„Wie eine verzweifelte Löwin“ Ein bisher unbekanntes Gedicht auf die Eroberung Konstantinopels im Jahr 1204
“Like a desperate lioness” A previously unknown poem on the conquest of Constantinople in 1204
Author(s): Andreas RhobySubject(s): Cultural history, Comparative history, History of ideas, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries, Philology
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Slovanský ústav and Euroslavica
Keywords: Constantinople 1204; Hexameter Poem; Manuscript Tradition; Critical Edition; Nicephorus Blemmydes; Byzantine Literature; Philological Commentary; Vindobonensis Theologicus Graecus 304; Athous Dionysio
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses a previously unpublished short poem, written in hexameter, about the capture of Constantinople in 1204. This poem appears to be the only literary work solely dedicated to this event, while other sources incorporate it into a broader narrative. It is preserved in two manuscripts (Vindobonensis Theologicus Graecus 304 and Athous Dionysiou 280), although neither manuscript contains the complete text. The author of the poem might be Nicephorus Blemmydes. The article provides an overview of the manuscript tradition, a critical edition of the text, a German translation, and a commentary on both the content of the poem and relevant philological issues.
Journal: Byzantinoslavica - Revue internationale des Etudes Byzantines
- Issue Year: LXXXII/2024
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 9-18
- Page Count: 10
- Language: German
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