Literacy, Education and Manuscript Transmission in Byzantium and Beyond / / edited by Catherine Holmes, Judith Waring.

• Superior document: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 42
• TeilnehmendeR: Holmes, Catherine,; Waring, Judith,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2002.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 42.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

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.

Table of Contents

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.