1) Selected Belmont Library Stack and Reference Books
2) My Personal Collection                                                                   RETURN TO SYLLABUS
    -- General Works on Christian Art
    -- Early Christian and Byzantine Art and Architecture
    -- Early Christian Art and Architecture
    -- Byzantine Art and Architecture
    -- Byzantine Church and History

Red entries indicate new additions.

SELECTED BELMONT LIBRARY STACK and REFERENCE:
    Angold, Michael. The Byzantine Empire, 1025-1204. London: Longman, 1984.
    Arnott, Peter D. The Byzantines and Their World. N. Y.: St. Martin's, 1973.
    Baynes, Norman H. The Byzantine Empire. N. Y.: Oxford University Press, 1962.
    Belting, Hans. Likeness and Presence: A history of the image before the era of art. Chicago: University of Chicago
        Press, 1994.
    Besancon, Alain. The Forbidden Image: An intellectual history of Iconoclasm. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
        2000.
    Clark, Victoria. Why Angels Fall: A protrait of Orthodox Europe from Byzantium to Kosovo. London: Macmillan,
        2000.
    Cutler, Anthony. The Hand of the Master: Craftsmanship, ivory and society in Byzantium, 9th -11th centuries.
        Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994.
    Evans, Helen, et al. The Glory of Byzantium: Art and culture of the Middle Byzantine Period, AD 843-1261. N. Y.:
        Abrams, 1997.
    Garland, Lynda. Byzantine Empresses: Women adn power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204. N.Y.: Routledge, 1999.
    Gerstel, Sharon. Beholding the Sacred Mysteries: Programs of the Byzantine Sanctuary. Seattle: University of
        Washington Press, 1999.
    Gonosova, Anna. Art of Late Rome and Byzantium in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Richmond: The Museum,
        1994.
    Grabar, Andre. The Golden Age of Justinian: From the death of Theodosius to the rise of Islam. N. Y.: Odyssey
        Press, 1967.
    Hetherington, Paul, and Werner Forman. Byzantium, City of God, City of Faith. London: Orbis, 1983.
    Hill, Stephen. The Early Byzantine Churches of Cilicia and Isauria. Brookfield, Vt.: Variorum, 1996.
    Ivanov, Vladimir. Russian Icons. N. Y.: Rizzoli, 1988.
    James, Liz. Light and Color in Byzantine Art. N. Y.: Oxford University Press, 1996.
    Jenkins, Romilly J. H. Byzantium, the Imperial Centuries, AD 610-1071. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995.
    Ladner, Gerhard. God, Cosmos and Humankind: The World of Early Christian Symbolism. Berkeley: University of
        California Press, 1995.
    Mainstone, Rowland J. Hagia Sophia: Architecture, structure, and liturgy of Justinian's great church. N. Y.: Thames
        and Hudson, 1988.
    Meer, Frederik van der. Early Christian Art. London: Faber and Faber, 1967.
    Neumayer, Heinrich. Byzantine Mosaics. N. Y.: Crown, 1964.
    Onasch, Konrad, et al. Icons. N. Y.: Riverside, 1997.
    Palol, Pedro de. Palaeochristian Art in Spain. N. Y.: Tudor, 1969.
    Peers, Glenn. Subtle Bodies: Representing angels in Byzantium. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
    Piatnitsky, Yuri, ed. Sinai, Byzantium, Russia: Orthodox Art from the Sixth to the Twentieth Century. London: St.
        Catherine Foundation, 2000.
    Rice, David Talbot. The Byzantines. N. Y.: Praeger, 1962.
    Runciman, Steven. The Byzantine Theocracy. London: Cambridge University Press, 1979.
    Schug-Wille. Christa. Art of the Byzantine World. N. Y.: Abrams, 1969.
    Tsafrir, Yoram. Ancient Churches Revealed. Washington, D.C.: Biblical Archaeological Society, 1993.
    Volbach, Wolfgang F. Early Christian Art. N. Y.: Abrams, 1962.
