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Books by Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt

Publications, 2023

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Studies in Byzantine Sigillography 14, 2022

The present volume contains the papers from the 12th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillo... more The present volume contains the papers from the 12th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography, held at the State Ermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, May 27-30, 2019. The papers discuss seals as historical sources and archaeological findings, presenting their role in the Byzantine prosopography, administration, historical geography and art history.
More information on the book is available at
https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503601274-1

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Ο ΧΡΙCΤΟC ΑVΤΟC CΦΡΑΓΙC ΑCΦΑΛΕCΤΑΤΗ. Byzantinische Bleisiegel der Sammlung Gert Boersema, 2022

The volume contains the edition - along with comments and interpretations - of selected Byzantine... more The volume contains the edition - along with comments and interpretations - of selected Byzantine lead seals in the collection of Gert Boersema (the Netherlands), which are nearly exclusively unique specimens, dating from the 6th to the 14th century. The inscriptions offer new results and aspects for the Byzantine administrative history, prosopography, historical geography, and economic history, but furthermore concern the Byzantine church, monasteries, domains, and especially the Byzantine aristocracy. Short English abstracts contribute a kind of regestes, representing the value of the contents. The book is an attribution to basic research (Grundlagenforschung) of Byzantine history and culture.

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Alexandra-Kyriaki, Wassiliou-Seibt and Ch. Stavrakos, Studies in Byzantine Sigillography 13 , 2019

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Werner Seibt: Schriftenverzeichnis/Publications

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This contribution examines the historical background for the creation of the overstruck seal with... more This contribution examines the historical background for the creation of the overstruck seal with the metrical inscription of Ioannes Branas sebastos (first strike) and Leon Sgouros sebastohypertatos (second strike) discovered in the yard of Arta's old Metropolis. Ioannes Branas, commander of (or in) Arta, informed as quickly as possible Leon Sgouros, the most powerful lord in Greece, about the Crusaders' lodging on Kerkyra (not far from Arta) (they had arrived on May 4, 1203, as it is attested by Geoffroi de Villehardouin), in order to take common countermeasures and logistic preparations against forthcoming invasions into Byzantine territory. A courier brought the information together with a sealed letter of Branas to Sgouros. The latter himself confirmed with the imprint of his boulloterion that he had received and read the letter and sent the messenger with additional instructions back to Branas. The double-struck seal stems from the span between May 4 and 24, 1203 (depart of the Crusaders form the island, the starting point for the first occupation of Constantinople, July 7, 1203).

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The extensive Corpus of all available legends of metrical seals (ca. 4.500) is to be published in... more The extensive Corpus of all available legends of metrical seals (ca. 4.500) is to be published in three volumes; the first one appeared in 2011, the second is presented here. These miniature epigrams are sometimes aesthetically ambitious and also of philological interest. The commentary makes These seals accessible as an important source for prosopography, social and administrative history, historical geography and art history. The volume contains previously unpublished seals as revisions of published material

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The article reconsiders the establishment of the military districts (themata) of Makedonia, Strym... more The article reconsiders the establishment of the military districts (themata) of Makedonia, Strymon, Thessaloniki and Neos Strymon according to the few literary sources and the sigillographic evidence. The author dates the creation of the Themata of Makedonia and Strymon to the end of the 8 th century, while the Theme of Thessaloniki, of a lower rank, was established at the turning point of the 8 th to the 9 th century. During the reign of Romanos Lekapenos, the region around the Rupel pass was strengthened by the addition of a Kleisurarch to blunt more efficiently Bulgarian assaults, especially in the early years of tsar Peter. Ioannes Tzimiskes then established the Thema Neos Strymon at the north of the Rupel, a kind of prolongation of the old Thema of Strymon which was called, for a short time, Στρυµὼν ἤτοι Χρυσάβα. The identification of Chrysaba with Krousobon (Achladochori) or Kričuva (Karydochori) is dismissed.

