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A few remarks on the evolution of the manuscript tradition related to the epitome of Theodore Lector’s Church history
A few remarks on the evolution of the manuscript tradition related to the epitome of Theodore Lector’s Church history

Author(s): Rafał Kosiński
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Ancient World, Middle Ages
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: Church history by Theodore Lector; Epitome; Epistle by monk Kallistos

Summary/Abstract: Streszczenie: Artykuł jest poświęcony tradycji rękopiśmiennej epitomy Historii Kościoła Teodora Lektora, pochodzącej z początku VII w . Autor analizuje wzajemne zależno-ści między czterema zachowanymi fragmentarycznie rękopisami Epitome i konfrontuje je z Listem mnicha Kaliksta do metropolity Tesaloniki Manuela, napisanym w 1276 r ., wysuwając tezę, że autorowi tego listu prawdopodobnie znany był pełny tekst Epitome, a zatem przetrwał on do drugiej połowy XIII w . W artykule zawarte zostały też sugestie dotyczące korekt stemma codicum epitomy, zaproponowanych przez Günthera Christiana Hansena w jego wydaniu krytycznym Historii Kościoła Teodora Lektora The article is focused on examining the manuscript tradition of the early 7th- century epitome of Theodore Lector’s Church history . The author analyzes the corre-lations among the four partially surviving manuscripts of the Epitome, confronts those preserved fragments with the monk Kallistos’ Epistle (1276) addressed to Manuel, the metropolitan bishop of Thessalonica, and goes on to propose that the author of the doc-ument should have been familiar with the complete text of the Epitome (therefore, as it appears, the text must have remained in existence up until as late as the second half of the 13th century) . Furthermore, the article includes a number of suggestions on possible emendations of the epitome’s stemma codicum proposed by Günther Christian Hansen in his critical edition of Theodore Lector’s Church history .

  • Issue Year: 61/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 5-24
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English