Die Taronitai. Eine prosopographisch-sigillographische Studie.

This paper is a systematic prosopographical study of all members of the Taronites family in Byzantium from the tenth until thirteenth century. It takes into account contemporary narrative sources and both published and unpublished lead seals. Two annexes of lead seals and the stemmata of the family are provided at the end. The aim of this study is to reexamine and offer a fresh insight on the biographical data as well as the history of this aristocratic house. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]