Download or read book Dreambooks in Byzantium written by Steven M. Oberhelman and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreambooks in Byzantium offers the first English translation with commentary of six of the seven extant Byzantine oneirocritica--manuals on the interpretation of dreams. Dreams permeated all aspects of Byzantine culture, from religion to literature to everyday life, and drew upon Classical and Islamic literature, oral and written Byzantine materials, and, perhaps, their own oneirocritic practices. Much of the source-material was pagan in origin and was reworked into a Christianized context, with many interpretations given a Christian coloring.