaft (1970) Art ND2930 .B4y

Belting, Hans. Die Bibel des Niketas: ein Werk der hofischen buchkunst in Byzanz und sien antikes Vorbild (1979) Art Osz. ND3355 .B450

Buchthal, Hugo. The Paris Psalter, a Study in Middle Byzantine Painting (1938) Art AS122 .L8518 v.2 1968

Buchthal, Hugo, and Hans Belting. Patronage in Thirteenth-Century Constantinople: an Atelier of Late Byzantine Book Illumination and Calligraphy (1978) Art ND2930 .B80

Carr, Annemarie W. Byzantine Illumination, 1150-1250: the Study of a Provincial Atelier (1987) ND2930 .C37 1987

Cutler, Anthony. The Aristocratic Psalter in Byzantium (1984) Osz. Art ND3357 .P8 .C88 1984

Dufrenne, Suzy. L'illustration des psautiers grecs du moyen-age: I. Pantocrator gr.61 Par.gr.20, British Museum ad.ms.40.731 (1970) Art Osz. ND3357.A1 I44

Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium. Byzantine Books and Bookmen (1971) WTY: Z8.B92 B9 1971

Grabar, Andre. Les manuscrits grecs enlumines de provenance italienne (IX-XIe siecle) Art ND3159 .G66

Grabar, Andre, Les peintures de l'Evangeliaire de Sinope (Bibliotheque natitonale, suppl.gr. 1286) (1948) Art - Portfolio N8033 .G720 1948

Hutter, Irmgard. Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften (1977) Art Osz. ND2930 .C67

Lassus, Jean. L'illustration byzantine du Livre des rois (1973) Art Osz. ND3358.K56 L37

Lowden, John. The Octateuchs: a Study in byzantine Manuscript Illustration (1992) Art ND3358.O27 L68 1992

Mitchell, Sabrina. Medieval Manuscript Painting (1965) Art ND2920 .M55 1965

Nelson, Robert. Iconography of Preface and Miniature in the Byzantine Gospel Book (1980) Art ND2930 .N44

Omont, Henri. Les miniatures des plus anciens manuscrits grecs de la Bibliotheque Nationale (19xx) Spec.Coll. 096.1/Om6m

Pelekanides, S. et al. Treasures of Mount Athos: Illuminated Manuscripts, Miniatures, Headpieces, Initial Letters (3 vols.) Art Osz. ND3155 .P3

Princeton University. The Place of Book Illumination in Byzantine Art (1975) Art ND2930 .P43

Spatharakis, Johannes. Corpus of Dated Greek Manuscripts to 1453 (1980) Art ND2930 .S650

Velmans, Tania. Le tetraevangile de la Laurentienne , Florence, Laur. VI.23 (1971) Art Osz. ND3359.L38 T4

Weitzmann, Kurt. Die byzantinische Buchmalerei des 9. und 10. Jahrhunderts (1933) Not at UK

Weitzmann, Kurt. Illustrations in Roll and Codex: a Study of the Origin and Method of Text Illustration (2d ed.) (1970) Art Osz. ND2900 .S780 no.2 1970

Weitzmann, Kurt. The Joshua Roll, a Work of the Macedonian Renaissance (1948) Art Osz. ND2900 .S780 no.3 1948

Weitzmann, Kurt. Late Antique and Early Christian Book Illumination (1977) Art ND2930 .W42

Weitzmann, Kurt. The Miniatures of the Sacra Parallela, Par.gr.923 (1979) Art Osz. ND2900 .S780 no.8 1979

Weitzmann, Kurt. The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai, the Illuminated Greek Manuscripts (1990) Art Osz. ND2930 .W425 1990

 

Byzantine Architecture:

Krautheimer, Richard. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture 2d ed. (1979) Art Ref. NA4817 .K7 1979

MacDonald, William. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture (1967) Archit. 723.1 M145

Kostof, Spiro. The Orthodox Baptistery in Ravenna (1965) Archit. 726.69 K848

 

Areas of Byzantine influence:

