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Published annually, the journal Dumbarton Oaks Papers was founded in 1941 for the publication of articles relating to Byzantine civilization. In this issue: Audrey Becker, ""Verbal and Nonverbal Diplomatic Communication at the Imperial Court of Constantinople (fifth–sixth Centuries)""; Alexandra Wassiliou-Seibt and Andreas Gkoutzioukostas, ""The Origin and the Members of the Kamytzes Family: A Contribution to Byzantine Prosopography""; Michael Zellmann-Rohrer, ""'Psalms Useful for Everything': Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Manuals for the Amuletic Use of the Psalter""; Raymond Van Dam, ""Eastern Aristocracies and Imperial Courts: Constantine's Half-Brother, Licinius's Prefect, and Egyptian Grain""; Daniel Caner, ""Not a Hospital but a Leprosarium: Basil's Basilias and an Early Byzantine Concept of the Deserving Poor""; Paul Botley, ""Greek Literature in Exile: The Books of Andronicus Callistus, 1475–1476""; Aude Busine, ""The Dux and the Nun: Hagiography and the Cult of Artemios and Febronia in Constantinople""; Benjamin Garstad, ""Dionysiac and Christian Elements in the Lysos Episode in the Greek Alexander Romance (β rec.).""

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Elena Boeck is Professor of History of Art and Architecture at DePaul University. Joel Kalvesmaki was Managing Editor in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.

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