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Byzantine religious culture : studies in honor of Alice-Mary Talbot, 2011
Bendall S. and Morrisson C., study the use of mounted or pierced coins with two-figure images t... more Bendall S. and Morrisson C., study the use of mounted or pierced coins with two-figure images taken as that of Constantine and Helena and the pseudo-coins that supplemented them from the 11th c onward. A catalogue of those in the D.O. and the Bendall coll. is appended.
Afrique du Nord antique et médiévale. Numismatique ... ces du VIIe colloque int., Lancel éd., Paris, 1999
Studies the distribution of Vandalic and byzantine coins from the mint of Carthage outside Africa... more Studies the distribution of Vandalic and byzantine coins from the mint of Carthage outside Africa. Distinguish the period before and after the Justinianic reconquest of the province and attempts balancing the influence of military movements and events and of commercial exchanges, documented by ceramics.
Remise de l'épée d'académicien à Mme Cécile Morrisson (private publication) photographs by Juliette Agnel, layout by Fabien Tessier, 2016
Speeches delivered in the Sorbonne on the occasion of the election of Cécile Morrisson as a perma... more Speeches delivered in the Sorbonne on the occasion of the election of Cécile Morrisson as a permanent member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Institut de France) on September 29, 2016 (Pagona Papadopoulou, Marc Bompaire, Jean-Pierre Sodini, James Howard-Johnston and Pierre Toubert) with Cécile Morrisson reply.
A survey of François Delamare important contributions to numismatics (wear of coins, geometry of ... more A survey of François Delamare important contributions to numismatics (wear of coins, geometry of Byzantine coins and explanation of the first gold cup shaped coins, study of the transition from punches to dies for Aeginatic staters). According to Delamare no hot striking nor lubrification took place, a limited number of hammer strikings were enough
The influence of precious metals from America in the take-off of Europe since the 15th century is... more The influence of precious metals from America in the take-off of Europe since the 15th century is well known. But little is known on their ways of penetration and how they contributed to developing economies in countries which, like France, lacked mines. Proton activation analysis of trace-elements in coined metal has enabled to estimate for the first time the share of gold from Brazil (ea. 30 %) and from Colombia (ea. 8 %) in French gold issues. An economist and a numismatist have joined the physicist in combining their respective approach (modelisation of macroeconomic aggregates, publication of new statistical data on French mint figures, conclusions from analyses).Together with New World silver, Brazilian and Colombian gold came into France as a result of trade surplus over Spain and Portugal. it allowed the money supply to increase substantially and favoured the take-off of French economy. Its monetised GDP increased ea. two times from 1726 to 1785.
Without this increase in specie supply, France would not have achieved the economic performances it did over the period which Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie calls in his preface the « glorious sixty years » of the 18th century.
Books by Cecile Morrisson
Morrisson Cécile, The Arab-Byzantine dinar in the Merovingian hoard of Buis (Chissey-en-Morvan): ... more Morrisson Cécile, The Arab-Byzantine dinar in the Merovingian hoard of Buis (Chissey-en-Morvan): an odd one out or not ?, in Myntstudier. Festskrift till Kenneth Jonsson (Svenska Numismatiska Föreningen) (Stockholm, 2015), 47–50 ill. – L’appartenance du dinar arabo-byzantin au type d’Héraclius et ses fils avec la croix tronquée au revers et la shahada (Lavoix 36) au trésor mérovingien de Buis/Chissey-en-Morvan n’est pas tout à fait certaine mais il s’agit bien d’une trouvaille de la région. C’est donc le seul exemple de découverte de cette rare monnaie en-dehors du Levant.