    Weitzmann, Kurt. The Byzantine Octateuchs. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.
    Zibawi, Mahmoud. Eastern Christian Worlds. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1995.

MY PERSONAL COLLECTION:(works with * are also in the Belmont collection)
General Works on Christian Art:
    Ferguson, George. Signs and Symbols in Christian Art. N . Y.: Oxford University Press, 1961.
    Murray, Peter and Linda. The Oxford Companion to Christian Art. N. Y.: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Early Christian and Byzantine Art and/or Architecture
    *Beckwith, John. Early Christian and Byzantine Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970.
    *Krautheimer, Richard. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965.
    *Lassus, Jean. The Early Christian and Byzantine World. London: Hamlyn, 1966.
    *MacDonald, William. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture. N. Y.: Braziller, 1967.

Early Christian Art, Architecture, History and Worship:
    Baruffa, Antonio. Le catacombe di S. Callisto. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Pontifice, 1988.
    Bourguet, Pierre du. Early Christian Painting. N.Y.: Viking, 1965.
    *Bowersock, G. W., et al. Late Antiquity: A guide to the postclassical world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press,
        1999.
    *Brown, Peter. The Cult of the Saints: Its rise and function in Latin Christianity. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
        1981.
    *_________. The World of Late Antiquity, AD 150-750. N. Y.: Harcout Brace, 1971.
    Chadwick, Henry. Early Christian Thought and the Classical Tradition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966.
    Elsner, Jas. Art and the Roman Viewer: The Transformation of art from the pagan world to Christianity. N. Y.:
        Cambridge University Press, 1995.
    *________. Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
    *Esler, Philip F. The Early Christian World. 2 vols. New York: Routledge, 2000.
    Fasola, Umberto Maria. Le origini cristiane a Trastevere. Rome, Fratelli Palombi Editori, 1991
    Ferrua, Antonio. The Unknown Catacomb: A unique discovery of early Christian art. New Lanark, Scotland: Geddes
        and Grosset, 1992.
    Gough, Michael. The Origins of Christian Art. N.Y.: Praeger, 1973.
    *Grabar, Andre. Christian Iconography: A study of its origins. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968.
    Hertling, L. and E. Kirschbaum. The Roman Catacombs. London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1975.
    Hoppe, Leslie J. The Synagogues and Churches of Ancient Palestine. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1994.
    Hurtado, Larry W. At the Origins of Christian Worship: The context and character of earliest Christian devotion.
        Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
    Jensen, Robin M. Understanding Early Christian Art. N.Y.: Routledge, 2000.
    Lowrie, Walter. Art in the Early Church. N. Y.: Norton, 1947.
    Kannengiesser, Charles. Early Christian Spirituality. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986.
    Kitzinger, Ernst. Byzantine Art in the Making: Main lines of development in Mediterranean art, 3rd-7th centuries.
        Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1995.
    Krautheimer, Richard. Rome: Profile of a city, 312-1308. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980.
    Mancinelli, Fabrizio. Catacombs and Basilicas: Early Christians in Rome. N.Y.: Scala, 1981.
    Marabini, Claudio. I mosaici di Ravenna. Novara: Istituto geografico de Agostini, 1981.
    Martin, Ralph P. Worship in the Early Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975.
    *Mathews, Thomas F. The Clash of Gods: A reinterpretation of early Christian art. Princeton: Princeton University
        Press, 1993.
    Milburn, Robert. Early Christian Art and Architecture. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988.
    Proja, G. Battista. Il Battistero Laterense. Vatican City: Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, 1990.
    Rordorf, Willy, et al. The Eucharist ofthe Early Christian Church. N. Y.: Pueblo Press, 1978.
    Sanderson, Warren. Early Christian Buildings, 300 to 600: A Graphic Introduction.Champlain, N.Y.: Astrion, 1993.
    Santini, Pietro. Santa Maria Maggiore: The mosaics of the fifth century. 1988.
