Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Studies

05/01/2016

http://www.fatherjustinsblog.info

08/20/2015

http://sinaipalimpsests.org/

The Sinai Palimpsests Project is using state-of-the-art spectral imaging to recover erased texts from palimpsest manuscripts in the library of St. Catherine’s Monastery of the Sinai, the world’s oldest continually operating monastery. The monastery holds an exceptional collection of more than 160 p…

01/26/2015

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/25/379634318/piece-by-piece-monks-scramble-to-preserve-iraqs-christian-history?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150125

Fleeing ISIS, an order of Dominican monks had to leave much behind. But when Father Najeeb Michaeel helped the Christian community escape, he took one thing with him: a collection of manuscripts.

11/10/2014

http://rudaw.net/english/culture/01112014

11/09/2014

http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.se/2014/11/byzantine-treasures-of-mount-athos-to.html #.VF74V_n_uZC

10/21/2014

Rina Avner is a former DO fellow:

http://www.antiquities.org.il/Article_eng.aspx?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=4086

All of the information regarding the inscription will be presented in a conference open to the public on “Innovations in the Archaeology of Jerusalem and its Surroundings”, to be held this Thursday (23/10) on the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem A rare find of tremendous his…

10/20/2014

http://observers.france24.com/content/20141017-priests-race-save-manuscripts-threatened-rampaging-jihadists-iraq

As fighters from the 'Islamic State' group rampage across northern Syria and Iraq, a group of priests are racing against time to save what's left of the region's Christian...

09/17/2014

http://www.byzarts.com/

Official site of North America's entry point for the Orthodox fine arts

09/08/2014

http://maryjahariscenter.org/blog/catalogue-of-greek-medieval-renaissance-manuscripts-in-the-collections-of-t/

Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann. “Catalogue of Greek Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Collections of the United States of America. Part VIII: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Library Company of Philadelphia.” Manuscripta 58, no 1 (2014): pp. 38–73. Abstract This article, part eight of the “Catalo…

05/28/2014

http://world.greekreporter.com/2014/05/27/rare-seal-depicting-st-sabbas-discovered-in-jerusalem/

A rare seal dating back to the Crusades era has been discovered during excavations at the Monastery of St. Sabbas in the Bayit VeGan neighborhood of Jerusalem.

05/07/2014

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2014/05/syria-maaloula-damage-christian-sites.html #

According to a report by the Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums for the Rif Damascus governorate, Christian sites in the historic town of Maaloula have suffered substantial damage.

05/05/2014

The saga continues

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/us/fresh-doubts-raised-about-papyrus-scrap-known-as-gospel-of-jesuss-wife.html?hp

A relic has provoked fascination and fury it was unveiled nearly two years ago by an eminent historian of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School.