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](This book started from lessons given in Fribourg (Switzerland) at the invitation of Professor Jea... more This book started from lessons given in Fribourg (Switzerland) at the invitation of Professor Jean-Michel Spieser, in order to highlight the bequest to the University of a collection of some 150 coins. This series, catalogued here by Georg Schaaf, provides a representative sample of Constantinople gold issues. Drawing also on teaching experience with French students and in the Dumbarton Oaks Summer Seminar for Coins and Seals between 2002 and 2013, the volume offers an outline of Byzantine numismatics in its historical context. It begins with a summary of the evolution of this coinage, whose relative stability and resilience over a millenium makes it an exception in the Medieval and modern world. Its iconography and the most recent interpretations of its visual and written message are envisaged. The various uses of this pluri-metallic and multi-denominational coinage lead to a study of its role as an instrument of imperial finances on the one hand, with its regulation and manipulation in times of crisis, and on the other hand as the means of private transactions. As such it was both hoarded or exchanged and a final chapter considers its circulation and rate of exchange, within the empire and beyond, from Britain and Scandinavia to India and China.
This Précis de numismatique byzantine is amply illustrated with photos from Dumbarton Oaks holdings, tables, graphs and maps, all in color. A few boxes deal with basic questions like hammer striking, obverse and revers, die orientation, how to describe a coin, overstrikes, countermarks and graffiti. Thirty pages of glossary, uptodate bibliography and index aim at facilitating the orientation of the reader. It is hoped that this unique synthesis of methods and major results obtained by research over the last four decades will fill a gap in the available bibliography.
SUMMARY
Avant-propos par Jean-Michel SPIESER
PRECIS DE NUMISMATIQUE BYZANTINE, par Cécile MORRISSON
1 - Le système monétaire et ses phases, les dénominations / The system and its denominations
2 - L’iconographie monétaire (types, christianisation, iconoclasme, tradition et occidentalisation) / Iconography (types, christianization, iconoclasm , tradition and westernization)
3 - La monnaie instrument des finances impériales (ateliers et frappe, budget, dévaluations) / Coinage and imperial finances (mints and issues, budget, debasement)
4 - La monnaie et son usage (prix, épargne et trésors, banquiers, circulation, contrefaçons, changes extérieurs, diffusion de la monnaie hors de l’Empire) / Coinage and its use (prices, savings and hoarding, bankers and moneychangers, coin circulation, counterfeiting, external exchanges)
CATALOGUE DE LA COLLECTION par Georg-D. SCHAAF
Liste des empereurs et chronologie / Chronology of emperors
Glossaire, Bibliographie, Index / Glossary, Bibliography, Index
How are markets in antiquity to be characterized? As comparable to modern free markets, with diff... more How are markets in antiquity to be characterized? As comparable to modern free markets, with differences in scale not quality? As controlled and dominated by the State? Or as a third way, in completely different terms, as free but regulated? In Trade and Markets in Byzantium seventeen scholars address these and related issues by reexamining and reinterpreting the material and textual record from Byzantium and its hinterland for local, regional, and interregional trade. Special emphasis is placed on local trade, which has been understudied. To comprehend the recovery of long-distance trade from its eighth-century nadir to the economic prosperity enjoyed in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the authors analyze the variety and complexity of the exchange networks, the role of money as a measure of exchange, and the character of local markets. This collection of groundbreaking research will prove to be indispensable for anyone interested in economic history in antiquity and the medieval period.
Besides the editor, authors include Demetra Bakirtzi, André Binggeli, jean-Michel Carrié, Rowan Dorin, Sauro Gelichi, John Haldon, Johannes Koder, Angeliki Laiou (†), Luke Lavan, Christopher Lightfoot, Michael McCormick, Dominique Pieri, Brigitte Pitarakis, Scott Redford, Peter Temin, Alan Walmsley.
Collective work with detailed inventory of 374 hoards deposited in the Balkans and Asia Minor, be... more Collective work with detailed inventory of 374 hoards deposited in the Balkans and Asia Minor, between 491 and 713. The material is organised within the framework of ancient dioceses and provinces. A historical introduction and regional comments analyses the spatial and chronological distribution of the deposits. The cumulative material (8 915 identified coins, 2 212 gold, 188 silver and 6 515 copper) is representative of the evolution of issues.
