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Journal of Byzantine Studies, Vol. 71/2021 / Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik, Band 71/2021
Journal of Byzantine Studies, Vol. 71/2021 / Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik, Band 71/2021
No.:
71
Year of the volume:
2021
1. Auflage, 2022
The journal, which appears once a year, was founded in 1951 as “Yearbook” of the Austrian Byzantine Society (Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinischen Gesellschaft); with the change to the publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, it was renamed in 1973 (beginning with volume 22) as “Yearbook” of Austrian Byzantine Studies (Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik). Initially, it was the publication medium of Austrian researchers in Byzantine studies - always open to all related disciplines - while also serving as a specialist journal that published international contributions to Byzantine studies after a peer review process. Since then, the journal has become one of the leading international journals of Byzantine studies.
With volume 68 (2018), the journal introduced the thematic concentration of topics into clusters with a short introduction. For example, clusters were dedicated to the authors Theodoros Studites or Georgios Pisides.
The strong international demand, but also indexing criteria, led to another name change in 2021: Beginning with volume 71, the journal has the double title Austrian Journal of Byzantine Studies (JOEB) / Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik.
In terms of content, the journal includes new editions or first editions of Greek texts (based on seals, inscriptions and manuscripts) accompanied by philological and historical comments as well as studies of any academic focus, including art history and archaeology. A particular concern of the journal is broad interdisciplinarity and the inclusion of neighboring cultures in political-cultural interaction with Byzantium.
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Gewidmet dem Andenken an Ingrid Weichselbaum
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Byzantine Easter Computi. An Overview with an Edition of Anonymus 892
The Easter Computus in Par. suppl. gr. 920, dated to year 892, is the earliest known Byzantine Easter Computusthat is not embedded in a discursive framework but is a collection of bare procedures and examples. After an outline of thetradition of Easter Computi, I present four approaches to this Computus: an edition of the Greek text that preserves all linguisticfeatures of the original; a faithful translation; a transcription of any pertinent algorithm in a mildly symbolic formalism; anda discursive elucidation of the same algorithm. The symbolic transcriptions will prove more useful in comparing the proceduresset out in different Computi than the algebraic formulas usually used to formalize them.
Keywords: Algorithm, Byzantine mathematics, Easter Computus, Southern Italy
Fabio Acerbi
Page 1 - 62 | doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/joeb71s1
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« Dialogus Timothei et Aquilae » (CPG 7794). Une nouvelle histoire du texte / Eine neue Überlieferungsgeschichte
“Dialogus Timothei et Aquilae (CPG 7794). A New History of the Transmission of the Text.” Scholarship about the“Dialogus Timothei et Aquilae” has a long history, which is outlined here. The complete Greek manuscript tradition, includingsome newly discovered manuscripts, is described, together with the Slavonic translation, whose importance for the history andreception of the Greek text is reassessed, taking account of its relationship to the Slavonic chronographic and Paleya traditions.The examination of the Greek tradition and of the Slavonic translation allows us to propose new hypotheses about the history ofthe text and the origin of the two recensions known to date. A critical edition of three selected passages in both the Greek originaland the Slavonic translation is offered here for the first time.
Keywords: Anti-Judaic dialogue, Timothy and Aquila, Greek manuscripts, Slavonic translation, Critical Edition, Septuagint, Slavonic chronography, Paleya literature
Patrick Andrist - Caroline Macé - Sabine Fahl
Page 63 - 154 | doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/joeb71s63
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The Sphragistic Images of the Virgin and Saints Portrayed with Their Hands Raised before Their Breast. A Sign of Intercession and Purity
This article discusses the relatively rare sphragistic images of the Virgin and various saints depicted with theirhands raised before their breast. It outlines their chronological frequencies and percentile values among the corpus of publishedseals bearing sacred figures. The literature dealing with this Marian iconographic type is also reviewed. An investigation ofmonastic and homiletical texts reveals that the significance of this gesture of intercession is shared for images of the Virgin andprimarily monastic saints based upon their common life of purity. The chronological highpoints for such sphragistic images arethe tenth/eleventh and the eleventh centuries, a period of increased use of sacred figures for seals, reflecting the greater use ofintercessory images in the realm of private devotions.
