Codex Images and Headlines of the Barlám Novel (Cod. Athon. Iviron 463) Cover Image

A Barlám-regény kódexképei és címsorai (Cod. Athon. Iviron 463)
Codex Images and Headlines of the Barlám Novel (Cod. Athon. Iviron 463)

Author(s): Emese Egedi-Kovács
Subject(s): Cultural history, Ancient World, Philology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: cod. Athon. Iviron 463; hagiography; Vat. gr. 394; BnF gr. 1128; King’s College Library; cod. 45; miniatures; explanatory inscriptions

Summary/Abstract: The study examines the relations between different aspects (Ancient Greek main text, miniatures, Old French translation on the margins, Old French headlines) of the manuscript Iviron № 463, which is a bilingual (Ancient Greek-Old French) Byzantine manuscript kept on Mount Athos, from a new perspective by including formerly not investigated viewpoints: by exploring the relationship between the miniatures and the headlines that are highlighted by red ink in the Old French text. The study also mentions the explanatory inscriptions in codices that preserved the Greek versions of the Barlaam-romance and are relevant in connection with the Iviron manuscript, furthermore, it investigates the common features of the manuscripts. The analysis reveals new important relations regarding the circumstances of the creation of codex Iviron.

  • Issue Year: 64/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 203-226
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Hungarian