Or du Brésil, monnaie et croissance en France au XVIIIe siècle/Brazilian gold, money and economic growth in France in the 18th c. (Cahiers Ernest-Babelon,7, 1999
Proton-activation analysis of trace elements in coined metal enabled the estimate of the share of... more Proton-activation analysis of trace elements in coined metal enabled the estimate of the share of gold from Brazil (30%) and from Colombia (ca 8%) in French gold issues. The physicist (JNB), the economist (Chr.M) and the numismatist combine here their respective approach. They show that this gold came into France as a result of trade surplus over Spain and Portugal. It allowed the money supply to increase substantially and favoured the take-off ot the French economy, whose monetised GDP increased ca two times frome 1726 to 1785.
This well known reexamination of the Pirenne's thesis by two leading archaeologists, first publis... more This well known reexamination of the Pirenne's thesis by two leading archaeologists, first published in London, 1983, was translated into French in 1996, with substantial revision of some chapters (notably that on Byzantium) by CM, J. Lefort and J.-P. Sodini. The authors added a postface and supplementary illustration. The English version should always be consulted together with this update.
In collaboration with colleagues in physics and metallurgy, Cécile Morrison has helped transform ... more In collaboration with colleagues in physics and metallurgy, Cécile Morrison has helped transform our knowledge of the techniques of late Roman and Byzantine coin production. The results are illustrated in the studies here which look in detail at standards of refining and processes of debasement. This analysis can also identify sources of metal, and explains the enigmatic appearance of concave gold coins n the 11th century. The volume itself opens with a comparison of the methods of numismatics and sigillography, and an epigraphic study showing the conservatism of the Byzantine coinage up until 1204. The following articles turn to the finances and economy of Byzantium, making full use of recent advances in numismatics. They aim to assess the importance of the state and other economic agents during the empire’s different phases of expansion and contraction, and demonstrate how fiscal documents and legislation on treasure hoards can be used as evidence for the state of public finances
A general introduction in French to all aspects of numismatics Chapitre Premier - Collections, c... more A general introduction in French to all aspects of numismatics
Chapitre Premier - Collections, conservation et étude
Ch II Legends and types. Coins and medals message
Ch III Coin production (techniques, estimates of issues)
Ch IV Coin issues : coinage right, monetary policies, putting coins into circulation (mints and imitations)
Ch. V Hoarding and coin finds
Ch VI Refining, tampering, and devaluations
Conclusion
L’or monnayé. 1, Purification et altérations de Rome à Byzance, C. Morrisson, C. Brenot, J.‑N. Barrandon, J.-P. Callu et al, 1985
Byzantine religious culture : studies in honor of Alice-Mary Talbot, 2011
Bendall S. and Morrisson C., study the use of mounted or pierced coins with two-figure images t... more Bendall S. and Morrisson C., study the use of mounted or pierced coins with two-figure images taken as that of Constantine and Helena and the pseudo-coins that supplemented them from the 11th c onward. A catalogue of those in the D.O. and the Bendall coll. is appended.
Afrique du Nord antique et médiévale. Numismatique ... ces du VIIe colloque int., Lancel éd., Paris, 1999
Studies the distribution of Vandalic and byzantine coins from the mint of Carthage outside Africa... more Studies the distribution of Vandalic and byzantine coins from the mint of Carthage outside Africa. Distinguish the period before and after the Justinianic reconquest of the province and attempts balancing the influence of military movements and events and of commercial exchanges, documented by ceramics.
Remise de l'épée d'académicien à Mme Cécile Morrisson (private publication) photographs by Juliette Agnel, layout by Fabien Tessier, 2016
Speeches delivered in the Sorbonne on the occasion of the election of Cécile Morrisson as a perma... more Speeches delivered in the Sorbonne on the occasion of the election of Cécile Morrisson as a permanent member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Institut de France) on September 29, 2016 (Pagona Papadopoulou, Marc Bompaire, Jean-Pierre Sodini, James Howard-Johnston and Pierre Toubert) with Cécile Morrisson reply.
