29 January 2014

The Dynatoi

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The dynatoi at dinner. Outer narthex of the Katholikon, Vatopedi Monastery, Mt. Athos. In Emperor or Manager: Power ...
22 January 2014

The better classes and the common people

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Dedicatory inscription, Archangel Michael, Polemitas , Mani. 1278. I've recently come across some fascinating articles (see be...
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15 January 2014

George Gemistos Plethon at Mistra

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Holograph manuscript of George Gemistos Plethon, Marciana, Venice. A great deal of twaddle has been written about Mistra and Pl...
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08 January 2014

What happened to the archons?

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Probable representation of an archon,  Andreas Pavias, Crucifixion, late 15th C. Archons essentially disappear in 1460 with t...
31 December 2013

Captain Williams

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Captain Williams, my brother Peter (age 6) and me (nearly 12) in King Tom, Freetown, Sierra Leone (between White Man's Bay and Kroo...
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24 December 2013

Ἐγένετο: it happened.

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Adoration , by Brian Kershisnik Ἐγένετο: it happened.  That’s how stories begin: Once upon a time, In the beginning, In the days w...
19 December 2013

How Guillaume Villehardouin got his nick-name

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Circumstances have made it impossible to write an entry for this week.  So I thought it might be amusing to post here an excerpt fro...
12 December 2013

The imitation of the immortality of the gods

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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...
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