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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: John S. Langdon and Stephen W. Reinert, ""Speros Vryonis Jr.: 1928–2019""; Abraham Terian, ""Monastic Turmoil in Sixth-Century Jerusalem and the South Caucasus: The Letter of Patriarch John IV to Catholicos Abas of the Caucasian Albanians""; Coleman Connelly, ""Continued Celebration of the Kalends of January in the Medieval Islamic East""; Victoria Gerhold, ""The Legend of Euphratas: Some Notes on Its Origins, Development, and Significance""; Christos Simelidis, ""Two Lives of the Virgin: John Geometres, Euthymios the Athonite, and Maximos the Confessor""; Georgios Makris, ""Living in Turbulent Times: Monasteries, Settlements, and Laypeople in Late Byzantine Southwest Thrace""; Philipp Niewöhner, ""The Significance of the Cross before, during, and after Iconoclasm: Early Christian Aniconism in Constantinople and Asia Minor""; Stefania Gerevini, ""Art as Politics in the Baptistery and Chapel of Sant'Isidoro at San Marco, Venice""; Laura Pfuntner, ""Between Science and Superstition: Photius, Diodorus Siculus, and 'Hermaphrodites'""; Baukje van den Berg, ""John Tzetzes as Didactic Poet and Learned Grammarian""; Matthew Kinloch, ""In the Name of the Father, the Husband, or Some Other Man: The Subordination of Female Characters in Byzantine Historiography""; Levente László, ""Rhetorius, Zeno's Astrologer, and a Sixth-Century Astrological Compendium""; and Stig Frøyshov, ""The Early History of the Hagiopolitan Daily Office in Constantinople: New Perspectives on the Formative Period of the Byzantine Rite.""

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Colin M. Whiting is Managing Editor of Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.

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