
Topics in this volume of the Proceedings of the 49th SPBS Spring Symposium include: Byzantine attitudes towards the inscribed word, the context and function of epigraphic evidence, the levels of formality and authority, the material aspect of writing, and the verbal, visual...

In spite of the striking abundance of extant primary material, Byzantine epigraphy remains uncharted territory. The volume of the Proceedings of the 49th SPBS Spring Symposium aims to promote the field of Byzantine epigraphy as a whole, and topics and subjects covered include:...
