Byzantine book

I got this massive (8" x 10 1/2" x 5 3/4" thick) 3-volume series, The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium inexpensively. A casual glance through it shows a bit of everything.



Want to know what a "mappa" is? It's in there. Want to know about the title "Clarissimus"? It's in there. I imagine much of it is now on Wikipedia, but probably with less authority. Anyway, I love books.

Here is a Byzantine coin:

Justinian. 527-565. 10-nummia piece (see the X in exergue). 21-19 mm. 5.91 grams.
VICTORIA AG
One of the very few AE Byzantine types with a reverse legend.
Sear Byz 271. MIBE (Hahn) 220 "struck 547-552"

 

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Not sure what your idea of inexpensive is but bookfinder.com has lots of them with the cheapest being $137.

 

Mine came from an eBay auction and I got it for less than 1/3 of that, shipping included.

 

Two thumbs up!

 

Great find! Hopefully you will get lots of enjoyment out of the books.