A survey of François Delamare important contributions to numismatics (wear of coins, geometry of ... more A survey of François Delamare important contributions to numismatics (wear of coins, geometry of Byzantine coins and explanation of the first gold cup shaped coins, study of the transition from punches to dies for Aeginatic staters). According to Delamare no hot striking nor lubrification took place, a limited number of hammer strikings were enough
The influence of precious metals from America in the take-off of Europe since the 15th century is... more The influence of precious metals from America in the take-off of Europe since the 15th century is well known. But little is known on their ways of penetration and how they contributed to developing economies in countries which, like France, lacked mines. Proton activation analysis of trace-elements in coined metal has enabled to estimate for the first time the share of gold from Brazil (ea. 30 %) and from Colombia (ea. 8 %) in French gold issues. An economist and a numismatist have joined the physicist in combining their respective approach (modelisation of macroeconomic aggregates, publication of new statistical data on French mint figures, conclusions from analyses).Together with New World silver, Brazilian and Colombian gold came into France as a result of trade surplus over Spain and Portugal. it allowed the money supply to increase substantially and favoured the take-off of French economy. Its monetised GDP increased ea. two times from 1726 to 1785.
Without this increase in specie supply, France would not have achieved the economic performances it did over the period which Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie calls in his preface the « glorious sixty years » of the 18th century.
Morrisson Cécile, The Arab-Byzantine dinar in the Merovingian hoard of Buis (Chissey-en-Morvan): ... more Morrisson Cécile, The Arab-Byzantine dinar in the Merovingian hoard of Buis (Chissey-en-Morvan): an odd one out or not ?, in Myntstudier. Festskrift till Kenneth Jonsson (Svenska Numismatiska Föreningen) (Stockholm, 2015), 47–50 ill. – L’appartenance du dinar arabo-byzantin au type d’Héraclius et ses fils avec la croix tronquée au revers et la shahada (Lavoix 36) au trésor mérovingien de Buis/Chissey-en-Morvan n’est pas tout à fait certaine mais il s’agit bien d’une trouvaille de la région. C’est donc le seul exemple de découverte de cette rare monnaie en-dehors du Levant.
This book started from lessons given in Fribourg (Switzerland) at the invitation of Professor Jea... more This book started from lessons given in Fribourg (Switzerland) at the invitation of Professor Jean-Michel Spieser, in order to highlight the bequest to the University of a collection of some 150 coins. This series, catalogued here by Georg Schaaf, provides a representative sample of Constantinople gold issues. Drawing also on teaching experience with French students and in the Dumbarton Oaks Summer Seminar for Coins and Seals between 2002 and 2013, the volume offers an outline of Byzantine numismatics in its historical context. It begins with a summary of the evolution of this coinage, whose relative stability and resilience over a millenium makes it an exception in the Medieval and modern world. Its iconography and the most recent interpretations of its visual and written message are envisaged. The various uses of this pluri-metallic and multi-denominational coinage lead to a study of its role as an instrument of imperial finances on the one hand, with its regulation and manipulation in times of crisis, and on the other hand as the means of private transactions. As such it was both hoarded or exchanged and a final chapter considers its circulation and rate of exchange, within the empire and beyond, from Britain and Scandinavia to India and China.
This Précis de numismatique byzantine is amply illustrated with photos from Dumbarton Oaks holdings, tables, graphs and maps, all in color. A few boxes deal with basic questions like hammer striking, obverse and revers, die orientation, how to describe a coin, overstrikes, countermarks and graffiti. Thirty pages of glossary, uptodate bibliography and index aim at facilitating the orientation of the reader. It is hoped that this unique synthesis of methods and major results obtained by research over the last four decades will fill a gap in the available bibliography.