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Papers by Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt

Studia Academica Shumenensia 11, 2024

The existence of the Khurramite military contingent in the Byzantine army goes back to Emperor Th... more The existence of the Khurramite military contingent in the Byzantine army goes back to Emperor Theophilos and had a brief flourishing associated with the person of its first commander, Naṣr, and his son and successor Theophobos. Emperor Theophilos established the latter as a counterweight against the powerful Armenian faction at court and even married him to his sister Helene. In order to strengthen Theophobos' position at court and to legitimize his ascension into the imperial family, the emperor created the terminus technicus ἐξουσιαστὴς τῶν Περσῶν, which is to translate as "potentate of the Persians". We thus distance ourselves from Zuckerman's interpretation, which seeks to recognize in this term a degradation of Theophobos after the birth of Michael III (840).
We gain a new perspective into the history of this contingent (after the execution of Theophobos, anno 842) from a unique seal (first half of the 10th century), which mentions an officer of lower rank who served in the theme army: Theophilos β. σπαθαροκανδιδᾶτος καὶ κόμης τῶν Περσῶν. His name probably goes back to one of his ancestors, who was named like the emperor Theophilos.

Keywords: Theophobos ἐξουσιαστὴς τῶν Περσῶν, Theophilos κόμης τῶν Περσῶν, Emperor Theophilos, Byzantium in the Iconoclastic Era, Byzantine Aristocracy, Tenth Century, Byzantine Sigillography, Grundlagenforschung

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Enlightening the future of the contingent of the Persians in the Byzantine army after Theophobos (+842): Theophilos komes ton Person (10th century, first half)

The existence of the Khurramite military contingent in the Byzantine army goes back to emperor Th... more The existence of the Khurramite military contingent in the Byzantine army goes back to emperor Theophilos and had a brief flourishing associated with its commander, Nasr, and his son and successor Theophobos. The Emperor established the latter as an counterweight against the powerful Armenian faction at court and even married him to his sister Helene. In order to strengthen Theophobos´position at court an to legitimize his ascension into the imperial family, the emperor created the terminus technicus ἐξουσιαστὴς τῶν Περσῶν, which is to be translated as "potentate of the Persians". In the past this term was interpreted as degradation of Theophobos after the birth of Michael III (840). We gain a new perspective into the history of this contingent (after the execution of Theophobos, anno 842) from a unique seal (firts half of the 10th c.), which mentions an officer of lower rank who served in the theme army: Theophilos β. σπαθαροκανδιδᾶτος καὶ κόμης τῶν Περσῶν. His name probably goes back to one of his ancestors, who was named after the emperor Theophilos.

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Publications, 2023

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Studies in Byzantine Sigillography 14, 2022

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Ο ΧΡΙCΤΟC ΑVΤΟC CΦΡΑΓΙC ΑCΦΑΛΕCΤΑΤΗ. Byzantinische Bleisiegel der Sammlung Gert Boersema, 2022

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Alexandra-Kyriaki, Wassiliou-Seibt and Ch. Stavrakos, Studies in Byzantine Sigillography 13 , 2019

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Werner Seibt: Schriftenverzeichnis/Publications

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Studia Academica Shumenensia 11, 2024

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Enlightening the future of the contingent of the Persians in the Byzantine army after Theophobos (+842): Theophilos komes ton Person (10th century, first half)

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Leon Monomachos sebastos: Ein byzantinischer Aristokrat mit Mitgrationshintergrund?, 2023

This article concerns the edition, dating, historical interpretation and contextualisation of a r... more This article concerns the edition, dating, historical interpretation and contextualisation of a remarkable metrical inscription of a seal (ca. last third of the 12th – beginning
of the 13th century). The owner of this seal, Leo, who bore the no longer prestigious title of
sebastos, aims to highlight his elevated social standing by emphasizing his noble descent.
He stresses that he is a descendant of the “ruler Monomachos”. This does not refer to
the former Byzantine emperor Constantine IX (1042–1055), but probably to Vladimir II
Monomakh (1113–1125), the ruler of Kievan Rus᾿, who adapted his Byzantine mother’s
surname, thus placing the Monomachoi dynasty at the top of the social pyramid of the Rus᾿. The owner of the seal could have been a grandchild or a great-grandchild of Leo
Diogenesevich († 1116) and Maria († 1146), a daughter of Vladimir II; Leo the sebastos
probably emigrated to the Byzantine territory or established contacts and relationships
with Byzantium

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De Gruyter eBooks, May 23, 2023

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Armenia and Byzantium without Boarders, 2023

The article explores the Byzantine expansion to the east; especially to the Armenian reals from t... more The article explores the Byzantine expansion to the east; especially to the Armenian reals from the later 10th to the middle of the 11th c., and the problems of the (so-called "monophysite") national Armenian church under Byzantine control. A new seal type sheds additional light on the policy of the orthodox Byzantine Church around the middle of the 11th c. in the doukate (administrative unit) of Megale Armenia: It mentions a male Byzantine Monastery of the Virgin of Arayi (southeast of the Aragac mountain, north-northwest of Yerevan), and testifies the Byzantine Ecclesiastical Policy in Greater Armenia.

