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The book includes the critical edition of 236 iambic poems by John Geometres, one of the most cre... more The book includes the critical edition of 236 iambic poems by John Geometres, one of the most creative and interesting Byzantine poets. The poems deal with a variety of subjects (e.g., Byzantine emperors, historical figures and events, saints, relics, iconographic types, theological and philosophical matters, ancient authors) and reflect the cultural and historical developments of tenth-century Byzantium.

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by Ida Toth, Andreas Rhoby, Anna M Sitz, Canan Arıkan-Caba, Matthew Kinloch, Maria Tomadaki, Estelle INGRAND-VARENNE, Desi Marangon, Nikos Tsivikis, Roman Shliakhtin, Nicholas Melvani, Efthymios Rizos, Ivana Jevtic, Nektarios Zarras, Brad Hostetler, Georgios Pallis, Maria Lidova, Alex Rodriguez Suarez, Meriç T. Öztürk, and Ivan Drpić

The volume 'Materials for the Study of Late Antique and Medieval Greek and Latin Inscriptions in ... more The volume 'Materials for the Study of Late Antique and Medieval Greek and Latin Inscriptions in Istanbul' is a revised and updated edition of the booklet originally produced for the Summer Programme in Byzantine Epigraphy. This collection of 37 essays has been prepared by Ida Toth and Andreas Rhoby to provide a broad coverage of Constantinople's (Istanbul's) inscriptional material dating back to the period between the 4th and the 15th centuries. It is intended as a comprehensive teaching tool and also as a dependable vademecum to the extant traces of Istanbul’s rich late antique and medieval epigraphic legacy: https://austriaca.at/8370-9

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by Foteini Spingou, Charles Barber, Nathan Leidholm, Thomas Carlson, Ivan Drpić, Alexandros (Alexander) Alexakis, elizabeth jeffreys, Theocharis Tsampouras, Mircea G . Duluș, Nikos Zagklas, Ida Toth, Alexander Riehle, Brad Hostetler, Michael Featherstone, Emmanuel C Bourbouhakis, Shannon Steiner, Efthymios Rizos, Divna Manolova, Robert Romanchuk, Maria Tomadaki, Kirsty Stewart, Baukje van den Berg, Katarzyna Warcaba, Florin Leonte, Vasileios Marinis, Ludovic Bender, Linda Safran, Sophia Kalopissi-Verti, Rachele Ricceri, Luisa Andriollo, Alex J Novikoff, Annemarie Carr, Marina Bazzani, Greti Dinkova-Bruun, Renaat Meesters, Daphne (Dafni) / Δάφνη Penna / Πέννα, Annemarie Carr, Alexander Alexakis, Jeremy Johns, Maria Parani, Lisa Mahoney, Irena Spadijer, and Ilias Taxidis

ISBN: 9781108483056 Series: Sources for Byzantine Art History 3 In this book the beauty and m... more ISBN: 9781108483056
Series: Sources for Byzantine Art History 3

In this book the beauty and meaning of Byzantine art and its aesthetics are for the first time made accessible through the original sources. More than 150 medieval texts are translated from nine medieval languages into English, with commentaries from over seventy leading scholars. These include theories of art, discussions of patronage and understandings of iconography, practical recipes for artistic supplies, expressions of devotion, and descriptions of cities. The volume reveals the cultural plurality and the interconnectivity of medieval Europe and the Mediterranean from the late eleventh to the early fourteenth centuries. The first part uncovers salient aspects of Byzantine artistic production and its aesthetic reception, while the second puts a spotlight on particular ways of expressing admiration and of interpreting of the visual.

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Göttinger Septuaginta, 2024

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in F. Albrecht – R. Kratz (eds.), Editing the Greek Psalter, 2024

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JÖB, 2023

The article includes the editio princeps, an English translation and a commentary of an unpublish... more The article includes the editio princeps, an English translation and a commentary of an unpublished Byzantine lament in elegiac distichs. The poem is preserved in a philosophical manuscript that belonged to the cardinal Bessarion (cod. Marc. gr. Z 197) and is dedicated to a learned man called Trikanas Kantzas, who is not known from other sources. It is distinguished by its secular style, its adaptation of Homeric language and its emotional expression of feelings of grief.

