Literacy, Education and Manuscript Transmission in Byzantium and Beyond / / edited by Catherine Holmes, Judith Waring.
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 s...
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| Superior document: | The Medieval Mediterranean ; 42 |
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| 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. |
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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.