Ünal, Ceren : The Ağacık Hoard / Ağacık Definesi

Yelyzaveta I. Akhypova, Icons from the 10th–13th centuries in Stone, Bone and Ceramics from Ukraine.A catalogueCluj – Napoca 2025ISBN 978-606-020-907-2256 S./pp., Farb- und S/W-Abb./colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 22 cm; kartoniert/hardcover This book is devoted to a very special circle of works that have reached us from the art of Kyiv Rus of the late 10th-11th centuries, and from the artistic heritage of those principalities, which after the collapse of the vast Kyiv state were formed in the southern and south-western parts of its territory. These principalities continued to exist in the 12th-13th centuries, until the invasion of the Tatar-Mongol hordes in 1230-40s, i.e. in the pre-Mongol period, and partly survived in the following decades. When it comes to the artistic culture of that vast world, we usually remember, first of all, the ecclesiastical architecture, the mosaics and the frescoes of the churches of Kyiv and Chernihiv, the enormous 11th-century icons of Novgorod, made, apparently, by artisans then visiting Kyiv, the miniatures of the 1056-57 Ostromir Lectionary, the decorations of other outstanding illustrated manuscripts, as well as the precious gold and silver jewelry, decorated with cloisonné enamel and other exquisite methods of jewelry art. The monumental sculpture also existed in that world: carvings in white stone (limestone) on the facades of some churches, narrative and ornamental plastic of certain interior elements such as remarkable reliefs(both patterned and narrative) on the slate slabs that decorated Kyiv’s churches. However, monumental sculpture and relief played relatively a modest role in that artistic world. This assessment of the role of sculpture will not change much even if we recall the existence of wooden sculpture, the art inherited from pagan times and known to us from the few surviving relatively late works of the north-east and north-west of Rus, which being largely primitive in nature have reached us only in small numbers due to the poor preservation of the material employed. (Foreword by Engelina Smirnova).

Engin Akyürek – Anastasios Tantsis – Kerem Abuhan – Ufuk Soysal – Gülseren Dikilitaş – Ozan E. Vanci – Emrah Kahraman,Saint Euphemia and Her Church in IstanbulIstanbul 2023ISBN 978-625-8022-43-8256 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 21 cm; englisch Broschur/softcover The church of Saint Euphemia in Sultanahmet was among the important centers of pilgrimage in the Byzantine capital. This book focuses on the life of the saint and history, architecture and frescoes of her church in Sultanahmet, along with the recent restoration and conservations works on the church and small finds from the site.

Engin Akyürek – Koray Durak (Hrsg.),Anatolia in the Byzantine Period /Bizans Dönemi’nde AnadoluIstanbul 2021ISBN 978-975-08-5162-9XVI + 480 S., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb., 34 x 23,5 cm; broschiertzweisprachig englisch - türkisch

Paul Arthur,Byzantine and Turkish Hierapolis (Pamukkale)An Archaeological GuideIstanbul 2006ISBN 978-975-8071-34-0192 S., zahlreiche Farb- und S/W-Abb. im Text, 21 x 15 cm, broschiert

Nergis Ataç – M. Sacit Pekak, Kappadokia'da Kapalı Yunan Haçı Planlı Kiliselerde Apsis, Doğu Haç Kolu ve Doğu Köşe Mekanları Resim ProgramıIstanbul 2022ISBN 978-605-396-561-9256 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour- and b/w-figs., 23,5 x 16,5 cm; kartoniert/hardcover 

Abdullah Mehmet Avunduk, Rumelihisarı Semtindeki Doğu Roma (Bizans) Üsluplu Plastik Taş EserlerIzmit 2023ISBN 978-605-71715-8-0192 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour-figs., 19,5 x 13,5 cm; broschiert/paperback

Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan,Glasierte byzantinische Keramik aus der Türkei Istanbul 2004 ISBN 978-975-8070-98-5 (Set)ISBN 978-975-8070-99-2 (Band 1)ISBN 978-975-8071-00-5 (Band 2)ISBN 978-975-8071-01-2 (Band 3) 3 Bände Band 1 (Text): XXVII, 326 S., S/W-Abb., 28,2 x 21,5 cm; broschiert Band 2 (Katalog): S. I-XIII, S. 327-552, 28,2 x 21,5 cm; broschiert Band 3 (Tafeln, Karten, Appendix): S. I-XIII, 191 S/W-Taf., 6 Karten, 1 Beilage, 28,2 x 21,5 cm; broschiert

Antonios Botonakis – Merve Özkılıç (Hrsg.), Sound of Byzantium. Byzantine Musical Instruments Istanbul 2022ISBN 978-605-7685-85-8XVI + 112 S., zahlr. Farbabb., 28 x 21 cm, kartoniert / hardcover

Hasan Buyruk,Giresun Müzesi Geç Roma ve Bizans Dönemi Altın SikkelerAnkara 2021ISBN 978-625-7358-33-0XII + 126 S., zahlr. Farb-Abb., 23,5 x 16 cm; broschiert

Constantinos M. Constantopoulos, Byzantine Lead Seals – The Stamoules’ Collection(Siatras Numismatic Studies, 10)Athens 2023ISBN 978-628-5818-00-5 108 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 23,5 x 16 cm; broschiert/softcoverAnastasios Stamoules was a Greek born in 1843 at the small town of Selymbria, Eastern Thrace, then a part of the Ottoman Empire. He studied in the Orthodox College of the Oecumenical Patriarchate at Constantinople. From very young age, he had started collecting objects relating to the history of Thrace. As a result a huge collection of Greek, Roman and Byzantine objects was formed. Unfortunately the biggest part of this collection was stolen by the troops of the Allies during WW I. The forced population displacement of the 1920's lead the whole family in Athens. In 1924 Stamoules donated the coins and the lead seals that managed to bring with him to the Numismatic Museum. This book presents in detail the Byzantine lead seals of Stamoules' Collection. What is important is that all seals were locally collected, at the small area around Selymbria, one could justifiably call it "the Selymbria Collection". The Byzantine city was an important strategic settlement located in the interior of the Long Walls of Thrace, at the end of Via Egnatia, it also was a religious centre, as is still obvious from the remains of many churches that survive. It is mentioned in the sources as an archdiocese and later as a metropolis. Therefore the seals of the Collection can also be used as a primary material for historical studies.

Nilay Çorağan, The Wall paintings of the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre ASMS (AKMED Series in Mediterranean Studies) 5 Istanbul 2023ISBN 978-625-8022-57-5XII + 318 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Olivier Delouis – Brigitte Pitarakis,Discovering Byzantium in Istanbul. Scholars, Institutions, and Challenges, 1800–1955Istanbul 2022ISBN 978-605-71205-3-3399 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 24 x 16 cm; broschiert/paperback

Koray Durak,The Odyssey of Byzantine Studies in Turkey / Türkiye’de Bizans Çalışmalarının SerüveniIstanbul 2023ISBN 978-625-8022-49-0355 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 21 cm; englisch Broschur/softcover

Galina Fingarova – Fani Gargova – Margaret Mullett (eds.), Illuminations. Studies presented to Lioba TheisWien 2022ISBN 978-3-85161-279-0 195 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Ebru Fatma Fındık – Sema Doğan – Vera Bulgurlu,St.Nicholas Church Demre – Myra Istanbul 2024 ISBN 978-605-396-570-1112 S./pp., zahlr Farbabb./num. colour figs., 23,5 x 16,5 cm; broschiert/softcover

Ioannis M. Fountoulis,The Agiasma of Ayvalık Holy Water Sanctuary. Panagia Phaneromeni of Kydonies Istanbul 2024ISBN 978-975-6158-42-588 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 23,5 x 16 cm; broschiert/softcover