Borsook, Eve. Messages in Mosaic: the Royal programmes of Norman Sicily, 1130-1187 (1990) Art NA3792.N67 B67 1990

Bottari, Stefano. Mosaici bizantine della Sicilia (1963) Art NA3780 .B650

Bozhkov, Atanas. Monumentale Wandmalerei Bulgariens (1969) ND2800 .B6130

Calabria Bizantina: tradizione de pieta e tradizione scrittoria nella Calabria greca medievale (1983) Art BR877 .C34.C3420 1983

Curcic, Slobodan. Art and Architecture in the Balkans: an annotated bibliography (1984) Z5961 .B28 .C87 1984

Demus, Otto. The Church of San Marco in Venice: History, Architecture, Sculpture. (1960) King North Storage NA5621.V5 D45

Demus, Otto. The Mosaics of Norman Sicily (1950) Art NA3780 .D4 1950b

Demus, Otto. The Mosaic Decoration of San Marco, Venice (1988) Art Osz. NA3788 .D45 1988

Filov, B.D. L'ancien art bulgare (1919) N7181 .F50

Grabar, Andre and K. Mijatev. Bulgaria. Medieval Wall Paintings (1962) Art Osz. N5300 .U540 v.17 1962

Grabar, Andre and Michelangelo Muraro. Treasures of Venice : the church of St. Mark's, the Treasure of St. Mark's, the Ducal Palace, the Gallerie dell'Accademica, the Architecture and Monuments of Venice (1963) Art Osz. N6921.V5 M853

Kitzinger, Ernst. I mosaici di Monreale (1960) Art Osz. NA5621.M85 K516x

Kitzinger, Ernst. The Mosaics of St. Mary's of the Admiral in Palermo (1990) Art Osz. NA3792.N67 K58 1990

Lazarev, Viktor. Old Russian Murals and Mosaics (1966) Art Osz. ND2767 .L313

Palacco, Renato. La cattedrale di Torcello (1984) Arch NA5621 .T67.P640 1984

Radocic, Svetozar. Geschichte der serbischen Kunst 709.497 R1195

Rice, David Talbot and S. Radojcic. Yugoslavia. Medieval Frescoes (1955) Art Osz. N5300 .U540 v.4 1955

Salvini, Roberto. Mosaici mediovali in Sicilia ( 1949) Art NA3790 .S3

Tronzo, William. The Cultures of His Kingdom: Roger II and the Capella Palatina in Palermo (1998) on order

Silver and other metals:

Grierson, Philip. Byzantine coinage (1982) Art: CJ1229 .G680 1982

Grabar, Andre. Les revetements en or et en argent des icones byzantines du Moyen Age (1975) N8187.5 .G130 1975

Mango, Marlia M. Silver from Early Byzantium (Walters Art Gallery, 1986) Art NK7108.8 M36 1986

Oikonomides, N. A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals (1986) CD5381 .O56 1986

Shelton, Kathleen. The Esquiline Treasure (181) Art DG12.3 .L663 .S53 1981

 

Ivories and Steatites:

Beckwith, John. The Veroli Casket (1962) Art NK5870 .B4

Connor, Carolyn C. The Color of Ivory: Polychromy on Byzantine Ivories (1998)

Cutler, Anthony. The Craft of Ivory: Sources, Techniques, and Uses in the Mediterranean World, AD 200-1400 (1985) NK5850 .C870 1985

Cutler, Anthony. The Hand of the Master : Craftsmanship, Ivory, and Society in Bbyzantium (9th -11th Centuries) (1994) Art NK5872 .C88

Cutler, Anthony. Late Antique and Byzantine Ivory Carving (1998) on order

Goldschmidt, Adolph and Kurt Weitzmann. Die byzantinischen Elfenbeinskulpturen des X.-XIII. Jahrhunderts (2 vols.) (1933)

Kalavrezou-Maxeiner, Ioli. Byzantine Icons in Steatite (1985) N81887 .K350 1985

St. Clair, Archer and Elizabeth Parker McLachlan. The Carver's Art: Medieval Sculpture in Ivory, Bone, and Horn (1989) Art NK5870 .C37 1989

 

Enamels:

