Above all, this monograph demonstrates the architectural and archaeological complexities of such multi-phase monuments, and the need for their systematic study and careful interpretation. Hans Buchwald's final publication can thus serve as both an inspiration and a model to future scholars, as well as a fitting monument to a great scholar of Byzantine architecture.

Hans Buchwald, appendix by Anne McClanan. Churches EA and E at Sardis. Archaeological Exploration of Sardis Reports, 6. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2015.

From The Medieval Review (TMR). Review by Eric Ivison, College of Staten Island, City University of New York