Andreas Gkoutzioukostas – Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt – Dimitrios P. Drakoulis (eds.), Lead Seals in Byzantine Thrace (6th-12th c.) Proceedings of the International Conference Sigillography Meets Historical Geography. Vienna, 19 April 2023Thessaloniki 2023ISBN 978-960-656-186-3 502 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Michael Grünbart (Hrsg.),Gold und Blei. Byzantinische Kostbarkeiten aus dem Münsterland(Katalog zu den Ausstellungen im Ikonenmuseum, Recklinghausen, 23.6. – 21.10.2012 und im Archäologischen Museum der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 7.9.2013 – 12.1.2014) Wien 2012ISBN 978-3-85161-080-2207 S., 53 Farb- und 92 S/W-Abb., 24 x 17 cm; kartoniert

Basema Hamarneh – Davide Bianchi (eds.),Architecture as Sacred Space. Shaping the Holy in Late Antiquity and ByzantiumWien 2024ISBN 978-3-85161-306-3164 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover Die Publikation versammelt Studien zur Analyse der nicht wahrnehmbaren und doch sehr offensichtlichen Grenze zwischen der Materialität einer architektonischen Konstruktion und dem Sakralen. Die Beiträge versuchen anhand von Beispielen aus der Welt der Spätantike folgende Fragen zu diskutieren: Wie verhalten sich Architektur und sakraler Raum zueinander? Wie sollten sie betrachtet werden? Wie trugen Ritual, Erinnerung und gebaute Umwelt zur kulturellen Ausformulierung heiliger Räume und ihrer Wahrnehmung bei? Und was erklärt die anhaltende Anziehungskraft heiliger Räume?Die einzelnen Kapitel befassen sich mit den architektonischen Gegebenheiten in Orten und Gebieten von Bordeaux bis Rom, von Hierapolis bis Konstantinopel und von Shivta bis Aksum.

Turhan Kaçar,The Council of Nicaea. A Political and Intellectual History Ankara 2025 ISBN 978-975-17-6402-7258 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 24 x 17 cm; kartoniert/hardcover The Council of Nicaea stands as one of the most decisive turning points in the history of Christianity. Yet, within Turkish historical scholarship, it has long remained a largely neglected subject - articularly when considered through the lenses of Roman political history and ancient intellectual history. To date, the council has not been examined as an independent topic within these frameworks. The limited number of studies that do address Nicaea neither offer a comprehensive historical narrative nor evaluate the council’s textual production from an intellectual-historical perspective. As a result, Turkish historiography continues to fall short not only in answering fundamental questions – such as what actually transpired at the Council of Nicaea, how debates were conducted, and how its decisions were interpreted and reinterpreted across subsequent centuries and cultures – but also in providing the historical context necessary to pose these questions in the first place. This collective volume seeks to address this gap. By offering a coherent and interdisciplinary discussion of the Council of Nicaea and its broader political, theological, and intellectual dimensions, the book aims to make a modest yet meaningful contribution to Turkish scholarship on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the council.

Enis Karakaya,İstanbul’un Bizans Dönemi Banliyöleri / Istanbul Suburbs in the Byzantine Period Istanbul 2024 ISBN 978-625-99806-3-8X + 336 S./pp., zahlr Farb- und SW-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Panayotis Katsafados,The Church of St. George, KariniaInner Mani (1281)Essays on its Epigraphy and Unusual ImageryAthen 2024ISBN 978-618-5611-35-4160 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour- and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 20,5 cm; broschiert/softcover

Esra Keskin,Küçük Asya'da kutsal kent Euchaita ve Bizans dönemi taş eserleri / The holy city Euchaita in Asia Minor and the stoneworks of Byzantine periodIstanbul 2015ISBN 978-605-9825-97-9229 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 24 x 16 cm; broschiert/softcover

Şahin Kılıç – Buket Kitapçı Bayrı, Byzantine Studies in Turkey. A Bibliography (19th Century - 2020)Türkiye'de Bizans Çalışmaları Bir Bibliyografya (19. Yüzyıl - 2020)Istanbul 2022ISBN 978-625-8022-16-2 (vol. 1) ISBN 978-625-8022-17-9 (vol. 2) 2 Bände/vols: 1055 S./pp., 24 x 16,5 cm; broschiert/paperbackzweisprachig englisch - türkisch / bilingual english - turkish