Excerpt from Studies in the History and Art of the Eastern Provinces of the Roman Empire This collection of papers was planned less than a year ago; and the writers have been occupied in other engrossing and inevitable work, which alone might seem to require their undivided attention. The leisure which could be given to this book was scanty, and in July it seemed hardly possible to get it ready in time. Only by the hearty co-operation of the Aberdeen University Press, and by the lavish use of the right of correction of the proof-sheets, has it been possible to complete for the Quatercentenary this specimen of the work of our students. Nine writers began: seven only have finished. A. Souter, M.A., 1893, much time to a collection of the Christian Inscriptions of Lycaonia (which would have been the longest paper in the volume); but in June he had to go abroad for three months to collate Mss. of Pelagius. By prefixing and appending some English, Latin and Greek verses, I have been able to add W. Blair Anderson, M.A., 1898, as an eighth: his omission from the seven was due to the loss of a letter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.