A Festschrift for Christopher Walter featuring studies on Byzantine church ritual and art by contributors including Jeffrey Anderson, David Buckton, Suzy Dufrenne, Tania Velmans, Panayotis Vokotopoulos, Albert Failler and Robert Taft. Includes a complete bibliography of Walter's publications and an introduction by Pamela Armstrong.

Foreword Christopher Walter: The Scholar Christopher Walter: Bibliography; Tabula Gratulatoria The Byzantine Imperial Communion Ritual, Robert Taft; An Exhortation by Manuel Philes to Pay Attention, J. A. Muniti The Creation of the Marginal Psalter, Jeffrey C. Anderson Les divers emplois du mot harmoste dans l'uvre de Georges Pachymérès, Albert Failler Simples remarques sur deux manuscrits byzantins des IXe et Xe siècles, Suzy Dufrenne Iconographic Observations of Figural Representation on Zeuxippus Ware, Pamela Armstrong; 'Early Byzantine' Enamel in France, David Buckton The Miniatures of a Palaeologan New Testament at the Hagia Lavra Monastery near Kalavryta, Panayotis L. Vocotopoulos People Get the Heroes and Martyrs they Deserve, Anthony Bryer; St. Catherine of Alexandria and Mount Sinai , Nancy Patterson Sev c enko The Narthex as Desert: The Symbolism of the Entrance Space in Orthodox Church Buildings; Georgi Gerov Autour d'une inscription métrique et de la représentation des apôtres Pierre et Paul dans une église en Élide, Victoria Kepetzi Le rôle de l'hésychasme dans la peinture murale Byzantine du XIVe et XVe siècles, Tania Velmans Emperors or Saints? A Note on the Iconography of a Late-Antique Weight, Christopher Entwistle Enemy at the Gates: An Alliance Ridiculed. A Contribution to the History of Mentalité of the South Slavs in the Middle Ages, Duan Kora c and Radivoj Radi c Hymnography and Iconography: Images of Hymnographers in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-century Church Paintings in Bulgaria , Elka Balalova List of Contributors Index