Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Notes on Contributors ix
5. List of Illustrations xiii
6. Abbreviations xix
7. Introduction 1
8. Byzantine Cultural Self-Consciousness in the Fifteenth Century 5
9. Old Wine in New Bottles: The Rewriting of Saints' Lives in the Palaeologan Period 15
10. Theoleptos of Philadelphia (ca. 1250-1322): From Solitary to Activist 27
11. Manuel II Palaeologos and His Müderris 39
12. Aspects of Monastic Patronage in Palaeologan Macedonia 53
13. Constantinople, Bithynia, and Regional Developments in Later Palaeologan Architecture 75
14. The Frescoes of the Parekklesion of St. Euthymios in Thessaloniki: Patrons, Workshops and Style 111
15. The Palaeologan Refectory Program at Apollonia 161
16. Diversity in Fresco Painting of the Mid-Fourteenth Century: The Case of Lesnovo 187
17. The Wall Paintings of the Pantanassa at Mistra: Models of a Painters' Workshop in the Fifteenth Century 217
18. Late Byzantine Loca Sancta? Some Questions Regarding the Form and Function of Epitaphioi 251
19. Index 273