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Göttinger Septuaginta, 2023

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Göttinger Septuaginta, 2023

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https://septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/blog/the-psalter-manuscripts-of-andros, 2022

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Des cahiers à l'histoire de la culture à Byzance, Hommage à Paul Canart, codicologue (1927-2017), 2021

Cette contribution porte sur les caractéristiques principales et quelques exemples représentatifs... more Cette contribution porte sur les caractéristiques principales et quelques exemples représentatifs des épigrammes dédiées à l’apôtre Paul dans les livres manuscrits byzantins. La première partie de la contribution présente un aperçu de ce corpus et comporte des informations sur la nature paratextuelle de ces poèmes, leurs aspects paléographiques, leurs genre et contenu. La seconde partie comprend le texte et la traduction de certaines épigrammes spécifiques et donne un aperçu sur les plus communes représentations poétiques de Paul, de même que sur leurs principales sources littéraires. Cette analyse est corroborée dans l’épilogue par une brève comparaison entre les épigrammes livresques sur Paul et d’autres poèmes byzantins composés en son honneur.

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https://septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/blog/the-quadripartite-psalter-manuscripts, 2022

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A Companion to Byzantine Poetry , 2019

in W. Hörandner – A. Rhoby – N. Zagklas (eds.), A Companion to Byzantine Poetry. Brill's ... more in W. Hörandner – A. Rhoby – N. Zagklas (eds.), A Companion to Byzantine Poetry. Brill's Companions to the Byzantine World 4 (Leiden 2019) pp. 191-211. John Geometres is one of the most important poets in 10th century Byzantium. The chapter ‘Ioannes Geometres: A Poet Around the Year 1000’ offers his short biography as an intellectual and military officer, followed by a presentation of his poems and epigrams in iambic, hexameters and elegiacs. These are divided into four different categories: 1. poems on contemporary society, 2. poems on objects, 3. satirical and invective poems and 4. personal poems, prayers, hymns. Each category is illustrated by a discussion of some characteristic examples and observations on their context. Not only the thematic variety of Geometres’ poetry, motifs and techniques are revealed, but also his ability to compose poems in different genres, meters and styles. In this way, a full picture of the poetic qualities of this fascinating Byzantine personality is presented.

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https://septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/blog/psalter-manuscript-sinaiticus-gr-66, 2022

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Περιοδικό Ποιητική (Φθινόπωρο-Χειμώνας), 2021

Translation in Modern Greek of nine poems composed by Anne-Marie Demoen.

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in: Ida Toth and Andreas Rhoby (eds.), Materials for the Study of Late Antique and Medieval Greek and Latin Inscriptions in Istanbul a Revised and Expanded Booklet, Vienna/Oxford , 2020

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The Istanbul City Walls Project, Koç University, 2021

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ISBN: 9781108483056 Series: Sources for Byzantine Art History 3 In this book the beauty and m... more ISBN: 9781108483056
Series: Sources for Byzantine Art History 3

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Göttinger Septuaginta, 2024

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in F. Albrecht – R. Kratz (eds.), Editing the Greek Psalter, 2024

https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/58956/editing-the-greek-psalter?c=0

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JÖB, 2023

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Göttinger Septuaginta, 2023

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Göttinger Septuaginta, 2023

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https://septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/blog/the-psalter-manuscripts-of-andros, 2022

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Des cahiers à l'histoire de la culture à Byzance, Hommage à Paul Canart, codicologue (1927-2017), 2021

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https://septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/blog/the-quadripartite-psalter-manuscripts, 2022

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A Companion to Byzantine Poetry , 2019

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https://septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/blog/psalter-manuscript-sinaiticus-gr-66, 2022

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Περιοδικό Ποιητική (Φθινόπωρο-Χειμώνας), 2021

Translation in Modern Greek of nine poems composed by Anne-Marie Demoen.

