Byzantine hymns, performed by a renowned Greek choir, in the Metropolitan Church of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Austria, Exarchate of Hungary and Central Europe, built between 1782 and 1787 and redesigned from 1856 by Theophil Hansen.
Sergio Basso, Dynamics of Transmission of ›Barlaam and Ioasaph‹: Along the Silk Road to Byzantium. Berlin – New York (De Gruyter) 2026. The spiritual crisis of a pagan prince, Ioasaph, is allayed only by the preaching of the Christian ascetic Barlaam. The standard claim is that the core of the novel was the Christianisation of…
Explore this year’s special exhibition at the Papyrus Museum in the Austrian National Library, dedicated to the “fragment” in the Greek Middle Ages. We present physical fragments of written artefacts, textual fragments in novel contexts, and documents of individual life as fragments of society. Expect glances into the Byzantine everyday world beyond shimmering mosaics.
This special showcase provides an insight into the society and culture of the eastern Mediterranean region through clay seals from Egypt (from the holdings of the Papyrus Collection/Austrian National Library) and Byzantine lead seals (private collection of A.-K. Wassiliou-Seibt).
This exhibition shows icons from the holdings of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Austria. The icons were acquired in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Some of them were donated to the Metropolis by important patrons of the time and bear beautiful witness to Greek culture in the imperial city of Vienna at that time….
The political fragmentation and cultural diversity of the Eastern Mediterranean after the Fourth Crusade in 1204 was also reflected in a plurality of currencies. In this exhibition, coins from Late Byzantium and neighbouring polities are not only presented as means of payment, but equally as media of power and artefacts of socioeconomic entanglements – reflecting…
For over 130 years, the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the OeAW has investigated Ephesos, a major UNESCO World Heritage Site in Türkiye. Excavations reveal 9,000 years of settlement history. An international team studies social, economic, and environmental aspects of ancient life. The poster session presents this project, focusing on Byzantine material culture, diet, vegetation, agriculture,…
This exhibition explores the intertwined and commodified histories of sugar and coffee within a specific place and time: the Medieval and Early Modern Red Sea, envisaged as a cultural connector between the Mediterranean world and Africa, Arabia, and the Indian Ocean. The exhibition explores four interrelated themes: first, tracing the trade networks and knowledge transfers…
Meet international academic publishers and their latest publications dealing with the Byzantine world.