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This collection features a variety of scholarly contributions exploring Byzantine history, literature, and culture. It opens with a preface by Sevcenko and a list of Cyril Mango's publications. Bouras reevaluates the Daphni Monastic Complex, while Boyd discusses a copper plaque dedicated to St. Hermolaos. Cameron examines the figures of Basilius, Mavortius, and Asterius, and Canart delves into two manuscripts related to the "chypriote bouclée." Cutler critiques recent commentary on Rosette Caskets, and Dagron and Callot provide insights into Isaurian builders and three sites near Silifke. Durliat presents the epitaph of Pope Honorius, and von Falkenhausen discusses the regency of Countess Adelasia del Vasto in Calabria and Sicily. Feissel analyzes two epigrams from Apamene, while Flusin reflects on the emperor's role in the return of Gregory of Nazianze's relics. Foss addresses Byzantine responses to Turkish attacks in Asia Minor, and Guillou studies Byzantine inscriptions in Italy. Hunger comments on "Aristophanes," and Hutter presents on Theodorupolis. Jeffreys explores the literary and social context of mid-twelfth-century Constantinople, while Kazhdan and Sherry discuss anonymous miracles of St. Artemios. Lefort recounts the brief history of young Bragadin, and Maltezou investigates Byzantine legends in Venetian Crete. Obolensky reflects on Toynbee's views on Byzantium, and Oikonomides examines vassalage in a Byzantine apa