First International Sevgi Gonul Byzantine Studies Symposium - Change in the Byzantine World in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

674 pp, color figures, pb, articles in Turkish and English.

Contents

• Koc, Omer M. / Preface
• Odekan, Ayla - Engin Akyurek - Nevra Necipoglu / Foreword
• Otuken, S. Yildiz / Opening Speech

1. History and Geography

• Avci, Casim / Selahaddin Eyyubi (1171-1193) and the Byzantium
• Bakir, Mevlude / How Did the Byzantines Deal with the Earthquakes and Their Aftermath?
• Kitapci Bayri, Buket / The Martyrdom of Niketas the Younger: A Case of Forced Conversion Under the Seljuk Sultan Masud II or a Reflection of the Byzantine Policy Under Emperor Andronikos II
• Koder, Johannes / Historical Geography of the Byzantine World in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Problems of the Sources
• Kanellopoulos, Nikolaos S. - Ioanna K. Lekea / Justification of War in Thirteenth-Century Byzantium: Tracing' Down The Latin Influence
• Mercil, Erdogan / Letter of Sultan Sanjar to The Byzantine Emperor
• Redford, Scott / Maurozomes in Konya
• Sullivan, Denis F. / The Authorship of Anna Komnene's Alexiad: The Siege Descriptions Compared With The Military Instructional Manuals and Other Historians
• Talbot, Alice-Mary / A Unique Saint's Life of the Early Thirteenth Century: Akakios Sabbaites' Vita of Saints Barnabas and Sophronios
• Simpson, Alicia / Change In Byzantine Historical Self-Awareness in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

2. Cultural Interaction

• Bursali, Muradiye / The Tree of Life Motif in the Byzantine and Seljuq Periods Asa Centre Symbol
• Doganbas, Muzaffer / Byzantine Spolia Material Used in the Seljuq and Ottoman Structures in Amasya
• Eastmond, Antony / Gender and Patronage Between Christianity and Islam in the Thirteenth Century
• Hancer, Elmon / Cilician Armenian Miniature in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries and its Relations with Byzantine and Neighbouring Cultures
• Kadiroglu, Mine / Byzantine Elements from the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries Found in Armenian and Georgian Metal Objects Produced in Eastern Anatolia
• Maguire, Henry / Alexanderand The Lambs: Imitation Byzantine Spolia at San Marco, Venice
• Olcay Uckan, Yelda / Traces of Norman Art in The Rock Architecrure of Phrygia
• Odekan, Ayla / Intercultural Interactions and Muqarnas
• Gonul Oney / Byzantine Elements Blended in The Synthesis of Anatolian Seljuq Art in the Ankara Arslanhane Mosque Example
• Ozme, Adil / Bvzantine Influence on Anatolian Seljuq Coins
• Shukuhov, Rustam / On Some Oriental Borrowings in Middle Greek (Eleventh -Filteenth Centuries)
• Turkoglu, Sabahattin / Turkish and Oriental Influence on Byzantine Costumes in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

3. Economy

• Jean-Claude Cheynet / Les Noms des Fonctiomiaires Civils Issus des Familles Constantinopolitaines Durant les Onzieme et Douzieme Siecles D'apres la Sigillographie
• Tek, Ahmet Tolga - Zeliha Demiral Gokalp / Money in the Twelfth-Century Byzantine World
• Jacoby, David / Thirteenth-Century Commercial Exchange in the Aegean: Continuity and Change
• Mitsiou, Ekaterini / Ideology and Economv in the Politics of John III Vatatzes (1221-1254)
• Papadopoulou, Pagona / The Big Problem of Small Change in the Byzantine World (Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries)
• Smyrlis, Kostis / Taxation Reform and the Pronoia Svstem in Thirteenth-Century Byzantium
• Turnator, Ece / Between Archons and Bishops Government in Epiros in the Thirteenth Century
• Unal, Ceren / Recallings of a Coinfrom Anaia: The Twelfth-Century Byzantine Imperial Military Aristocracy as Reflected on the Coinage Iconography
• Bizans Tahtindaki Askeri Aristokrasinin Sikke Ikonografisine Yansimasi

4. Settlement

• Akyurek, Engin / The Byzatine Presence in Western Pamphylia in the Twelfth Century: An Evaluation in the Light of Archaeologlcal Finds
• Basic , Rozmeri / Between the Byzantine Empire, Venice, and the Latin West: A Case Study of the City of Zara
• Nilay Karakaya / On Ikinci ve On Uçuncu Yuzyillarda, Kayseri'nin Yesilhisar Ilcesi Erdemli Vadisi'ndeki Bizans Yerlesimi
• Drew-Bear, Thomas / Localization of a Byzantine City in the Phrygian Pentapolis: Otrous
• Gokcay, Metin / Yenikapi Harbour Excavations
• Kahyaoglu, Mehmet / Harbour Towns of Western Anatolia in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
• Mercangoz, Zeynep / The Fluctuating Historical Fate of Anaia as an Emporion and Kommerkion
• Tekinalp, Vahit Macit / A Kome in Cilicia in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Minnetpinari (Kahramanmaras) 
• Bayrakal, Emine Tok / A Defensive Network Risinginthe Socio-Political Setting of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Neokastra
• Turker, Ayse C. / Hellespont in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

