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  • From the Editor
  • Noel Lenski

With this issue the Journal of Late Antiquity introduces a new style-sheet that is designed to update citation methods and to render the look of the page more streamlined. It also has the advantage of offering useful bibliographies at the conclusion of each study. This new author-date system is described in greater detail on the journal’s website at:

http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_late_antiquity/guidelines.html

In future, authors should use these guidelines for the construction and formatting of their submissions.

A number of exciting articles appear in this issue which can be grouped into two main subsets: those dealing with material culture and those which explore the overlap between history and literature. In the former group, Rangar Cline presents a fascinating reassessment of what he argues was a bread mold produced for pilgrims to the ecumenical holy site of Mamre in Palestine; David Woods offers a new reading of the eagles that appear on the reverses of Julian’s coinage from Arles; and Armin Bergmeier studies the way in which images of the crucifixion take on new meaning in the sixth century as they come to stand in for theophany in both sermons and mosaics. Studies exploring the overlap between literature and history include E. T. Dailey’s lead article on the way that Gregory of Tours undermined the boy king Clothar II’s claims to legitimacy in his history; Catherine Ware shows that divergent interpretations could be attached to the notion of severitas in two panegyrics to Constantine; Dimitris Krallis posits a new source for the Constantinian material in Zosimus—the court historian Praxagoras; Diane Fruchtman shows Prudentius’ use of what she terms didactic ekphrasis; and Jonathan Zecher finds an Egyptian source for a dramatic incident in the lore on Antony the Hermit’s life.

Among the many interesting conferences being held on Late Antiquity, I should like to call attention to the recent biennial conference of the International Late Antique Network, hosted by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World in New York, June 11–14, 2014, on the theme “Property and Power,” and the eleventh biennial Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity conference which will be hosted by the University of Iowa, March 26–29, 2015, on the theme of “The Transformation of Poverty, Philanthropy, and Healthcare in Late Antiquity.” Both conference series offer excellent opportunities to network with some of the world’s leading late antiquarians and to meet new talent as it emerges. [End Page 1]

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