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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos
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Historian, PhD student in Byzantine History | Podcaster @byzantioexplained.bsky.social Member of the SPBS & AIEB https://linktr.ee/Boutziopoulos
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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · Dec 4
Sound on🔊

A couple of years ago I was working on a new catalogue of the Greek manuscripts of the Cadbury Research Library with some good colleagues and I had the opportunity to work on the beautiful MS Peckover Gr. 7, a 12th century Manuscript.
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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · Oct 2
I am thrilled and proud to announce that I have been elected a Postgraduate Member of the @royalhistsoc.org
royalhistsoc.org Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Oct 2
We are very pleased to announce the election of 248 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate members to the Royal Historical Society following the latest meeting of the RHS Council bit.ly/4o0xhJV

We warmly welcome all those joining @royalhistsoc.org from today #Skystorians 1/2
Society elects 248 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members - RHS
At its latest meeting on 12 September 2025, the RHS Council elected 73 Fellows, 62 Associate Fellows, 50 Members and 63 Postgraduate Members, a total of 248 people newly associated with the Society, f...
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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 6
Very excited to share our latest episode with Dr. Nikita on #bioarchaeology & human mobility in Byzantine Cyprus! Dr. Nikita explains how skeletal remains can be used to study population movement, and why this helps us understand the #ByzantineBluesky world.

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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 4
Reading Magdalino’s work on Manuel I Komnenos once again, this time at the Sheppard-Worlock Library and, of course, using one of @byzantioexplained.bsky.social’s bookmarks so I don’t lose my place.

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Βυζάντιο explained @byzantioexplained.bsky.social · Sep 1
📬 The September 2025 Byzantio Explained Newsletter is out! 🎓

Inside (free):
📌 Calls for Papers
📚 New Publications
🎓 Scholarships & Opportunities
📰 Byzantine News

👉 byzantioexplained.substack.com/p/explained-...

#ΒυζαντιοExplained #ByzantineStudies #ByzantineBluesky
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Your Monthly Dose of Byzantine History and Culture
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Βυζάντιο explained @byzantioexplained.bsky.social · Sep 1
Ξεκινήστε τη νέα ακαδημαϊκή χρονιά με το πρώτο Newsletter της σεζόν:
📌 Προσκλήσεις για συνέδρια
📚 Νέες εκδόσεις
🎓 Υποτροφίες & ευκαιρίες
📰 Βυζαντινά νέα

Διαβάστε το και κάντε δωρεάν εγγραφή εδώ:
👉 byzantioexplained.substack.com/p/explained-...

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Your Monthly Dose of Byzantine History and Culture
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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 31
Not many wax seals survive, but the some implements which created them, such as sealing rings and cone seals have survived.
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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 31
The inscription reads:
Κ[ΥΡΙ]Ε ΒΟ[Η]Θ[ΕΙ]
ΤΟ Δ[ΟΥ]Λ[Ω] ΙΩ[ΑΝΝΗ]
Β[ΑΣΙΛΙΚΩ] ΣΠ[Α]Θ[ΑΡ]Ι[Ω]

Lord protect your servant John, the imperial spatharios.

This particular John was probably of a very wealthy family to afford such a ring which he would use to seal his documents with wax.
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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 31
While looking for some seals today I came across this beautiful signet ring of John, an imperial spatharios.

The ring is dated to the 10th century, it is made of gold and niello and today it is housed at The MET Museum.
Accession Number: 1992.239

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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 26
I would like to congratulate my good friend @dimitrisatticus.bsky.social for defending successfully his doctoral thesis today!
His research topic: The Byzantine Empire and the tribes along the Danube Frontier and in the Administration of Thrace (4th–7th Centuries)!
Congratulations Dr Bogdantsalis!
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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · Jun 10
Dear colleagues,
I hope you are well. I am trying to connect to PBW2016, but it doesn't seem to work.
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Any help?
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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · Jun 10
I really like how #AI sees me.
Of course i asked it to make me as Pixar character teaching #Byzantine history… what else?!