    Schapiro, Meyer. Late Antique, Early Christian  and Medieval Art. N. Y.: Braziller, 1979.
    Strong, Donald. Roman Art. New York: Penguin, 1988.
    Tadgell, Christopher. Imperial Space: Rome, Constantinople and the early church. London: Ellipsis, 1998.
    Walsh, Michael. Roots of Christianity. Toronoto: Grafton, 1986.
    Weitzmann, Kurt. Late Antique and Early Christian Book Illumination. N. Y.: Braziller, 1977.
    White, L. Michael. The Social Origins of Christian Architecture. 2 vols. Valley Forge: Trinity Press, 1990.
    Williams, Stephen, and Gerard Friell. The Rome that Did Not Fall: The survival of the east in the fifth century. N.Y.:
        Routledge, 1999.

Byzantine Era and Orthodox Art and Architecture
    Alfieri, Bianca Maria. Il Duomo di Monreale. Novara: Istituto geografico de Agostini, 1983.
    Ascher, Abraham. The Kremlin. N. Y.: Newsweek, 1972.
    Beckwith, John. The Art of Constantinople.N. Y.: Phaidon, 1968.
    Buckton, David. Byzantium: Treasures of Byzantine Art and Culture. London: British Museum Press, 1994.
    Chatzidakis, Manolis. Mystras: The medieval city and the castle. Athens: Ethdotike, 1981.
    Coomler, David. The Icon Handbook: A guide to understanding icons and the liturgy, symbols and practices of the
        Russian Orthodox Church. Springfield, Ill.: Templegate, 1995.
    Cormack, Robin. Byzantine Art. N. Y.: Oxford University Press, 2000.
    Demus, Otto. The Mosaic Decoration of San Marco, Venice. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988.
    Downey, Glanville. Constantinople in the Age of Justinian. N. Y.: Dorset, 1960.
    Durand, Jannic. Byzantine Art. Paris:Terrail, 1999.
    Gilles, Pierre. The Antiquities of Constantinople. N. Y.: Italica Press, 1988.
    Grabar, Andre. Art of the Byzantine Empire. N. Y.: Greystone, 1967.
    *Huyghe, Rene. Byzantine and Medieval Art. N. Y.: Hamlyn, 1968.
    Jolly, Penny H. Made in God's Image? Eve and Adam in the Genesis mosaics in San Marco, Venice. Berkeley:
        University of California Press, 1997.
    *Kahzdan, Alexander P. The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. N. Y.: Oxford University Press, 1991.
    _________________, and Ann Wharton Epstein. Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth
        Centuries. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985.
    Kalokyris, Konstantin. The Byzantine Wall Paintings of Crete.  N. Y.: Red Dust, 1973.
    Kinross, Lord. Hagia Sophia. N. Y.: Newsweek, 1972.
    Kitzinger, Ernst. The Mosaics of St. Mary's of the Admiral in Palermo. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1990.
    Kleinbauer, W. Eugene. St. Sophia and Constantinople. Dublin, N.H.: William L. Bauhan, 1999.
    Kochakian, Garabed. Art in the Armenian Church: Origins and teaching. N. Y.: St. Vartan Press, 1995.
    Lazarides, Paul. The Monastery of Hosios Lukas. Athens: Editions Hannibal, ny.
    Littlewood, A. R., ed. Originality in Byzantine Literature, Art and Music. Oxford: Oxbow, 1995.
    Maguire, Henry. Art and Eloquence in Byzantium. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981.
    ___________. The Icons of their Bodies. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.
    Mango, Cyril. Byzantine Architecture. N. Y.: Rizzoli, 1978.
    *Mathews, Thomas F. Byzantium: From antiquity to the Renaissance. N. Y.: Abrams, 1998.
    Metropolitan Museum of Art. Treasures of the Kremlin. N. Y.: Abrams, 1979.
    _____________________. The Treasury of San Marco, Venice. Milan: Olivetti, 1984.
    *Meyendorff, John. Byzantine Theology: Historical trends and doctrinal themes. N. Y.: Fordham University Press,
        1987.