Wessel, Klaus. Byzantine Enamels, from the 5th to the 13th Century (1968) Art NK5013 .W413

 

Other Studies (be sure to check; lots of good ideas within):

Belting, Hans. Likeness and Presence: a History of the Image before the Era of Art (1994) Art N7850 .B4513 1994

Grabar, Andre. L'empereur dans l'art byzantin (1971) Art N6250 .G7 1971

Grabar, Andre. Martyrium Not at UK

Grabar, Andre. Christian Iconography (1968) Art N7832 .G6613

Grierson, Phillip. Byzantine Coinage (1982) Art CJ1229 .G680 1982

Head, Constance. Imperial Byzantine Portraits: a Verbal and Graphic Gallery (reprint:1982) DF506.5 .H4 1982

James, Liz. Light and Color in Byzantine Art (Oxford, 1996) Not at UK

Kartsonis, Anna D. Anastasis: the Making of an Image (1986) N8053.7 .K37 1986

Kitzinger, Ernst. Byzantine Art in the Making (1976) Art N6250 .K58

Maguire, Henry. Art and Eloquence in Byzantium (1981) Art N7852.5 .M34

Maguire, Henry, ed. Byzantine Court Culture from 829 to 1204 (1997) Art DF521 .B934 1997

Maguire, Henry. The Icons of their Bodies: Saints and their Images in Byzantium (1996) Art N8189.B9 M34 1996

Vikan, Gary. Byzantine Pilgrimage Art (1982) N7973 .V50 1982

Vikan, Gary. Security in Byzantium (1980) Art TS519.5 .V5420

Weitzmann, Kurt. Greek Mythology in Byzantine Art (1951) Art Osz. ND2900 .S780 no.4 1951

Wharton, Annabel J. Art of Empire: Painting and Architecture of the Byzantine Periphery - a Comparative Study of Four Provinces (1988) N6250 .W47 1988

Wilson, Nigel. Scholars of Byzantium (1983) PA78 .B97 .W54 1983

 

Aesthetics:

Mathew, Gervase. Byzantine Aesthetics (1963) Architecture: 709.02 R361

Micheles,P.A. An Aesthetic Approach to Byzantine Art (1964,reprint of 1955 work) Arch. 709.02/M582

 

Catalogues of Collections:

Grierson, Philip. Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, III. Leo III to Nicephorus III (2 vols.) (19xx) WTY: CJ1217 .D8

Ross, Marvin. Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Medieval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, I. Metalwork, Ceramics, Glasss, Glyptics, Painting (1962) Art NK715 .D84 1962

Weitzmann, Kurt. Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Medieval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, III. Ivories and Steatites (1972) Art NK715 .D84 1962

Wroth, Warwick. Imperial Byzantine coins in the British Museum (1908) WTY: CJ1215 .B72 1966

 

Primary Sources:

Dionysios of Fourna, The Painter's Manual (trans. P. Hetherington) (1974 ed.) Art N8188 .D5613

Theodore Studites on the Holy Icons (1981) Art BX323 .T44 1981

John of Damascus. Three Apologies against those who Attack Holy Images BR65 .J623 .P7613

Constantine Porphyrogenetos. Le livre des ceremonies (ed. A. Vogt, 1967) WTY: DF541 .C66

Le livre du prefet; ou L'edit de l'empereur Leon le Sage sur les corporations de Constantinople (trans. J. Nichole) (1894) Not at UK

The Book of the Eparch (To Eparchikon vivlion), ed. J. Nicole (1970) WTY: KJA1382 .A2 1970

Nicetas Choniates. O City of Byzantium: Annals of Nicetas Choniates (tras. H.J.Margoulies) (1984) WTY: DF606 .C5313 1984

Sahas, Daniel. Icon and Logos Sources in Eighth Century Iconoclasm (1983) Art ND2583 .S48 1983

Sevcenko, Nancy P. The Life of St. Nicholas in Byzantine Art (1983) ND2583 .S48 1983

 

Late Roman and Early Christian:

