Published annually, the journal Dumbarton Oaks Papers was founded in 1941 for the publication of articles relating to Byzantine civilization.

In this issue: Walter E. Kaegi, "Irfan Shah d (1926-2016)"; Daniel Galadza, "Robert F. Taft, S.J. (1932-2018)"; Sylvain Destephen, "From Mobile Center to Constantinople: The Birth of Byzantine Imperial Government"; Dina Boero, "Making a Manuscript, Making a Cult: Scribal Production of the Syriac Life of Symeon the Stylite in Late Antiquity"; Alexandre M. Roberts, "Framing a Middle Byzantine Alchemical Codex"; Lilia Campana, "Sailing into Union: The Byzantine Naval Convoy for the Council of Ferrara-Florence (1438-1439)"; Hugh G. Jeffery, "New Lead Seals from Aphrodisias"; Maria G. Parani, "Curtains in the Middle and Late Byzantine House"; Kostis Kourelis, "Wool and Rubble Walls: Domestic Archaeology in the Medieval Peloponnese"; Kathrin Colburn, "Loops, Tabs, and Reinforced Edges: Evidence for Textiles as Architectural Elements"; Eunice Dauterman Maguire, "Curtains at the Threshold: How They Hung and How They Performed"; Sabine Schrenk, "The Background of the Enthroned: Spatial Analysis of the Hanging with Hestia Polyolbos in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection"; Jennifer L. Ball, "Rich Interiors: The Remnant of a Hanging from Late Antique Egypt in the Collection of Dumbarton Oaks"; Maria Evangelatou, "Textile Mediation in Late Byzantine Visual Culture: Unveiling Layers of Meaning through the Fabrics of the Chora Monastery"; Thelma K. Thomas, "The Honorific Mantle as Furnishing for the Household Memory Theater in Late Antiquity: A Case Study from the Monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit"; Avinoam Shalem, "'The Nation Has Put On Garments of Blood' An Early Islamic Red Silken Tapestry in Split"; and Elizabeth Dospěl Williams, "A Taste for Textiles: Designing Ummayad and Early ʿAbbāsid Interiors."