Repurposing Ancient Knowledge
Dimiter Angelov studies geography in twelfth-century Constantinople and translates texts on philosophy, friendship, and Hellenic identity
Placemaking with Plants
Lindi Masur puts seeds under the microscope to find new evidence for indigenous food production and landscape management
Homer, Euripides, and Mount Athos
Costas Constantinides catalogues a rare manuscript collection ranging from medieval textbooks to works by classical poets and orators
Bringing Heaven Into the Church
Warren Woodfin presents six centuries of cross-referencing Orthodox ritual and heavenly iconography
Trees That Heal and Fly
Thomas Arentzen searches for Byzantine trees that interacted with humans and the divine
Biography of a Cultural Route
Eurydice Georganteli reveals the crucial importance of the Via Egnatia to European and world heritage
Behind the Scenes: Finding Food in Rare Books
Folger Before “Farm to Table” team visits the Plant Humanities Initiative
Of Landscape and Lawsuits
Philip Gant studies legal implications of the Buddhist temple as critical infrastructure
Picturesque Public Parks in Paris
Ann Komara digs deep into a celebrated nineteenth-century park transformed from a quarry site
Angels, Demons, and Narrative Conflict
Brad Boswell on how a fifth-century treatise out-narrates a rival