Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Emilio Bonfiglio and Claudia Rapp -- Copyright Page / Emilio Bonfiglio and Claudia Rapp -- Preface / Claudia Rapp -- Abbreviations / Emilio Bonfiglio and Claudia Rapp -- Notes on Contributors / Emilio Bonfiglio and Claudia Rapp -- Introduction Armeno-Byzantine Studies in the 21st Century: Between Tradition and Turning Points / Emilio Bonfiglio -- Chapter 1 Armenian Translations from Greek Texts or the Inscription of Armenian Particularism in the Byzantine Commonwealth / Bernard Coulie -- Chapter 2 The Armenian Version of the τέχνη γραμματική : A Linguistically Uncomfortable Compromise / Robin Meyer -- Chapter 3 Christianising Lay Commemoration of the Dead in 11th-Century Armenia: Grigor Pahlawuni Magistros’ Funeral Lament for Sparapet Vahram Pahlawuni / Theo Maarten van Lint -- Chapter 4 ‘The Hand That Once Wrote …’: The Journey of a Colophon Formula from Greek into Armenian / Emmanuel Van Elverdinghe -- Chapter 5 ʿAlī Ibn Yaḥyā Al-Armanī and the ‘Armenian Connection’ between Bosporus, Tigris, and Nile in the Mid 9th Century / Johannes Preiser-Kapeller -- Chapter 6 King Vasil’s Holy Sign of War / David Zakarian -- Chapter 7 The Travels of a Liturgical Feast from the Holy Land: Feasting the Lord’s Transfiguration in Armenian, West Syrian, and Byzantine Christianity / Mark Roosien -- Chapter 8 Old Issues in the New Regime: The Revival of Religious Controversies Between Byzantines and Armenians after the Fall of the Bagratid Kingdom / Karen Hamada -- Chapter 9 Representations of Armenia(s) and the Armenians in Late Antiquity: Theory and Praxis in the Writings of John Chrysostom / Emilio Bonfiglio -- Chapter 10 The Orthodox Monastery of the Virgin of Arayi: Evidence for Byzantine Ecclesiastical Policy in Greater Armenia (1045–1064) / Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt and Gert Boersema -- Chapter 11 Where to Search for Byzantine Arkion? / Werner Seibt -- Indexes / Emilio Bonfiglio and Claudia Rapp.

Byzantium is more and more recognized as a vibrant culture in dialogue with neighbouring regions, political entities, and peoples. Where better to look for this kind of dynamism than in the interactions between the Byzantines and the Armenians? Warfare and diplomacy are only one part of that story. The more enduring part consists of contact and mutual influence brokered by individuals who were conversant in both cultures and languages. The articles in this volume feature fresh work by younger and established scholars that illustrate the varieties of interaction in the fields of literature, material culture, and religion. Contributors are: Gert Boersema, Emilio Bonfiglio, Bernard Coulie, Karen Hamada, Robin Meyer, Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Claudia Rapp, Mark Roosien, Werner Seibt, Emmanuel Van Elverdinghe, Theo Maarten van Lint, Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt, and David Zakarian.

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