Also glad it didn’t include my white hair.
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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · Jun 5
Well deserved Martina!!! I read your name in the list this morning and I was very happy!!! Congratulations!!!
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Βυζάντιο explained @byzantioexplained.bsky.social · Jun 2
Honoured to be invited to present Βυζάντιο explained at the “Social Media and History” symposium by the Ionian University (19 June 2025).
Our first academic appearance alongside fellow scholars who use digital media to promote historical research.

👉 history.ionio.gr/gr/news/32689/
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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · May 20
I am very impressed by the great work that is being done as we speak in Cologne and Paris in an effort to create a search engine for Byzantine sigillography. The @digibyzantine.bsky.social presentation was unbelievably impressive and interesting and I am very much looking forward to the updates!
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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · May 20
Thrilled to be at Oxford last Friday for the "Digital Byzantine Studies: Current Methods and Future Applications" event, hosted by the Maison Française d'Oxford. I caught up with good old friends and met many new ones.
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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · Apr 20
Christ has risen!

Καλό #Πάσχα!
Buona #Pasqua!
Happy #Easter!

MS Vat.Greacus 1156. f. 194v
MS Vat.Greacus 1156. f. 194v
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Βυζάντιο explained @byzantioexplained.bsky.social · Apr 13
Honoured to be present for a second year at the Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies — this time in Birmingham! Thanks to Dr Daniel Reynolds & the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies for sharing our Βυζάντιο explained flyers.

And thanks to Dr Flavia Vanni for the photo!
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Βυζάντιο explained @byzantioexplained.bsky.social · Apr 7
Βυζάντιο explained Newsletter - 56th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies
ONLINE REGISTRATION HAS OPENED AGAIN! Byzantium from below: rural and non-elite life in the Byzantine world

#ByzantineStudies #ByzantineHistory

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ONLINE REGISTRATION HAS OPENED AGAIN! Byzantium from below: rural and non-elite life in the Byzantine world
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Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture @mjcbac.bsky.social · Mar 27
CFP: Byzantium beyond Byzantium, 25th International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Vienna, August 24–29, 2026. Submissions due April 30, 2025
25th International Congress of Byzantine Studies | Mary Jaharis Center
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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 26
Our goodie (or should we say foodie?) bags are ready, packed with seal-themed surprises! 🎁
Come grab yours tomorrow at the 13th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography and see what we’ve prepared for you! ✨
Sugar cookie with stamped with a custom cookie cutter in form of a cruciform invocative monogram on a Byzantine lead seal
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Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social · Mar 26
Extremely jealous to miss the 13th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography in Cologne this week.

The organisers have done an amazing work! Good luck to everyone presenting!

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Siegelsymposium
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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · Mar 20
🎉 The 13th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography is just one week away!
Check out the full programme on the dedicated website:
🔗 byzantinistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/siegelsympos...
🤳🏽We'll be posting live updates from this account with the hashtag #siegelsymposium – don’t miss it!
Flyer of the 13th International Symposium of Byzantine Sigillography
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Βυζάντιο explained @byzantioexplained.bsky.social · Mar 8
🎧 Νέο επεισόδιο! 🦌📜 Συζητάμε με τη Μαρία Λεοντσίνη για την πανίδα στον βυζαντινό κόσμο & το ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα «Ήμερη και άγρια πανίδα στον ελλαδικό χώρο». 🌿🔍 Ακούστε τώρα! 🎙️👇

#ΒυζάντιοExplained #Podcast #ByzantineHistory

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επ. 20 Ήμερη και άγρια πανίδα στον ελλαδικό χώρο, με την Μαρία Λεοντσίνη.
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Βυζάντιο explained @byzantioexplained.bsky.social · Feb 18
The 25th International Congress of Byzantine Studies Website is Live!

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Βυζάντιο explained Newsletter - The 25th International Congress of Byzantine Studies Website is Live!
Announcing the 25th International Congress of Byzantine Studies – Vienna 2026
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Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture @mjcbac.bsky.social · Feb 13
Attend: Byzantium and Its Environment, 27th International Graduate Conference of the Oxford University Byzantine Society, University of Oxford and Zoom, March 1–2, 2025. Advance registration required maryjahariscenter.org/blog/byzanti...
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