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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: Walter E. Kaegi, ""Irfan Shahîd (1926–2016)""; Daniel Galadza, ""Robert F. Taft, S.J. (1932–2018)""; Sylvain Destephen, ""From Mobile Center to Constantinople: The Birth of Byzantine Imperial Government""; Dina Boero, ""Making a Manuscript, Making a Cult: Scribal Production of the Syriac Life of Symeon the Stylite in Late Antiquity""; Alexandre M. Roberts, ""Framing a Middle Byzantine Alchemical Codex""; Lilia Campana, ""Sailing into Union: The Byzantine Naval Convoy for the Council of Ferrara–Florence (1438–1439)""; Hugh G. Jeffery, ""New Lead Seals from Aphrodisias""; Maria G. Parani, ""Curtains in the Middle and Late Byzantine House""; Kostis Kourelis, ""Wool and Rubble Walls: Domestic Archaeology in the Medieval Peloponnese""; Kathrin Colburn, ""Loops, Tabs, and Reinforced Edges: Evidence for Textiles as Architectural Elements""; Eunice Dauterman Maguire, ""Curtains at the Threshold: How They Hung and How They Performed""; Sabine Schrenk, ""The Background of the Enthroned: Spatial Analysis of the Hanging with Hestia Polyolbos in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection""; Jennifer L. Ball, ""Rich Interiors: The Remnant of a Hanging from Late Antique Egypt in the Collection of Dumbarton Oaks""; Maria Evangelatou, ""Textile Mediation in Late Byzantine Visual Culture: Unveiling Layers of Meaning through the Fabrics of the Chora Monastery""; Thelma K. Thomas, ""The Honorific Mantle as Furnishing for the Household Memory Theater in Late Antiquity: A Case Study from the Monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit""; Avinoam Shalem, ""'The Nation Has Put On Garments of Blood': An Early Islamic Red Silken Tapestry in Split""; and Elizabeth Dospěl Williams, ""A Taste for Textiles: Designing Ummayad and Early ʿAbbāsid Interiors.""

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Joel Kalvesmaki was Managing Editor in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.

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