R. H. Jordan, Rosemary Morris

The Hypotyposis of the Monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis, Constantinople (11th-12th Centuries) (eBook, ePUB)

Introduction, Translation and Commentary

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book forms part of the Evergetis Project, which aims to investigate all surviving texts associated with the Theotokos Evergetis Monastery near Constantinople (founded 1049). Together with an English translation of the Hypotyposis (foundation document) of the Monastery, it provides a full commentary and a book-length introduction dealing with the historical significance of the house and its important place in the development of medieval Orthodox monasticism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317028239
• Artikelnr.: 44864005

Autorenporträt

Until his retirement, R.H. Jordan was Assistant Director of the Institute of Byzantine Studies at the Queen's University of Befast, UK. Rosemary Morris taught at the University of Manchester from 1974 to 2003, and is now Visiting Fellow at the University of York, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction A: History: The Evergetis dossier
The history of the Evergetis monastery
The Evergetis and Byzantine monasticism in the 11th and 12th centuries. Introduction B: Administration and Life: The double hegoumenate
Monastic officers at the Evergetis
Status and possessions of the Evergetis
Liturgical practice at the Evergetis
Fasts, feasts and commemorations at the Evergetis
Reading and books at the Evergetis
Manuscript and book production: an Evergetis scriptorium. Introduction C: Text: The making of Paul's Typikon
Codex Atheniensis graecus 788
The final additions
Insertions in the Hypotyposis
The Hypotyposis: chapters and their titles
The Hypotyposis: an earlier structure
A Pauline Hypotyposis?
The influence of the Evergetis Hypotyposis
Exposition and hypotyposis for the life of the monks in the monastery of the most holy Theotokos Evergetis handed down by Timothy the monk and priest who became kathegoumenos after the founder of thesame monastery
Appendices
Glossary of monastic terms
Bibliography
Index.