SUMMARY
Avant-propos par Jean-Michel SPIESER
PRECIS DE NUMISMATIQUE BYZANTINE, par Cécile MORRISSON
1 - Le système monétaire et ses phases, les dénominations / The system and its denominations
2 - L’iconographie monétaire (types, christianisation, iconoclasme, tradition et occidentalisation) / Iconography (types, christianization, iconoclasm , tradition and westernization)
3 - La monnaie instrument des finances impériales (ateliers et frappe, budget, dévaluations) / Coinage and imperial finances (mints and issues, budget, debasement)
4 - La monnaie et son usage (prix, épargne et trésors, banquiers, circulation, contrefaçons, changes extérieurs, diffusion de la monnaie hors de l’Empire) / Coinage and its use (prices, savings and hoarding, bankers and moneychangers, coin circulation, counterfeiting, external exchanges)
CATALOGUE DE LA COLLECTION par Georg-D. SCHAAF
Liste des empereurs et chronologie / Chronology of emperors
Glossaire, Bibliographie, Index / Glossary, Bibliography, Index
How are markets in antiquity to be characterized? As comparable to modern free markets, with diff... more How are markets in antiquity to be characterized? As comparable to modern free markets, with differences in scale not quality? As controlled and dominated by the State? Or as a third way, in completely different terms, as free but regulated? In Trade and Markets in Byzantium seventeen scholars address these and related issues by reexamining and reinterpreting the material and textual record from Byzantium and its hinterland for local, regional, and interregional trade. Special emphasis is placed on local trade, which has been understudied. To comprehend the recovery of long-distance trade from its eighth-century nadir to the economic prosperity enjoyed in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the authors analyze the variety and complexity of the exchange networks, the role of money as a measure of exchange, and the character of local markets. This collection of groundbreaking research will prove to be indispensable for anyone interested in economic history in antiquity and the medieval period.
Besides the editor, authors include Demetra Bakirtzi, André Binggeli, jean-Michel Carrié, Rowan Dorin, Sauro Gelichi, John Haldon, Johannes Koder, Angeliki Laiou (†), Luke Lavan, Christopher Lightfoot, Michael McCormick, Dominique Pieri, Brigitte Pitarakis, Scott Redford, Peter Temin, Alan Walmsley.
Collective work with detailed inventory of 374 hoards deposited in the Balkans and Asia Minor, be... more Collective work with detailed inventory of 374 hoards deposited in the Balkans and Asia Minor, between 491 and 713. The material is organised within the framework of ancient dioceses and provinces. A historical introduction and regional comments analyses the spatial and chronological distribution of the deposits. The cumulative material (8 915 identified coins, 2 212 gold, 188 silver and 6 515 copper) is representative of the evolution of issues.
Or du Brésil, monnaie et croissance en France au XVIIIe siècle/Brazilian gold, money and economic growth in France in the 18th c. (Cahiers Ernest-Babelon,7, 1999
Proton-activation analysis of trace elements in coined metal enabled the estimate of the share of... more Proton-activation analysis of trace elements in coined metal enabled the estimate of the share of gold from Brazil (30%) and from Colombia (ca 8%) in French gold issues. The physicist (JNB), the economist (Chr.M) and the numismatist combine here their respective approach. They show that this gold came into France as a result of trade surplus over Spain and Portugal. It allowed the money supply to increase substantially and favoured the take-off ot the French economy, whose monetised GDP increased ca two times frome 1726 to 1785.
This well known reexamination of the Pirenne's thesis by two leading archaeologists, first publis... more This well known reexamination of the Pirenne's thesis by two leading archaeologists, first published in London, 1983, was translated into French in 1996, with substantial revision of some chapters (notably that on Byzantium) by CM, J. Lefort and J.-P. Sodini. The authors added a postface and supplementary illustration. The English version should always be consulted together with this update.
In collaboration with colleagues in physics and metallurgy, Cécile Morrison has helped transform ... more In collaboration with colleagues in physics and metallurgy, Cécile Morrison has helped transform our knowledge of the techniques of late Roman and Byzantine coin production. The results are illustrated in the studies here which look in detail at standards of refining and processes of debasement. This analysis can also identify sources of metal, and explains the enigmatic appearance of concave gold coins n the 11th century. The volume itself opens with a comparison of the methods of numismatics and sigillography, and an epigraphic study showing the conservatism of the Byzantine coinage up until 1204. The following articles turn to the finances and economy of Byzantium, making full use of recent advances in numismatics. They aim to assess the importance of the state and other economic agents during the empire’s different phases of expansion and contraction, and demonstrate how fiscal documents and legislation on treasure hoards can be used as evidence for the state of public finances
A general introduction in French to all aspects of numismatics Chapitre Premier - Collections, c... more A general introduction in French to all aspects of numismatics
Chapitre Premier - Collections, conservation et étude
Ch II Legends and types. Coins and medals message
Ch III Coin production (techniques, estimates of issues)
Ch IV Coin issues : coinage right, monetary policies, putting coins into circulation (mints and imitations)
Ch. V Hoarding and coin finds
Ch VI Refining, tampering, and devaluations
Conclusion
L’or monnayé. 1, Purification et altérations de Rome à Byzance, C. Morrisson, C. Brenot, J.‑N. Barrandon, J.-P. Callu et al, 1985
Catalogue des monnaies byzantines de la Bibliothèque nationale (491_1204), Jan 1, 1970
Lethielleux eBooks, 2005
Citation: Lefort, Jacques, Cécile Morrison, and Jean-Pierre Sodini, eds. Les Villages dans l&... more Citation: Lefort, Jacques, Cécile Morrison, and Jean-Pierre Sodini, eds. Les Villages dans l" Empire byzantin, IVe-Xve-siècle. Realites Byzantines 11. Paris: Lethielleux, 2005. Pp. 591. ISBN: $50.00 (pb) ISBN 10: 2-283-60461-3, ISBN-13: 978-2-2-283-6046-1-8.
