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Ms. Plut.70.06 in the Laurentian Library of Florence ,  the concluding page of the 1318 Herodotos belonging to George Gemistos Plet...

Angel, Ag. Nicholas, Mistra. I recently discussed Bessarion's monody,  one of four given at the  μνημόσυνον  for Cleofe Malates...

Cyriaco's Mycenae, at Ag. Adrianos near Nauplion, 2 November 2014. Nearly three years ago I wrote about Cyriaco's visit to...

In February of last year, I wrote an entry on Bessarion's Little White Dog  and used the two dog painting I have here. I think I...

Burning Plethon photocopies. Burning a book is not easy in the normal course of events. Several years ago I needed to dispose of...

Holograph manuscript of George Gemistos Plethon, Marciana, Venice. A great deal of twaddle has been written about Mistra and Pl...

Out of the overflowing abundance of images from the Byzantine world, this is the only image I have been able to find that shows affectio...

Constantinople and Galata, 15th C Florentine chest. MMA. Sphrantzes writes: In the summer of the same year (1423), the αὐθεντό...

St. Augustine, Carpaccio, ca. 1504 In Carpaccio's painting of St. Augustine, at the instant when he becom es aware of the death ...