The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium
A. P. Kazhdan (Editor), Alice-Mary Maffry Talbot (Editor), Anthony Cutler (Editor), Timothy E. Gregory (Editor), Nancy Patterson Ševčenko (Editor)
This is the standard research tool on 1,100 years of Byzantine history. Exhaustive in its coverage, entries on patriarchy and emperors coexist with entries on surgery, musical instruments, and the baking of bread, bringing to life this vastly important culture and empire, from the 4th century to the 15th
Print Book, English, 1991
Oxford University Press, New York, 1991