A thorough paper (https://www.academia.edu/83216258/Byzantine_Army_The_concise_10th_11th_century_AD_imperial_infantry_and_cavalry_soldier) on reconstructing Byzantine equipment in the 10th-11th centuries. About the size of an Osprey with more evidence and less reconstructions. Starts with a critique of earlier reconstructions, mainly Ospreys, which may help those who own those volumes.
Thanks for that.