Keywords: Lead seals, Hands, Intercession, Monk, Monastic, Orans, Purity, Virgin, Virginity
John Cotsonis
Page 155 - 173 | doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/joeb71s155
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Anspielungen und Missverständnisse. Scholien verstehen und emendieren. Betrachtungen über die moschopouleischen Kommentare zur „Elektra“ des Sophokles vv. 823–825
“Allusions and Misunderstandings: Understanding and emending Scholia. Considerations on the MoschopouleanComments on Sophocles’ “Electra” vv. 823–825”: In this article, I am looking into the question of what the scholia on theByzantine triad of Sophocles by Manuel Moschopoulos contain and what understanding and possibly emending them entails.In particular, I consider the comments on Sophocles’ Electra (vv. 823–825), which are preserved in the so-called Moschopouleanmanuscripts of Sophocles, and discuss techniques of textual criticism with regard to Scholion Σ_2 for the expressionφαέθων Ἅλιος (vv. 823–824). In the first part, I will briefly describe the context in which these verses are to be found. In thesecond part, I edit, for the first time, the marginal scholia and the interlinear glossae on these verses with a few notes and(where necessary) translations. I also emphasize the relationships between the Moschopoulean manuscripts of Sophocles.Finally, I examine various literary sources and exegetical material from different eras in order to determine whether the expressionκαὶ ὁ ἕτερος τῶν ἵππων αὐτοῦ, applied to Phaethon in the manuscripts, is justifiable.
Keywords: Sophocles, Electra, Moschopoulos, Magistros, Phaethon, Scholia, Moschopoulean manuscripts of Sophocles
Andrea Massimo Cuomo
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Neue Texte zum Computus byzantinischer Zeit im Codex Ambrosianus A 45 sup. Das originale Schreiben des Theophilos von Alexandria zum Ostertermin – Ein ägyptisches Paschalion 475–512 n. Chr. (adaptierte Ostertafel des Kyrill von Alexandria) – Die Trochoi zum Computus-Traktat des Presbyters Georgios
“New Texts about the Byzantine Computus in Codex Ambrosianus A45 sup. The Original Letter from Theophilus ofAlexandria on the Easter Date – An Egyptian paschalion 475–512 CE (adapted Easter Table by Cyril of Alexandria) – Thetrochoi of Presbyter George’s Treatise on the Computus”: This paper investigates the computus texts of the Greek 12th-centurymanuscript A 45 sup of the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana. Due to its bad state of conservation the manuscript did not attractthe interest of researchers on Byzantine Easter calculations until now although it comprises a remarkable collection of the worksof various authors and preserves some texts as the sole witness. The most important findings are the original version of the letterby Theophilos of Alexandria to Emperor Theodosius I on the date of Easter, the solar and lunar wheels (trochoi) by the 6thcenturyauthor Georgios, presbyter of Constantinople (?), and a paschalion of Egyptian origin which reveals how the lost Eastertable by Cyril of Alexandria was composed.
Keywords: Codex Ambrosianus A 45 sup, Computus, Easter date, Theophilos of Alexandria, Cyril of Alexandria, Georgios Presbyter
Page 193 - 258 | doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/joeb71s193
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Uno schedarion, due rielaborazioni. Fozio Epistola 94 e Biblioteca 186, 131b.32–40
“One Schedarion, two Revisions”: During his exile, Photios began the composition of his Bibliotheca thanks to thereading-notes (schedaria) on the books read by him and his reading circle, because some of his books were burnt in the VIIIEcumenical Council. One of these reading-notes on the Narrationes of Konon was used by Photios for the letter sent to thepatrikios Ioannes (Epist. 94). The Bibliotheca and the letter are the only witnesses to the actual knowledge of the Narrationesin Byzantium.
