Byzantine Religious Culture

Denis Sullivan, Ph.D. (1972) Classical Philology, University of North Carolina, Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Maryland. His publications include The Life of St. Nikon, Siegecraft: Two Tenth-Century Instructional Manuals, and, with Alice-Mary Talbot, The History of Leo the Deacon.Elizabeth A. Fisher, Ph.D. (1972) in Classical Philology, Harvard University, is Professor of Classics at George Washington University and editor of Michaelis Pselli Orationes hagiographicae (Teubner 1994). She is currently working on Greek translators’ prefaces.Stratis Papaioannou, Ph.D. (2000) in Byzantine Studies, University of Vienna, is Associate Professor of Classics at Brown University. His book Michael Psellos, Rhetoric and Authorship in Byzantium will appear at Cambridge University Press.

"Alice-Mary Talbot is a Byzantine scholar who certainly deserves a Festschrift such as this rich offering...The number of articles assigned to each section varies somewhat, but their quality is of a consistently high standard...This a rich and varied book that will interest Byzantinists in a multitude of disciplines...The individual articles are rewarding to read from both informative and interpretative points of view; their attention to detail-both in text and footnotes-and overall vision is, almost without exception, exemplary."Mary B. Cunningham, Speculum 89:2 (April 2014), 548-560'...The volume is smartly organized according to three themes related its honoree's own scholarly interests in the social context of Byzantine religion ... There are multiple plate images throughout, which exemplify a first-rate publication. Both the editors and the publisher are to be commended for this attractive volume....It is rare that a volume of collected essays is so cohesive. It is even more rare that one is as important to its field as this one. Just like the Byzantine texts and images under investigation, this book will serve many needs and speak to its readers in different ways. ... But more than anything, this volume simply offers a stellar assortment of the world's leading Byzantinists and presents, more than any other volume that comes to mind, the new directions in Byzantine research."George E. Demacopoulos, Fordham University, TMR 12.12.03

• List of Illustrations ... xiList of Contributors ... xviiIntroduction ... xxiPublications of Alice-Mary Talbot ... xxviiList of Abbreviations ... xxxvWOMENIncluding the ‘Despised Woman’: Jacob of Serug at the Nativity Feast ... 3Susan Ashbrook HarveyA Meeting of Hypatia of Alexandria with St. Febronia of Nisibis in the Life of Sts. David, Symeon and George of Lesbos ... 19Alexander AlexakisUne hotesse importante de l’eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste de l’Oxeia a Constantinople : Febronie ... 31Michel KaplanLearned Women of Byzantium and the Surviving Record ... 53Maria MavroudiWomen in Byzantine History in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries: Some Theoretical Considerations ... 85Stamatina McGrathAnna Komnene’s Will ... 99Stratis PapaioannouICONS AND IMAGESThe Matter of the Word in an Icon in Houston ... 125Annemarie Weyl CarrThe Other Image at the Palace Gate and the Visual Propaganda of Leo III ... 139Paul MagdalinoSacred Objects with Holy Light: Byzantine Icons with Chrysography ... 155Jaroslav Folda‘Tiles of Nicomedia’ and the Cult of Saint Panteleimon ... 173Sharon E. J. GerstelMichael Psellos on the ‘Usual’ Miracle at Blachernae, the Law, and Neoplatonism ... 187Elizabeth A. Fisher“Pangs of Labor without Pain”: Observations on the Iconography of the Nativity in Byzantium ... 205Henry MaguireByzantine ‘Medals’: Coins, Amulets and Piety ... 217Cecile Morrisson and Simon BendallNew Evidence on Lead Flasks and Devotional Patterns: From Crusader Jerusalem to Byzantium ... 239Brigitte PitarakisThe Posthumous Miracles of St. Eustratios on a Sinai Templon Beam ... 267Nancy Patterson ŠevčenkoTEXTS, PRACTICES, SPACESHagiography and the Cult of Saints in the Light of Epigraphy and Acclamations ... 291Claudia RappThe Jewish Boy Legend and the ‘Western Twist’ ... 313John DuffySaints and Saracens: On Some Miracle Accounts of the Early Arab Period ... 323Arietta PapaconstantinouThe Monastery of Diomedes ... 339John W. NesbittLes saints d’Italie meridionale (IXe–XIIe s.) et leur role dans la societe locale ... 347Stephanos EfthymiadesZur Memorialkultur im byzantinischen Mittelalter ... 373Michael GrunbartSiege Warfare, Nikephoros II Phokas, Relics and PersonalPiety ... 395Denis F. SullivanAn Anonymous Narrative of the Martyrdom of the Anchorites of Mount Sinai (BHG 307d) ... 411Angela Constantinides HeroNicholas the Monk and Former Soldier ... 421Paul Stephenson and Brooke ShillingThe Testament of the Patriarch Athanasios I of Constantinople (1289–93, 1303–09) ... 439Manolis S. PatedakisIndex ... 465