Description: Volume 8 of the Catalogue of Byzantine Seals represents the first in an ambitious series of studies focused on family names. Through these seals, we gain a better understanding of the civil and military administration of the Byzantine Empire and how it related to Byzantium's more prominent and more modest families.
Brief description: John W. Nesbitt was Research Associate for Byzantine Sigillography at Dumbarton Oaks and was widely recognized as one of the world's leading sigillographers.