!!!Byzantinistik

Byzantine Studies, Austrian scholars already made major contributions 
to the scientific study of Byzantine history and culture in the 
19%%sup th/%  and early 20%%sup th/%  centuries (F. Miklosich, K. 
Horna, E. Stein, O. Schissel, etc). When Byzantine Studies were 
finally granted a chair at the University of Vienna they developed 
into a scientific discipline in its own right (1962-1985 H. Hunger; 
since 1985 J. Koder; temporary chair at the University of Graz 
(1961-1969 E. von Ivanka). The Institute of Byzantine and Modern 
Greek Studies of the University of Vienna cooperates with two research 
institutes established by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 
specializing in medium and short-term projects on historical geography 
of the Byzantine Empire (Tabula Imperii Byzantini); palaeography 
(Repertory of scribes of Greek manuscripts); the edition of Greek 
medieval documents (register of the Oecumenical Patriarchate of 
Constantinople, 14%%sup th/%  century); and lexicography (Lexicon of 
Byzantine Greek). Publications range from the Yearbook of Byzantine 
Studies in Austria (an international scientific journal) to "Byzantine 
Historians", a series of Byzantine historical sources translated into 
German, and several monograph series. The most highly renowned expert 
in Byzantine art history was O. Demus (d. 1990).

!Literature
H. Hunger, Byzantinische Philologie in Oesterreich seit 
1990, in: La Filologia Medievale e Umanistica Greca e Latina nel 
secolo XX, 1993.


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