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Brepols Publishers eBooks, 2022

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Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta, 2018

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Basileios Parakoimomenos: Ein dem Philaretos Brachamios nachgeordneter Kommandant und seine Siegel (ca. 1078-1085/1086), 2023

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Baghwashi. Collection of Scholarly Articles, 2021

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Isbn 3 7001 3304 9, 2004

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Siegel und Papyri. Das Siegelwesen in Ägypten von römischer bis in früharabische Zeit, Her. von A... more Siegel und Papyri. Das Siegelwesen in Ägypten von römischer bis in früharabische Zeit, Her. von Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou unter Mitarbeit von Hermann Harrauer. In: Revue des études byzantines, tome 59, 2001. p. 310

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Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu

Vor einigen Jahren gelang es der kroatischen Polizei, einenSchmuggeltransport kleinformatiger Ant... more Vor einigen Jahren gelang es der kroatischen Polizei, einenSchmuggeltransport kleinformatiger Antiquitäten zu stoppen,worauf die Objekte dem Archäologischen Museum Zagreb zurfachmännischen Aufbewahrung überantwortet wurden. Da dieObjekte möglicherweise aus der Türkei stammen, wurden sieEnde 2021 der türkischen Botschaft in Kroatien übergeben, umins Museum für anatolische Zivilisationen überstellt zu werden.Dazu zählt auch eine interessante Sammlung byzantinischerBleisiegel, die im Folgenden publiziert wird. Hier finden sich dreiKaisersiegel des 7. Jahrhunderts (bekannte Typen), sechs Siegelvon Militärkommandanten des späten 7. bis späten 11. Jahrhunderts(darunter Strategen der Bukellarier und der Thrakesier,sowie die Typen eines Strategen namens Apokarpis und des Tautukas,proedros und katepano von Samosata), acht Bullen vonzivilen Beamten (darunter ein kommerkiarios von Armenia II ausder Zeit 659 – ca. 667, Richter von Seleukeia und Tarsos sowie derArmenika Themata, und ein neuer Ty...

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The article examines the origin, the social profile and the career of the members of hitherto not... more The article examines the origin, the social profile and the career of the members of hitherto not systematical presented and discussed Kamytzes family, whose Greek origin is considerablymore probable than the Turkish one. The new sigillographical evidence proves that the thesis about a migration of the family under Alexios I (1081-1118) to Byzantium is erroneous and must be rejected. The family belonged already to the military aristocracy before the middle of the eleventh century. The social rise of the Kamytzai in the framework of the Komnenian system is attested in the early 12th c. The rebellion of Manuel Kamytzes against the regime of Alexios III was the reason for the only brief social decline of the family. After the capture of Constantinople by the Latins the family migrated to the court of the Lascarids in Nicaea. The decline of the Kamytzai there is connected with the coronation of Michael VIII. After that date no more members are recorded in high positions, but the family continued to belong to the aristocracy till the fourteenth century abd was connected by marriage with the Batatzai.

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Byzantinoslavica - Revue internationale des Etudes Byzantines, 2017

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The article off ers a detailed overview of the defense system that the Byzantines established alo... more The article off ers a detailed overview of the defense system that the Byzantines established along their Balkan borders in order to repulse attacks by Tsar Samuel and his successors. The time period under discussion extends from the reign of Basil II until the end of the XIth century and includes arguments for structural changes. Such an undertaking would have been nearly impossible without the recovery of seals during the past decades since the literary sources off er only limited information. But now we can off er new insights. We lay special emphasis on the date when the important military commands were established (or re-established) under a strategos, then a katepano or doux, and when new themes under a strategos, those not yet present in the Taktikon Escorial – were organized.

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Institut Français d'Études Byzantines, 2019

This article proves that the associate and general of Emperor Alexios I, well-known by the histor... more This article proves that the associate and general of Emperor Alexios I, well-known by the historiography of Anna Komnene and Nikephoros Bryennios, was not the first Tatikios in imperial service, as seals already mention two people with this name in the 10th C. as well as another tatikios synchronous with the general. So we must not consider the latter as the common ancestor of all the people with the family name Tatikios already documented on seals of the 11th C. In nattive sources they start only under Manouel I, and they were generals of the imperial army. We could not detect any direct marriage alliance with the imperial family: Michael Tatikios, mentioned in an epigram of MS. Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, gr. Z 524, had only a distant kinship with the Komnenoi. The traces of Tatikioi at the imperial court disappear after the rebellion of Constantine Tatikios against the regime of Isaakios II. The tatikioi in Byzantium had probably a Turkish origin (in general sense).