5. Architecture

• Agir, Aygul / Locus Venetorum in Constantinople (1082-1261): Structures and their Possible Locations
• Armstrong, Pamela / Literary Polemic in Twelfth-Century Constantinople
• Aylward, William / The Late Bvzantine Fortifications at Pegae on the Sea of Marmara
• Cagaptay, Suna / How Western is it? The Palace at Nymphaion and its Architectural Setting
• Diker, Hasan Firat / Hagia Sophia in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
• Dogan, Sema / Kizilcasehir Fortress in Alanya and the Mediterranean in the Twelfth Century
• Erel, A. Ceren / Bvzantine Architecture in Cyprus and Changes Observed in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
• Elizabeth Fisher / Monks, Monasteries and the Latin Language in Constantinople
• Guzel Erdogan, Esra / Relationship beftveen Monasteries and the City of Constantinople during the Beign of Andronikos II. A Case Study: Bebaia Elpis Monasterv of Theodora Synadene
• Isler, Bulent / Additions to the Byzantine and Georgian Churches Constructed during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
• Kaplan, Michel / Why were Monasteries Founded in the Byzantine World in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries?
• Karagöz, Şehrazat / A Twelfth and Thirteenth-Century Structure Unearthed during the Marmaray-Uskudar Excavations
• Dalgic, Orgu - Thomas F. Mathews / A New Interpretation of the Church of Peribleptos and its Place in Middle Byzantine Architecture
• Ousterhout, Robert / The Decoration of the Pantokrator (Zeyrek Camii): Evidence Old and New
• Sagir, Guner / Kizil (Karmirvank/Dprevank) Church in Kars: An Attempt for the Dating Problem
• Tiryaki, Ayca / The Monastery at Kisleçukuru: A Twelfth-Century Byzantine Monastery in Antalya
• Voyadjis, Sotiris / Further Remarks on the Building History of the Church on the Transfiguration of Christ at Christianou. Messenia. Greece

6. Visual Culture

• Acara Eser, Meryem / Witnesses To The Change In The Byzantine Liturgy and Liturgical Objects in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
• Bulgurlu, Vera / Administration Duringthe Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries in The Light Of Bvzantine Lead Seals
• Cutler, Anthony / Problems Of Ivory Carving in The Christian East (Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries)
• Coskuner, Buket / Wall-Painting Methods of Byzantine Art: Examples From Cappadocia
• Comezoglu, Ozgu / Twelfth and Thirteenth-Century Glass Finds from the Church of St. Nicholas at Myra-Demre
• Doger, Lale / Some Observations on the Formal and Stvlistic Changes in Bvzantine Glazed Pottery in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
• Findik, Ebru F. / Twelfth and Thirteenth-Century Glazed Pottery from the Church of St. Nicholas at Myra-Demre
• Koroglu, Gulgun - Haluk Perk / Middle Byzantine Sacred Breadstamps in the Light of Samples from the Haluk Perk Museum and Collection
• Oral Cakmakci, Zeynep / Decorative and Formal Changes in Byzantine
• Glass Bracelets during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 
• Otuken, Semiha Yildiz / The Lion Plaque from Myra and Stylistic and leonographic Changes in the Medieval Stonework of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
• Pekak, M. Sacit / Wall Paintings of the Church of Constantine and Helena at Aktas, Nigde
• Peker, Nilufer / Wall-Paintings of the Karsi Kilise in Gulsehir
• Perk, Haluk / Contrihution to the Byzantine Weight System in the Light of Some Weights from the Suna and Inan Kirac Foundation Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection
• Peschlow, Urs / Skulptur in Konstaninopel vor und nach der Lateinerherrschaft
• Pitarakis, Brigitte / Wings of Salvation in Thirteenth-Century Art
• Sevcenko, Nancy P. / The Tomb of Manuel I Komnenos. Again
• Uyak, Tolga / Thirteenth-Century Byzantine Painting in Cappadocia: New Evidence
• Yandim, Sercan / The Appearance of the Winged- Image of St. John the Baptist in the Thirteenth-Century Byzantine Painting
• Kuban, Dogan / Closingspeech
• List of Abbreviations