Cahiers de recherches médiévales et humanistes. Journal of medieval and humanistic studies, 2014
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2020
International audienc
The Medieval Review, 2013
Morrisson Cécile, Prigent Vivien. L’empereur et le calife (690-695). Réflexions à propos des monn... more Morrisson Cécile, Prigent Vivien. L’empereur et le calife (690-695). Réflexions à propos des monnayages de Justinien II et d’Abd al-Malik. In: Topoi. Orient-Occident. Supplément 12, 2013. Villes et campagnes aux rives de la Méditerranée ancienne. Hommages à Georges Tate
Bollettino Di Numismatica, 2010
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 1998
Development of a new analytical method for non-destructlve determination of gold and indium conce... more Development of a new analytical method for non-destructlve determination of gold and indium concentrations in silver coins. The composition of Mexican, Peruvian and Spanish coins separates Mexican-European silver from Potosi silver enabling to date to 1570 the arrival of Potosi silver in Spain.
Revue numismatique, 2014
Cet article rassemble les résultats antérieurs d’analyses des monnaies d’or byzantines et arabo-b... more Cet article rassemble les résultats antérieurs d’analyses des monnaies d’or byzantines et arabo-byzantines émises à Carthage et en Ifrikiya. On y ajoute les nouvelles mesures pratiquées par LA-ICP-MS sur 25 solidi de la BnF et 92 données de poids spécifique obtenues par T. Jonson sur les monnaies de nombreuses collections publiques. Les différentes méthodes utilisées sont comparées et les changements dans la composition métallique du monnayage africain avant et après la conquête arabe sont définis et commentés. On propose enfin une interprétation possible du processus de dévaluation qui affecta les premières séries de monnaies d’or émises en Afrique du Nord de ca. 79-84/ 698-703.
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2001
A. LaiouInternational audienc
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 1992
International audienc
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 1991
International audienc
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 1991
International audienc
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 1995
Le Médiéviste et l'ordinateur, 1981
Picard Olivier, Morrisson Cécile. Numismatique et informatique. In: Le médiéviste et l'ordina... more Picard Olivier, Morrisson Cécile. Numismatique et informatique. In: Le médiéviste et l'ordinateur, N°5, printemps 1981. Introduction à l'analyse factorielle. p. 21
Revue Numismatique, 2016
Marcellesi Marie-Christine, Morrisson Cécile. Constantina Katsari, Christopher Lightfoot, Adil Öz... more Marcellesi Marie-Christine, Morrisson Cécile. Constantina Katsari, Christopher Lightfoot, Adil Özme, The Amorium Mint and the Coin Finds (Amorium Reports 4), Akademie Verlag-De Gruyter, Berlin, 2012. In: Revue numismatique, 6e série - Tome 173, année 2016 pp. 617-619
Économie et société à Byzance (viiie-xiie siècle), 2007
Revue Belge De Numismatique Et De Sigillographie, 2013
Les opinions exprimées dans cet ouvrage n'engagent que leurs auteurs.