Brown, Peter. The Cult of the Saints (1981) WTY: BX2333.B74

Gough, Michael. Origins of Christian Art Art 709.015/G72650

Grabar, Andre. Early Christian Art; from the Rise of Christianity to the Death of Theodosius Art N7832 .G6813 1969

Grabar, Andre. Christian Iconography; a Study of its Origins (1968) Art N7832 .G6613

Magi, Filippo. Il calendario dipinto sotto S. Maria Maggiore (1972) Art ND2575 .M34

Milburn, R.L.P. Early Christian Art and Architecture (1988) Art N7832 .M47. 1988

Volbach, F.W. Early Christian Art Art (1962) Art Osz. N7832 .V63

 

Early Byzantine and Ravenna:

Cameron, Alan. Circus Factions: Blues and Greens at Rome and Byzantium (1976) WTY: DF541 .C34

Cameron, Averil. Continuity and Change in Sixth Century Byzantium (1981) DF521 .C340. 1981

Forsyth, George. The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai: the church and Fortress of Justinian (1973) Art Osz. NA6084.S5 F67

Grabar, Andre. The Golden Age of Justinian , from the Death of Theodosius to the Rise of Islam (1967) Art N6250 .G6713

Maguire, Henry. Earth and Ocean: the Terrestrial World in Early Byzantine Art (1987) NA3780 .M34 1987

von Simson, Otto. The Sacred Fortress: Byzantine Art and Statecraft in Ravenna (1987, reprint of 1948 ed.) Art NA3780 .S5 1987

 

Hagia Sophia:

Mainstone, R.J. Hagia Sophia: Architecture, Structure, Liturgy of Justinian's Great Church (1988) Art NA5871 .A9 .M240 1988

Iconoclasm:

Brehier, Louis. La querelle des images (VIIIe-Ixe siecles) (1904, 1969) WTY: D5 .B870 no.344 1969

Corrigan, Kathleen. Visual Polemics in the Ninth-century Byzantine Psalters (1992) Art ND3357.A1 C67 1992

Grabar, Andre. L'iconoclasme byzantine (1957; reprint 1971) Spec. Coll. 246.3 G751

 

Later Byzantine Art:

Art et Societe sous les Paleologues (1971) Art NX449 .A7

Head, Constance. Imperial Twilight: the Palaiologos Dybasty and the Decline of Byzantium (1977) WTY: DF631 .H4

 

Periodicals (just a quick start):

Dumbarton Oaks Papers 901.08 D893

 

Reference (see initial bibliography distributed):

Reallexikon zur byzantinischen Kunst (1966) Art Ref. N6250 .W45

 

Miscellany:

Vikan, Gary. Gifts from the Byzantine Court (1980) Art ZZ83 H886/J

Millet, Gabriel. Monuments de l'Athos (1927) Art N7965 .M5

Rice, David Talbot. The Appreciation of Byzantine Art (1972) N6250 .R45 1972

Tsatsos, Jeanne. Empress Athenais-Eudocia, a Fifth-century Byzantine Humanist (1977) DF562.6 T713

 

Hagiography:

Delehaye, H. Les legendes grecques des Saints militaires (1909) Not at UK

Topping, Eva. Sacred Stories from Byzantium (1977) WTY: BX393 .T66

 

Church, Liturgy, etc:

Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Service Book of the Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church, according to the Use of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (1984) Art Ref. ZZ86 .5983 c.1

The New Testament Apocrypha, ed. Edgar Hennecke & Wilhelm Schneemelcher, (trans. R. McL. Wilson) (1963)

Hymns of the Greek Church, trans. John Brownlie (1900) Not at UK

Pascha: the Resurrection of Christ, ed. D. Drillock, H.B. Erickson, & J.H. Erickson (1977) Not at UK

Podhradsky, Gerhard. New Dictionary of the Liturgy (1967) WTY Ref. BV173 .P613 1967

Liesel, Eucharistic Liturgies of the Eastern Church (1963) Not at UK

 

* Much of this list is still in progress (call numbers not yet updated, entries incomplete, or items not yet inserted) -- please use as a starting point rather than as a definitive bibliography and double-check each entry for accuracy and completeness.


 

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