Literacy, Education and Manuscript Transmission in Byzantium and Beyond

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-04-12096-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 243 mm x 166 mm, Gewicht: 676 g

Reihe: Medieval Mediterranean

The papers in this volumes consider literacy, education and manuscript transmission in Byzantium and its neighbouring worlds, areas which to date have received surprisingly little sustained scholarly treatment among Byzantinists. Contributions include an overview, survey papers and individual case studies, many of which draw on recently discovered or rarely consulted sources: literary sources include astrological texts, saints' lives and florilegia as well as documentary texts, art and archaeological evidence. The contributors' fields reflect the interdisciplinary scope of this volume, covering history, art history, literary studies and palaeography. The volume looks in detail at Byzantium, but also includes papers on Rus, the Middle East, and the Jewish contribution. The book's eastern perspectives offer interesting comparisons and contrasts with the medieval West. The book is illustrated with plates showing illuminated manuscripts and archaeological artefacts.
The contributors are Paul Botley, Simon Franklin, Catherine Holmes, Erica Hunter, John Lowden, Paul Magdalino, Margaret Mullett, Stefan Reif, Charlotte Roueche, Natalie Tchernetska, and Judith Waring.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holmes, Catherine

Waring, Judith

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Frühchristliche, byzantinische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Byzantinisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Byzantinische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Archivierung, Konservierung & Digitalisierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Abbreviations.
List of Contributors.

1. Written Culture in Byzantium and Beyond: Contexts, Contents and Interpretations / Catherine Holmes. 1
2. The Byzantine Reception of Classical Astrology / Paul Magdalino.33
3. The Transmission of 'Visual Knowledge' in Byzantium through Illuminated Manuscripts: Approaches and Conjectures / John Lowden.59
4. Some Changing Trends in the Jewish Literary Expression of the Byzantine World / Stefan Reif. 81
5. The Literary Background of Kekaumenos / Charlotte Roueche. 111
6. Food for the Spirit and a Light for the Road: Reading the Bible in the 'Life of Cyril Phileotes' by Nicholas Katasakepenos / Margarel Mullett. 139
7. Literacies of Lists: Reading Byzantine Monastic Inventories / Judith Waring. 165
8. Byzantium and the Origins of Written Culture in Rus / Simon Franklin. 187
9. Learning Greek in Western Europe 1476-1516 / Paul Botley.199
10. The Transmission of Greek Philosophy via the 'School of Edessa' / Erica C. D. Hunter. 225
11. Greek-Oriental Palimpsests in Cambridge: Problems and Prospects / Natalie Tchernetska. 243

Index. 257

Über Autor(innen)

Catherine Holmes, Ph.D. (1999) in Modern History, University of Oxford, is tutor in Medieval History at University College, Oxford. Her research interests include the political and diplomatic history of Byzantium in the tenth and eleventh centuries.
Judith Waring, Ph.D. (1999) in Byzantine History, Queen's University of Belfast, is currently Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the AHRB Centre for Byzantine Cultural History, based at the Institute of Byzantine Studies, Belfast. She works on aspects of literacy and 'book culture' in Byzantium in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.