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in: Ida Toth and Andreas Rhoby (eds.), Materials for the Study of Late Antique and Medieval Greek and Latin Inscriptions in Istanbul a Revised and Expanded Booklet, Vienna/Oxford , 2020

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The Istanbul City Walls Project, Koç University, 2021

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in P. Bouras-Vallianatos (ed.), Exploring Greek Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library, London, 2020

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in B. van den Berg – D. Manolova – P. Marciniak (eds.), Byzantine Commentaries on Ancient Greek Texts, 12th-15th Centuries, Cambridge University Press 2022

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Medioevo greco 19, 2019

The present article contributes to the understanding of the reception of ancient drama in Byzanti... more The present article contributes to the understanding of the reception of ancient drama in Byzantium by examining a wide range of book epigrams, that accompany the classical tragedies in Byzantine manuscripts. These epigrams –hypotheseis, encomiastic poems, verse scholia, titles and colophons– are mostly related to the so-called triads, the set of tragedies used in the Byzantine school curriculum. The article begins with an introduction on the main characteristics of the book epigrams (section I), continues with three sections dedicated to Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (sections II-IV) and ends with one section on the short epigrams marking the ending of the tragedies in the manuscripts (section V). The article offers short overviews of the book epigrams attached to the work of each tragedian and discusses a number of remarkable examples, providing insight into Byzantine reader responses to ancient drama.

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This paper offers an editio princeps, an English translation and a commentary of an interesting e... more This paper offers an editio princeps, an English translation and a commentary of an interesting epigram on Porphyry, the commentator of Aristotle. The epigram was transcribed in Vat. Reg. 166 by Ioannes Malaxos (16th c.) and is ascribed to Petros Servilos, a poet unknown from other sources. The paper discusses the poem’s manuscript context, as well as its authorship, genre, content and function. Further, it attempts to shed light on the poem’s relation to Porphyry’s philosophy and his reception in Byzantine poetry.

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in Andreas Rhoby – Nikolaos Zagklas (eds.), Middle and Late Byzantine Poetry: Texts and Contexts, Brepols Publishers 2018

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in W. Hörandner – A. Rhoby – N. Zagklas (eds.), A Companion to Byzantine Poetry. Brill's Companio... more in W. Hörandner – A. Rhoby – N. Zagklas (eds.), A Companion to Byzantine Poetry. Brill's Companions to the Byzantine World 4 (Leiden 2019) pp. 191-211.

John Geometres is one of the most important poets in 10th century Byzantium. The chapter ‘Ioannes Geometres: A Poet Around the Year 1000’ offers his short biography as an intellectual and military officer, followed by a presentation of his poems and epigrams in iambic, hexameters and elegiacs. These are divided into four different categories: 1. poems on contemporary society, 2. poems on objects, 3. satirical and invective poems and 4. personal poems, prayers, hymns. Each category is illustrated by a discussion of some characteristic examples and observations on their context. Not only the thematic variety of Geometres’ poetry, motifs and techniques are revealed, but also his ability to compose poems in different genres, meters and styles. In this way, a full picture of the poetic qualities of this fascinating Byzantine personality is presented.

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My talk is concerned with the Christological exegesis of the Psalms and specifically with its app... more My talk is concerned with the Christological exegesis of the Psalms and specifically with its application in the catena XIV on the Psalms (CPG C27). This catena, which is preserved in two old witnesses from the 10-11th centuries (Vat. gr. 1747, Ambros. B 106 sup.), contains several Christological passages. My intention is to identify the sources of these excerpts, their exegetical approach, their theological implications, their placement in the catena, and their function as means of the Christianization of the Psalms. In this way, we can shed light on authors and texts (e.g., homilies or commentaries) that were considered appropriate for a Christological exegesis, as well as on unedited exegetical extracts, which prefigure Christ in the Psalms and are transmitted in this particular catena.