This bibliography does not pretend to be a comprehensive one. It was developed over the last two ... more This bibliography does not pretend to be a comprehensive one. It was developed over the last two decades for the use of participants in the D O Summer program on coins and seals or in various other seminars given in Paris, Fribourg (Switzerland) and elsewhere. I try to update it regularly.
Constantinople réelle et imaginaire, autour de l’œuvre de Gilbert Dagron, 2018
Le présent volume est dédié à la mémoire de Gilbert Dagron. Il est en grande partie issu du collo... more Le présent volume est dédié à la mémoire de Gilbert Dagron. Il est en grande partie issu du colloque, homonyme du volume, qui s'est tenu à Paris en mars 2017 et dont les communications ont fait écho aux thèmes de l'œuvre de Gilbert Dagron selon le fil rouge de la capitale byzantine qui y tient une place centrale. Ses amis et admirateurs en ont parcouru après lui les rues et les places, les bureaux du Palais ou de ses tribunaux, les églises et les monastères, explorant à la suite les idées comme les réalités de Byzance et son rayonnement par-delà les mers.
by Association des Amis du Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance ACHCByz, Stéphanie ANTHONIOZ, Marilena Vlad, Delphine Lauritzen, François Pacha Miran, Cecile Morrisson, Marc Malevez, Korshi Dosoo, Helena Rochard, Magdalena Łaptaś, Komait Abdallah, Sipana Tchakerian, Marie-Em. Torres, Paolo Cesaretti, Georges Sideris, Frederick Lauritzen, and Denis Robichaud
TRAVAUX ET MÉMOIRES XXV/2, 2021
Le présent volume s’inscrit dans le paysage aux contours depuis longtemps bien dessinés et, d’auc... more Le présent volume s’inscrit dans le paysage aux contours depuis longtemps bien dessinés et, d’aucuns diront, aux sentiers très fréquentés de l’angélologie. Les anges sont inépuisables ; aussi n’avons-nous pas cherché à produire une « somme théologique » à leur propos. Notre but est de proposer un parcours, tout au long de ces siècles qui mènent de l’Antiquité à Byzance, afin de capter, au moment où la figure de l’ange émerge et s’affirme, les multiples facettes qui contribueront à fixer son identité. L’idée de l’ange est tout sauf univoque. Sa représentation également. En complément du duo associant « conception » et « représentation », il nous a semblé intéressant de mettre l’accent sur un troisième terme : la « perception ». L’approche du phénomène angélique ne saurait en effet s’en tenir au rationnel, tel que le revendique l’exégèse de la pensée ou de l’image. D’autres voies cognitives plus souples, plus imaginatives, s’ouvrent grâce à l’attention portée à une réalité riche de nuances et de significations. C’est bien d’une invention au sens plein du terme dont il s’agit. L’ange ne peut s’expliquer sur le seul mode du syncrétisme. Il ne suffit pas de retracer, dans les textes, les monuments et l’iconographie, les modalités selon lesquelles les anges bibliques – vétéro- et néotestamentaires –, au contact de leurs homologues issus de la culture gréco-romaine et des autres civilisations du pourtour méditerranéen, se seraient pour ainsi dire fondus en eux, produisant une sorte de créature kaléidoscopique, daimôn aux ailes teintées de judaïsme, de gnose et de manichéisme, féru de néoplatonisme, ou, cédant à des tentations exotiques, allant jusqu’à s’aventurer du côté du mazdéisme et plus loin encore. L’ange chrétien est hybride ; mais il acquiert une personnalité unique, dont la force se mesure à l’aune de sa postérité.
The present volume takes place within the long-established and well-trodden path of angelology. Angels are inexhaustible, so we have not sought to produce a “Summa theologica” about them. Our aim is to propose a journey across the centuries from Antiquity to Byzantium in order to capture the moment when the multifaceted figure of the angel emerges and asserts itself. The idea and representation of the angel is anything but straightforward. In addition to the duo associating “conception” and “representation”, we thought interesting to stress this third term: “perception.” One cannot be solely rational in the exegesis of thoughts or images when approaching the angelic phenomenon. Other more flexible, more imaginative cognitive paths open up thanks to the attention paid to a reality rich in nuances and meanings. It is indeed an invention in the full sense of the term. The angel cannot be explained only by syncretism. It is not enough to retrace in texts, monuments, and iconography, the ways in which the biblical angels— in the Old and New Testament—, would have melted into their counterparts from Graeco-Roman culture and other civilizations around the Mediterranean, producing so to speak a kind of kaleidoscopic creature, a daimon with wings tinged with Judaism, Gnosis and Manichaeism, fascinated for Neoplatonism, or, yielding to exotic temptations, even venturing into Mazdeism and beyond. The Christian angel is a hybrid; but he acquires a unique personality, whose strength is measured by his posterity.
