Castalia Library is pleased to announce that the Castalia Library / Libraria Castalia book for Jul-Aug 2024 will be Arts of Dark and Light Book 4: A Sea of Skulls Vol. I by Vox Day. 750 cowhide editions and 75 goatskin editions will be bound. New subscribers will be pleased to know that the previous volumes in the series are still for purchase from Castalia Library with the usual subscriber’s discount.
A SEA OF SKULLS will feature 28 original chapter drop caps designed by Tamburn Bindery as well as an original woodcut illustration. Three of the chapter-heading capital letters are shown below.
As for Castalia History, we’re pleased to make the presumably unsurprising announcement that the Jul-Aug-Sep book will be THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE c. 500-1492, Volume Two, edited by Jonathan Shepard and originally published by Cambridge University Press.
Shepherd’s work is regarded as the primary historical summary of the 1000-year Byzantine Empire that is, like the great Cambridge Histories edited by J.B. Bury, written by experts in the different periods, but with a broad narrative theme provided by the editor. It has also been well-received by the academic experts.
A fine scholarly accomplishment. The editor's long introduction sets the stage for the contributions that follow. The volume is separated into four segments: the notion of Byzantium, periodization, an appreciation of cultural and societal approaches to Byzantium, and a discussion of sources in translation. The book's three parts correspond to the apex, transformation, and fall of the Byzantine Empire....The book has a fine bibliography, illustrations, and map selection. Recommended.
In the company of its companion volume, THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE c. 500-1492, Volume Two is going to be a worthy edition to accompany its predecessors that now adorn the shelves of History subscribers around the world. We anticipate a print run of 700. The way the subscription works is that if you subscribe to Castalia History during the months of July, August, and September you will receive a deluxe, gilded, leatherbound edition of the second volume of THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE when they are printed and bound in approximately 7 to 10 months.
Very excited to read Sea of Skulls and find out what Corvus and Severa are up to