The Menologion of Basil II (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, 89) - Hardcover

 
9780674291027: The Menologion of Basil II (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, 89)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0674291026 ISBN 13: 9780674291027
Verlag: Harvard University Press, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

A fascinating window into daily Byzantine religious observances

The Menologion of Basil II, one of the most famous manuscripts surviving from Byzantium, contains short narratives to be read during the morning office to commemorate the saint or feast of the day. Dedicated to the emperor Basil II (r. 976-1025), it is best known for its decorative program: each of the 430 entries features a large, dazzling illumination of a corresponding scene. Yet the texts have received much less attention than their illustrations, despite the wealth of information that they provide about the commemoration of the saints in Byzantine society. This unillustrated volume highlights the Menologion as a work that maps the many paths toward Christian sanctity and celebrates the people who walked them, from martyr to monk, from patriarch to prostitute, and everyone in between.

The Menologion of Basil II includes both a new Greek edition, prepared from a fresh reading of the manuscript that replaces the previous eighteenth-century edition, and the first full translation into English-the first into any modern language.

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Charles Kuper

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Verlag
Harvard University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0674291026
ISBN 13 
9780674291027
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
832
Herausgeber
Kuper Charles
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