Aspects of Christian culture in Byzantium and Eastern Christianity : word, sound and image in the context of liturgical and Christian symbolism / edited by Vesna Sara Peno and Ivan Moody.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Vesna Sara Peno, Ivan Moody -- Sacred sounds in sacred codices : notated manuscripts in the lands of the first Bulgarian empire / Stefan Harkov -- Natsionalna bibliotek Sv. Sv. Kirik i metodii (NBKM) MSS. No. 113 and the cusp of liturgical and musical reform among the Balkan Slavs in the 13th century / Gregory Myers -- The "Serbian" sung word : a contribution to the demystification of the term folk in the phrase Serbian folk church singing / Vesna Sara Peno -- A new reading of John Laskaris's explanation and modulation of musical art : towards a critical edition of Laskaris's theoretical treatise / Achilleas Chaldaeakes -- Choir with Bastaktes : a symbolic doctrine on the organization and presence of a Byzantine chant choir, or the issue of unity through choral chanting / Michael Stroumpakis -- Word, sound and image in honour of warrior saints : the case of St. George / Maria Alexandru -- Cosmic sound and the Metaxu : the creation of sacred space in Hagia Sophia / Bissera Pentcheva -- The poetry of colour and light of Spyridon Papaloukis as reflected in his wall paintings at the Metropolitan Church of Amfissa / Nicholas K. Schizas -- Late Byzantine chant and hymnography : tradition and innovation / Christian Troelsgård -- Chant and art / Ivan Moody.