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Alessio Sopracasa @surmaison.bsky.social · May 10

The digitisation campaign of the Byzantine seals of the IFEB collection sigidoc.hypotheses.org/407

The digitisation campaign of the Byzantine seals of the IFEB collection

As part of the ANR-DFG DigiByzSeal project, the digitisation campaign of the seal collection held by the Institut Français d’Études Byzantines (IFEB), hosted by the Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP),...

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · May 9

Join us on May 16 at @mfoxford.bsky.social for "Digital Byzantine Studies: Current Methods and Future Applications", a workshop on digital corpora, prosopography, TEI, 3D & more in Byzantine research. Organized by @sealygirl.bsky.social, @surmaison.bsky.social, Olivier Delouis & Claudia Sode.

Poster for the workshop "Digital Byzantine Studies: Current Methods and Future Applications", to be held at the Maison Française d'Oxford on May 16.

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Alessio Sopracasa @surmaison.bsky.social · Apr 6

Highlights from the 13th Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography (Cologne, 27-29 March) sigidoc.hypotheses.org/336
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Highlights from the 13th Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography (Cologne, 27-29 March)

The symposium on Byzantine sigillography that concluded last week was both a testament to the excellent organization by the Department of Byzantine Studies at the University of Cologne and a vibrant space for high-quality presentations and engaging, fruitful discussions. Unlike previous editions, which were often by invitation only, this year’s symposium included a highly successful … Continue reading Highlights from the 13th Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography (Cologne, 27-29 March) →

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 31

That’s a wrap! The #siegelsymposium has come to an end, and what an incredible days it has been! We had discussions about every aspect of Byzantine history and new insights that pushed the field forward. We had great food & company, and a unique excursion that made this symposium even more special.

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 29

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵

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🎤 Ioanna Koukouni (Independent Researcher)
📜 "Two New Byzantine Lead Bullae from the Island of Chios"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 29

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🎤 Eugenia Gerousi-Bendermacher (Hellenic Ministry of Culture)
📜 "The Lead Seals of the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum in Athens"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 29

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🎤 Christos Stavrakos (University of Ioannina)
📜 "The Byzantine Lead Seals from the Acropolis of Athens"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 28

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵

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🎤 Pantelis Charalampakis, Nikolay Dimitrov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) et al.
📜 "Towards a Digital Sigillographic Corpus of Bulgaria"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 28

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🎤 Jan Bigalke, Claes Neuefeind et al. (University of Cologne)
📜 "The DigiByzSeal Project: A Digital Infrastructure for Seals"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 28

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🎤 Andreas Gkoutzioukostas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) et al.
📜 "Remarks on Seals Found Along the Danube (7th-9th c.)"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 28

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🎤 Marco Muresu (University of Cagliari)
📜 "Framing Byzantine Culture in Medieval Sardinia Between Continuity and Storytelling. The Seals of the ‘Carte Volgari’"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 28

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🎤 Dimitris Sidiropoulos, Konstantinos Diados (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) et al.
📜 "The Distribution of Seals in Early Byzantine Thrace (6th-8th c.): An Interdisciplinary Approach"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 28

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🎤 Eugen Paraschiv-Grigore and Ioana Paraschiv-Grigore (The National History Museum of Romania)
📜 "Commercial Links between the Western Black Sea and Western Asia Minor 4th - 6th Centuries AD"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 28

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🎤 Lucia Maria Orlandi (École française de Rome)
📜 "Signacula-Markers: The “Poor Relation” of Seals?"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 28

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🎤 Max Ritter (University of Silesia)
📜 "The Seal of Patronage: Monograms in the Architectural Sculpture of Sixth- to Tenth-Century Constantinople"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 28

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🎤 Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/Austrian Academy of Sciences)
📜 "Χρυσὸς κοσμεῖ δάκτυλον. Neue Aspekte zu Inhalt und Funktion vier spätbyzantinischer Goldringe"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 28

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵

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🎤 Tommaso Giuliodoro (Durham University)
📜 "The Praetorian Prefecture of North Africa in the Mid-7th Century: The Case of Marinus, praefectus et commerciarius"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 28

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🎤 Margherita Elena Pomero (University of Bologna)
📜 "From Prefect to Exarch of Italy: The Seals of Theodore Calliopa"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 27

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🎤 Nilgün Elam (Anadolu University) and Olga Karagiorgou (Academy of Athens)
📜 "New Molybdoboulla from Turkish Museums Issued by Thematic Officials in Asia Minor"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 27

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🎤 Pantelis Charalampakis (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), Olga Karagiorgou (Academy of Athens), and Christos Malatras (Sorbonne University)
📜 "Addenda and Corrigenda in the TAKTIKON (2021)"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 27

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵

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🎤 Olga Karagiorgou (Academy of Athens)

📜 "Byzantine Thematic Officials in the WWW: The TAKTIKON online"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 27

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🎤 Nilgün Elam (Anadolu University) and Christos Malatras (Sorbonne University)
📜 "Lead Seals from the Collection of the Museum of Antiocheia of Pisidia (Yalvaç)"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 27

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵

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🎤 Nikolaos Mastrochristos (Independent Researcher)
📜 "Byzantine Lead Seals from Rhodes, Greece. New Data from Old and Recent Finds"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 27

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵

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🎤 Thanasis Sotiriou (Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FORTH)
📜 "Exploring the Seals of Late Byzantine Sebastoi, 1204-1350"

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 27

🔵 #siegelsymposium – LIVE 🔵

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🎤 Nathan DC Websdale (University of Oxford)
📜 "The Problem With ‘Being’ King David: Reassessing the Seals and Letters of David Grand Komnenos of Paphlagonia (1204-c.1212)"

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