A facsimile of the 1981 publication documents the May 1978 conference in Canberra with 10 of the 15 papers presented. The topics include thoughts on some early medieval miracles, Byzantium and the Arabs: the image of he Byzantines as mirrored in Arabic literature, Anglo-Saxons and Icelanders at Byzantium with special reference to the Icelandic Saga of St. Edward the Confessor, literary evidence for the dating of the Backovo Ossuary frescoes, and Bessarion before the Council of Florence: a survey of his early writings (1423-37). Annotation 2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)