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Mnogosloznyj Svitok: The Slavonic Letter of the Three Patriarchs to Emperor Theophilos

Mnogosloznyj Svitok: The Slavonic Letter of the Three Patriarchs to Emperor Theophilos

Afinogenov, D.

Paperback

Series: Monographies Du Centre de Recherche D'Histoire Et Civilisati, Book 41

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 2916716475
ISBN13: 9782916716473
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Dec 31 2014
Pages: 239
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.80 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
One of the most mysterious texts from the Second Byzantine Iconoclasm(815-843) is the so-called Synodical Letter, purportedly sent byPatriarchs Christopher of Alexandria, Job of Antioch, and Basil ofJerusalem to Emperor Theophilos in 836. The earliest reference theretois dated 945, whereas the oldest extant manuscript fragment is writtenin the ninth-century uncial. But was it a real missive or pious forgery?Several Greek texts deriving from the lost original do not provesufficient ground for a confident answer. Among the main problems is thelack of protocol elements indispensable for a document of this kind.Those elements, however, are present in the Slavonic text entitledMnogosloznyj Svitok, which corresponds to Polustichos tomos inGreek. A thorough scrutiny has revealed that this is the closest versionwe possess to the original Letter. The Slavonic, besides indications ofplace (Jerusalem) and date (836) within the main text, contains twosolid termini ante quos, 837 and 838, and names the actualcompiler of the Letter - a certain monk Basil, who can very well beidentical with the hagiographer Basil of Emesa. The latter in his Lifeof Theodore of Edessa claims to have attended a synod in Jerusalem, presumably that of 836.
This book presents a critical edition ofthe Slavonic text together with corresponding Greek fragments, Englishtranslation, and Glossary. Russian translation is also attached.

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