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MTM 37

Les réseaux familiaux se forment d’abord à travers les alliances matrimoniales et le fait d’avoir... more Les réseaux familiaux se forment d’abord à travers les alliances matrimoniales et le fait d’avoir un ancêtre commun. Jouent aussi dans leur constitution les liens spirituels créés au moment du baptême des enfants ou par l’entrée dans un monastère, les liens d’amitié ou encore ceux de dépendance. Dans les sociétés médiévales, la famille est la structure de formation de l’enfant et de protection de l’individu. Il s’agit de comprendre comment les réseaux se forment et contribuent à la promotion sociale, mais aussi comment ils échouent parfois, entraînant les familles dans le déclin jusqu’à la paupérisation. Ce livre rassemble la majeure partie des contributions à un colloque qui a été organisé en l’honneur et à la mémoire d’Angeliki Laiou et d’Évelyne Patlagean sur l’histoire de la famille et des réseaux familiaux. Différents thèmes sont abordés dans ce livre : les liens de famille et les tensions qu’ils génèrent, qu’il s’agisse de la famille biologique ou de la famille symbolique du monastère, l’histoire de la sainteté aristocratique, l’histoire des femmes, leur accès à la gestion des biens et à la culture, le droit familial, les réseaux d’influence et la prise en charge des pauvres. L’ensemble des contributions porte sur le monde méditerranéen de la fin de l’Antiquité à la fin du Moyen Âge.

ISBN : 9782916716343

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Zu den bedeutenden Generälen unter Alexios I. Komnenos zählte ein Aspietes, den Anna Komnene sowo... more Zu den bedeutenden Generälen unter Alexios I. Komnenos zählte ein Aspietes, den Anna Komnene sowohl beim Feldzug gegen Robert Guiscard als auch als Kommandanten in Kilikien und Syrien kurz nach dem 1. Kreuzzug nennt, wenn auch mit sehr unterschiedlicher Wertung. Er gehörte dem großen Clan der Pakurianoi an, deren ethnische Identität am ehesten als armenisch-georgisch einzustufen ist. Offenbar konnte bereits sein Sohn in den Komnenenclan einheiraten.
Der Vortrag soll einerseits den genauen Zeitpunkt des Aufkommens des Familiennamens Aspietes determinieren, andererseits den Verwandtschaftsgrad mit dem Kaiserhaus herausarbeiten. Darüber hinaus wird ein Stemma der in Byzanz aktiven Mitglieder dieser kaukasischen Familie erstellt sowie die Karriere ihrer prominentesten Vertreter in der hohen Militäraristokratie des 12. und beginnenden 13. Jh. rekonstruiert werden.

Zeit: Mittwoch, 20.5.2015, 18.30 Uhr
Ort: Institut für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik der Universität Wien, Postgasse 7/1/3 (Lift!) (Zugang von der Postgasse durch das Gittertor)

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The 49th Spring Symposium of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies INSCRIBING TEXT... more The 49th Spring Symposium of the Society
for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies
INSCRIBING TEXTS
IN BYZANTIUM:
CONTINUITIES AND TRANSFORMATIONS
18-20 March 2016, Exeter College, Oxford

In spite of the striking abundance of extant primary material – over 4000 Greek texts produced in the period between the sixth and fifteenth centuries – Byzantine Epigraphy remains largely uncharted territory, with a reputation for being elusive and esoteric that obstinately persists. References to inscriptions in our texts show how ubiquitous and deeply engrained the epigraphic habit was in Byzantine society, and underscore the significance of epigraphy as an auxiliary discipline. The growing interest in material culture, including inscriptions, has opened new avenues of research and led to various explorations in the field of epigraphy, but what is urgently needed is a synthetic approach that incorporates literacy, built environment, social and political contexts, and human agency. The SPBS Symposium 2016 has invited specialists in the field to examine diverse epigraphic material in order to trace individual epigraphic habits, and outline overall inscriptional traditions. In addition to the customary format of panel papers and shorter communications, the Symposium will organise a round table, whose participants will lead a debate on the topics presented in the panel papers, and discuss the methodological questions of collection, presentation and interpretation of Byzantine inscriptional material.

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BAGHWASHI. Collection of Scholarly Articles, 2021

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