Search results for "Byzantine architecture"
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"La viuda, casada y doncella", de Lope, fuente de "La desdicha en la constancia", novela corta bizantina de Miguel Moreno (con unas notas sobre "La C…
2019
This article examines La desdicha en la constancia, a short novel by Miguel Moreno published in 1624. Firstly, I place the text in its context as a tragic Byzantine novella. Secondly, I shed light on some similarities between Moreno’s work and La viuda, casada y doncella by Lope de Vega, written in 1597 and included in the Parte VII (1617). Having studied their respective plots and their historical and literary backgrounds, it is my contention that Moreno composed his novel drawing on Lope’s play. Thus, I also analyse how he may have had access to this play. Finally, I explore the common ground between La desdicha en la constancia and the novels published by Lope in La Circe (1624), which s…
The Byzantine Scholia to Aristotle and Empedocles’ Cosmic Cycle
2020
Abstract Some Byzantine scholia to Aristotle offer numerical indications on the time-length of some phases of Empedocles’ cosmic cycle. In recent years an interpretation has become established, according to which the scholia pro-vide evidence for a cycle with three periods: the Sphairos and two opposite phases of Love’s and Strife’s unfolding. This paper emphasizes, in contrast, that the picture of the cycle we can draw from the scholia is not as clear-cut as generally supposed. On the contrary, the scholia can be adapted to dif-ferent, even contrasting, reconstructions of the Empedoclean cycle. Moreo-ver, they seem to challenge the received idea of Empedocles’ cycle as the Sphairos and two…
Słowo, które staje się obrazem, w tradycji chrześcijan syryjskich
2017
Word which becomes an image in the tradition of Syriac Christians. The paper examines the subject of figurative art in the theological space of the tradition of Syriac Churches. Even if in the early stage of their existence those communities were an integral part of Byzantine Empire, they developed a totally different pattern of the imaging, which didn’t consist in icons or in the other forms of the traditional art. The main focus of the Syriac theological painting was to use the written word. Such an approach wasn’t a result of any prohibition inherited from the Jewish tradition or of an internal iconoclasm, but it arises from the mentality and spiritual sensitivity of the people from the …
Introduction: Reciting Homer in the Courtroom – Byzantine Legal Culture
2017
Legal Texts and Juridical Practice in Byzantine Italy
2021
Italy was reannexed into the Byzantine empire precisely at the time when, in Constantinople, Justinian’s monumental corpus codified Roman juridical production and opened those regulations to a Byzantine interpretation, thereby paving the way for a legal system that would serve as the basis of Byzantine jurisprudence. While legal texts concerning Italy are limited in number, the manuscript tradition of legal books is copious. Furthermore, with respect to other areas of the empire, Italy, together with Egypt, is the best documented “peripheral” region, as far as juridical practice is concerned. This duality is due both to fortuitous archival circumstances and to the real feature of the Byzant…
The Mediterranean Sea in the Martime Policy of the Byzantine Emperors in the VI Century
2013
The turn of the V and VI century AD was an important period in the history of the Roman Empire fleet. The Mediterranean Sea once again became, a body of water full of competitive fleets, threatening the remnants of the Western Roman Empire and the provinces of Byzantium. On the emperors of the East, in Constantinople, fell to conserve the heritage of Rome, and the conduct of maritime policy in the Mediterranean. They had to contend with the fleets of Vandals, Goths, who quickly discovered the benefits of having their own naval forces, which helped them to master most of the islands in the western Mediterranean. Only Justinian I broke the losing streak of the Roman fleet, going on the offens…
Byzantine Liturgical Hymnography: a Stumbling Stone for the Jewish-Orthodox Christian Dialogue?
2019
Abstract This article discusses the role of Byzantine liturgical hymnography within the Jewish-Orthodox Christian dialogue. It seems that problematic anti-Jewish hymns of the Orthodox liturgy were often put forward by the Jewish side, but Orthodox theologians couldn’t offer a satisfactory answer, so that the dialogue itself profoundly suffered. The author of this study argues that liturgical hymnography cannot be a stumbling stone for the dialogue. Bringing new witnesses from several Orthodox theologians, the author underlines the need for a change of perspective. Then, beyond the intrinsic plea for the revision of the anti-Jewish texts, this article actually emphasizes the need to rediscov…
Shedding Light on the Dark Ages: Sketching Potential Trade Relationships in Early Medieval Romania through Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of Sheep Remains
2021
Southeast Europe has played an important role in shaping the genetic diversity of sheep due to its proximity to the Danubian route of transport from the Near East into Europe, as well as its possible role as a post-domestication migration network and long tradition of sheep breeding. The history of Romania and, in particular, the historical province of Dobruja, located on the shore of the Black Sea, has been influenced by its geographical position at the intersection between the great powers of the Near East and mainland Europe, with the Middle Ages being an especially animated time in terms of trade, migration, and conflict. In this study, we analyzed the mitochondrial control region of fi…
Sergei Mariev (ed.), Byzantine Perspectives on Neoplatonism. Byzantinisches Archiv, Series Philosophica 1, Boston/Berlin, de Gruyter 2017, 289 p., IS…
2019
The Source Value of Arabic Typikon-Manuscripts as Testimonials for the Byzantinization of the Melkites
2021
With the expansion of Islam, the patriarchates of Antioch, Jerusalem, and Alexandria were divided from the Byzantine Empire. The Orthodox Christians there still defined themselves as Byzantine Orthodox and began to adapt their liturgical customs by adopting Byzantine liturgical books. When Greek was not understood any longer, they began to translate and copy their liturgical books, thereby creating their own branch of tradition, which is marked by multilingualism, reception of their own Bible tradition as well as the exclusion of “neo-martyrs” from their calendar of saints.