Lire les Archives de l'Athos, 2019
Ce volume réunit des études présentées lors du colloque « Lire les Archives de l’Athos » tenu à A... more Ce volume réunit des études présentées lors du colloque « Lire les Archives de l’Athos » tenu à Athènes du 18 au 20 novembre 2015, ainsi que des contributions et éditions de documents supplémentaires. Ce colloque fut organisé pour célébrer les 70 ans de la collec tion des Archives de l’Athos, refondée par Paul Lemerle en 1945, dont l’objet est la publica tion des actes grecs conservés dans les monastères du Mont Athos en Grèce jusqu’en 1500. Vingt-trois volumes de cette édition ont déjà été publiés comprenant les actes de quatorze monastères, la dernière parution étant celle des Actes de Vatopédi III en novembre 2019.
Ce livre n’a pas pour objectif de faire le bilan exhaustif de l’apport de la documentation athonite à l’historiographie de Byzance. Cependant, les contributions ici rassemblées démontrent l’importance capitale des actes conservés à l’Athos pour l’étude de domaines de recherche variés, allant de l’archivistique à la société et à la culture. D’autres articles et éditions d’archives modernes rendent hommage aux savants de diverses nationalités qui, depuis le XIXe siècle, ont contribué de façon remarquable à l’avancée de notre connaissance du corpus documentaire athonite. Une dernière partie du volume est dédiée aux corpus d’actes écrits dans d’autres langues que le grec, qui demeurent aujourd’hui insuffisamment connus et utilisés par la communauté internationale des byzantinistes.
Le colloque « Lire les Archives de l’Athos », organisé par Olivier Delouis, Raúl Estangüi Gómez, Christophe Giros, et Kostis Smyrlis, a bénéficié de l’appui de l’École française d’Athènes et du Musée byzantin et chrétien d’Athènes, qui ont généreusement mis leurs locaux à notre disposition. Le Laboratoire d’excellence « Religions et sociétés dans le monde méditerranéen» (RESMED, Sorbonne Université) a apporté un important concours financier. Par ailleurs, notre manifestation a été honorée de la présence de représentants du Patriarcat œcuménique de Constantinople et de la Sainte Communauté de l’Athos. Que tous soient ici remerciés.
Nous voudrions enfin exprimer notre gratitude à Paule Pagès pour sa contribution décisive à la préparation de ce volume, ainsi qu’à Marek Eby, qui a relu les articles en anglais.
Revue des Études Byzantines 78 (2020), pp. 245-285, 2020
La collection numismatique de l’Institut français des études byzantines (désormais cité IFEB) est... more La collection numismatique de l’Institut français des études byzantines (désormais cité IFEB) est déposée à la bibliothèque Jean de Vernon à l’Ins- titut catholique de Paris, rue d’Assas. À la demande de Monsieur Olivier Delouis, vice-directeur de l’IFEB, et de Madame Vassa Kontouma, directrice de la Bibliothèque Jean de Vernon et directrice de l’IFEB, les auteurs en ont effectué une étude sommaire, après le premier classement de l’ensemble des séries et l’identification des pièces antiques grecques et romaines à laquelle avait procédé André Ronde.
La collection comprend 1 175 monnaies dont 960 ont pu être identifiées et 390 ont fait l’objet d’un classement en médaillier par André Ronde, aux- quelles il faut ajouter les 166 monnaies byzantines et les 50 islamiques inventoriées ou identifiées quelque temps après respectivement par Cécile Morrisson et Arianna D’Ottone-Rambach.
