By Alexander P. Kazhdan
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium is a three-volume, accomplished dictionary of Byzantine civilization. the 1st source of its style within the box, it positive aspects over 5,000 entries written via a world staff of eminent Byzantinists protecting all facets of existence within the Byzantine international. based on Alexander Kazhdan, editor-in-chief of the Dictionary: "Entries on patriarchy and emperors will coexist with entries on surgical procedure and musical tools. An access at the cultivation of grain won't simply be attached to entries on agriculture and its economics yet on vitamin, the baking of bread, and the function of bread during this altering society."
significant entries deal with such themes as agriculture, paintings, literature, and politics, whereas shorter entries study themes that relate to Byzantium equivalent to the heritage of Kiev and personalities of historic and biblical background. each one article is through a bibliography, and various maps, tables, architectural designs, and genealogies strengthen and make clear the text.
the hot Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium often is the usual learn device and reference paintings for Byzantinists from graduate scholars to complex students, and a necessary source for school and faculty libraries. it's going to even be a useful advisor for classicists, Western medievalists, Islamicists, Slavicists, paintings historians, non secular historians, and students of archaeology.
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