Keywords: Photios, bibliotheca, Epistulae, Konon, narrationes
Álvaro Ibáñez Chacón
Page 259 - 268 | doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/joeb71s259
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The Use of Oaths in the Conspiracies and Revolts against Andronikos II Palaiologos (1282–1328)
The purpose of this paper is to examine the oaths which were exchanged between leaders and supporters of conspiraciesand rebellions against Andronikos II Palaiologos (1282–1328). It investigates the content of these oaths and the ritualswhich were used in order to increase their binding power. It explores the effectiveness of oaths in solidifying alliances andtrust between conspirators. It also examines the oaths of loyalty Andronikos II demanded from imperial subjects in response toconspiracies against him and discusses how conspirators justified breaking oaths of loyalty to the emperor. Τhe analysis ofthese oaths contributes to a better understanding of the organization of conspiracies in the later Byzantine period.
Keywords: Oaths, Conspiracies, Andronikos II Palaiologos, Rebellions
Savvas Kyriakidis
Page 269 - 284 | doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/joeb71s269
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Ein Verkaufskatalog mit griechischen Handschriften aus der venezianischen Werkstatt des Nikolaos Malaxos
“A Sales Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts from the Venetian Workshop of Nicolas Malaxos”: In this paper I editand analyse a Greek document preserved in cod. Marc. lat. XIV 342, 374776. My conclusion is that this document is a salescatalogue of Greek manuscripts that were transcribed in Nikolaos Malaxos’ workshop in Venice or commercialised by him. Ialso argue that this catalogue is an autograph by Malaxos himself and I suggest that he would use as his trademark the wellknownByzantine tetragramma ΙΣ, ΧΣ, Ν, Κ. Furthermore, I explain why this document is kept among the papers of Juan Páezde Castro, cardinal Francisco de Mendoza’s librarian.
Keywords: Greek manuscripts, Nicholas Malaxos, Juan Páez de Castro, Francisco de Mendoza, Greek libraries, Venice
Teresa Martínez Manzano
Page 285 - 302 | doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/joeb71s285
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Varia Lexicographica III. Neues Material zum byzantinischen und postbyzantinischen Wortschatz
“Varia Lexicographica III. New Material on Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Vocabulary”: This article discussesvarious Greek words, which are attested in lexicographical tools, especially in the Lexikon zur Byzantinischen Gräzität (LBG).However, the present study is much more than a list of Addenda et Corrigenda. On the contrary, it considers the developmentof Greek vocabulary from Antiquity up to Modern Times and it offers linguistic observations which are missing from the LBGand other dictionaries. The article also stresses that research on (Byzantine) Greek vocabulary needs consideration of nonliterarysources too, especially epigraphy.
Keywords: Epigraphy, Greek language, Lexicography, linguistics, Philology
Page 303 - 393 | doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/joeb71s303
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The ho Ōn (ὁ ὤν) Inscription in Christ’s Halo
The present study investigates the spread of the ho Ōn (ὁ ὤν) inscription in Christ’s halo. Developed in the earlyPalaiologan period, the inscription originated with the liturgy for the Feast of the Transfiguration and was popularized throughthe theology of light elucidated by Hesychasts. Contextualizing the epigraphic innovation within the wider debates over Hesychasttheology, this essay pursues lines of inquiry first proposed by Titos Papamastorakis, who drew attention to the proliferationof this inscription in dome ensembles. The study concludes by discussing the reception of the ho Ōn in the Post-ByzantineGreek and Slavic worlds.
Keywords: Halo, Inscription, Tetragrammaton, Transfiguration, Hesychasm
Justin L. Wilson
Page 395 - 415 | doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/joeb71s395
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Besprechungen
Page 417 - 424 | doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/joeb71s417
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CORPUS FONTIUM HISTORIAE BYZANTINAE
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Edition:
978-3-7001-9054-7, Journal, softcover, 12.04.2022
Edition:
978-3-7001-9055-4, eJournal, Digital, 31.03.2022
Edition:
1. Auflage
Pages:
X+429 Pages
Format:
29,7x21cm
Images:
numerous colour images
Language:
German, English, French, Italian
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