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24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Byzantium - Bridge Between Worlds, Venice and P... more 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Byzantium - Bridge Between Worlds, Venice and Padua, 22-27 August 2022

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24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies. Byzantium - Bridge Between Worlds, Venice and P... more 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies. Byzantium - Bridge Between Worlds, Venice and Padua, 22-27 August 2022

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International Conference: "The Akathistos Hymn in Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Tradition. The His... more International Conference: "The Akathistos Hymn in Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Tradition. The History of a Liturgical Masterpiece between Text and Image", New Europe College, Institute for Advanced Study, Bucharest, 13-15 October 2022

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The quadripartite Psalters contain four versions of the Psalms and the Odes written in parallel c... more The quadripartite Psalters contain four versions of the Psalms and the Odes written in parallel columns and in Latin script. The first three columns consist of the three Latin translations by Jerome (Psalterium Gallicanum, Psalterium Romanum, Psalterium Hebraicum), whereas the fourth column contains the Greek text transliterated into Latin characters (Psalterium Graecum). The oldest quadripartite Psalter is the codex Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek Msc. Bibl. 44, which was commissioned in 909 by Solomon III (890-920), bishop of Constance and Abbot of St. Gall. Similar content and layout have also other Psalter manuscripts originating from the Latin West, such as the codices Essen, Archiv der Münsterpfarre, Domschatz, Ms. 4 (11th c.), Vatican Library, Pal. lat. 39 (11th c.), Freiburg, Universitätsbibliothek 629 (12th c., fragment of a quadripartite Psalter) and the cod. Nouvelles acquisitions latines 2195 (1105). These manuscripts have many textual and visual similarities to the Bamberg manuscript, but occasionally their content deviates from it in order to serve the didactic and liturgical needs of the monastic community, which commissioned them. My talk aims at analyzing the content of these Psalters, their affinities, their association to the Ottonian dynasty, as well as the purpose of their production. The quadripartite Psalters are of particular significance, not only because they preserve an old version of the Psalms (e.g., the Ps. Gallicanum is associated with Origen’s Hexapla), but also because they are witnesses of the usage of the Greek language in the Latin West during the medieval times. They display an interest of western monastic centers in the Greek language and an interaction between western and oriental liturgical practices.

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John Tzetzes’ Theogony is a long didactic poem in political verses, which is dedicated to Sevasto... more John Tzetzes’ Theogony is a long didactic poem in political verses, which is dedicated to Sevastokratorissa Eirene and narrates genealogies of mythological Gods and heroes. This poem is an important witness of the classical learning in the 12th-century Byzantium and can be considered as a creative paraphrase of Hesiod’s Theogony. Although Tzetzes’s narration is based on Hesiod, he also uses a lot of quotations and mythological material from several other ancient authors (e.g. Homer, Aeschylus, Lycophron), in order to demonstrate his knowledge and present himself as an authority of the subject. My analysis will address, among others, the following questions: How closely does Tzetzes follow the Hesiodic narration and how does he reformulate it? What quotations and motifs from other ancient authors can be found in the Theogony and how do they function? Which are the didactic and exegetical aspects of the text? How the Theogony relates to the broader ideology and socio-cultural developments of the Komnenian period? By answering these questions, I will attempt to shed light on Tzetzes’ attitude towards the ancient authors, as well as to situate the Theogony in his broad activity as a professional poet and commentator of ancient texts.

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Guest lecture in the course offered by Manolis Patedakis “Βυζαντινή λογοτεχνία: κείμενα, βιβλιακός πολιτισμός, μεθοδολογία της έρευνας” University of Crete, 26/11/2020 and 23/10/2019

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After some opening remarks on the financial crisis in Greece and the problems it caused to educat... more After some opening remarks on the financial crisis in Greece and the problems it caused to education, my talk will introduce the educational system in Greece and the main courses of Greek that are included in the school curriculum. Subsequently, it will focus on recent changes in the school system of Greece, differentiations to teaching purposes and their impact to the learning of ancient Greek. It will also discuss current debates in Greece about the value of ancient Greek and its relation to Modern Greek. At the end, I intend to present the opinions of some significant intellectuals who affected the directions of teaching and learning Greek in contemporary Greece.

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The Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams (DBBE) is an ongoing project that makes available both te... more The Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams (DBBE) is an ongoing project that makes available both textual and contextual data of book epigrams - also known as “metrical paratexts” - from medieval Greek manuscripts dating up to the fifteenth century. We define book epigrams as poems in and on books: they have as subject the very manuscript in which they are found, elaborating on its production, contents and use.

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Lecture Series, Summer Term 2023

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