    Michelis,  P. A. The Aesthetic Approach to Byzantine Art. London: Batsford, 1964.
    Niero, Antonio. The Basilica of Torcello and Santa Fosca's. Venice: Ardo, ny.
    Ouspensky, Leonid. Theology of the Icon. 2 vols. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1978.
    Ousterhout, Robert. The Architecture of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1987.
    ______________. The Master Builders of Byzantium. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.
    Pena, Ignacio. The Christian Art of Byzantine Syria. Garnet, 1997.
    Popov, Gennady. Tver Icons. St. Petersburg: Aurora Publications, 1993.
    *Rice, David Talbot. Art of the Byzantine Era. London: Thames and Hudson, 1963.
    ______________. Byzantine Art. N. Y.: Penguin, 1968.
    Rodley, Lyn. Byzantine Art and Architecture: An introduction. N. Y.: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
    Runciman, Steven. Byzantine Style and Civilization. N. Y.: Penguin, 1975.
    St. John of Damascus. On the Divine Images. Crestwood, N.Y.: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2000.
    St. Theodore the Studite. On the Holy Icons. Crestwood, N.Y.: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1981.
    San Clemente, Roma. Rome: Kina Italia, 1987.
    Sendler, Egon. The Icon: Image of the Invisible. Oakwood Press, 1988.
    Talbot, Alice-Mary. Byzantine Defenders of Images: Eight Saints' Lives in Translation. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton
        Oaks, 1998.
    Teteriatnikov, Natalie and Vladimir. Russian Icons of the Golden Age: 1400-1700. Juniata College, 1988.
    Weitzmann, Kurt. Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early medieval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection,
        Vol. 3. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1972.
    ____________. The Icon. N. Y.: Braziller, 1978.

Byzantine History and the Orthodox Church
    Baynes, N. H. and H. S. L. B. Moss. Byzantium. New York: Oxford University Press, 1969.
    Brand, Charles M. Icon and Minaret: Sources of Byzantine and Islamic Civilization. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall,
        1969.
    Browning, Robert. Justinian and Theodora. N. Y.: Praeger, 1971.
    *Diehl, Charles. Byzantium: Greatness and decline.
    *Geannakoplos, Deno John. Byzantium: Church, society, and civilization seen through contemporary eyes. Chicago:
        University of Chicago Press, 1984.
    Gordon, C. D. The Age of Attila: Fifth-century Byzantium and the barbarians. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan
        Press, 1972.
    Hussey, J. M. The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986.
    Kucharek, Casimir. The Sacramental Mysteries: A Byzantine approach. Allendale: Alleluia Press, 1976.
    Magoulias, Harry J. Byzantine Christianity: Emperor, church and the west. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1970.
    *Mango, Cyril. Byzantium: The Empire of New Rome. N. Y.: Scribners, 1980.
    Meredith, Anthony. The Cappadocians. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1995.
    Miller, D.A. The Byzantine Tradition. N. Y.: Harper and Row, 1966.
    *Norwich, John Julius. Byzantium. 3 vols. N. Y.: Knopf, 1988.
    Nouwen, Henri J.M. Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with icons. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1993.
    Oblonsky, Dimitri. The Byzantine Commonwealth: Eastern Europe, 500-1453. London: Phoenix Press, 1971.
    Pelikan, Jaroslav. The Spirit of Eastern Christendom, 600-1700. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974.
    *Runciman, Steven. Byzantine Civilization. N. Y.: Barnes and Noble, 1933.
    Seward, Desmond, and Susan Mountgarret. Byzantium: A journey and a guide. London: Harrap. 1988.
    *Sherrard, Philip. Byzantium. N. Y.: Time-Life Books, 1966.
    Treadgold, Warren. A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997.
    Ware, Kallistos. The Orthodox Way. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1999.
    Whittow, Mark. The Making of Byzantium, 600-1025. Berkeley: University of California, 1996.