The present book, the first collective volume entirely devoted to
aspects of Byzantine epigraphy, mainly comprises papers delivered at two
international meetings (Vienna 2010, Sofia 2011). The book is divided
into four sections and includes among others the following
contributions: after an introductory article about the history of the
discipline of Byzantine epigraphy Cyril Mango tries to define the term
Byzantine inscription and its limits. Vincent Debiais offers some
interesting observations by comparing medieval Latin inscriptions from
the West with Byzantine epigraphic traditions. The second section of the
book bears the title Methods of Editing Byzantine Inscriptions: while
the paper of Peter Schreiner discusses the urgent necessity of creating
a new epigraphic initiative within Byzantine Studies, Walter Koch
describes the Western medieval inscription projects in detail. Both
Guglielmo Cavallo and Erkki Sironen discuss editorial guidelines while
Charlotte Roueche stresses the advantages of creating online-corpora,
and Joel Kalvesmaki describes his recently published epigraphic font
Athena Ruby. The third section covers articles which report current
epigraphic projects: two projects from Greece presented will be
published within databases. Maria Xenaki discusses the epigraphic wealth
of Cappadocia and its hardly studied graffiti. The last section is
devoted to case studies articles. Their content ranges from Late
Antiquity (Sencer Sahin, Mustafa Sayar) until the middle and the late
Byzantine period (Ida Toth, Linda Safran).
