Studia Ceranea: Recent submissions
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An Ethnographic Catalogue in George the Monk’s Chronicle
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)In Book I of George the Monk’s Chronicle we read a long chapter dedicated to Alexander the Great, which includes an extensive section on his encounter with the Brahmans and the description of their customs. In particular, ... -
The Sword with the Sleeve Cross-Guard in the Fresco from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar Island
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)There is an indisputable fact that in Medieval Armenia, as in most countries of the Middle Ages, the sword was a popular (but expensive) type of weapon. However, what did these “swords” look like? The aim of the article ... -
Between Rebellion and Statesmanship: Attempting a Biography of Ivanko, 1196/1200 (?)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The paper analyses the actions of Ivanko, a Bulgarian nobleman, possibly a member of the ruling family of the Asenides, who in 1196 killed the ruling tsar, Asen, and escaped to Constantinople once his plan to take control ... -
Galen, Body and Soul in Vita Cyrilli XI, 13–20
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The paper points to a hitherto not recognized quotation from Galen in the Old Church Slavonic Life of S. Cyril of the 9th century (chapter XI, 15) which demonstrates the Galenic maxim “contraria contrariis curentur”. The ... -
If not Bogomilism than What? The Origins of Catharism in the Light of the Sources
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)Since the end of the twentieth Century the traditional interpretation of Catharism, assuming it’s Eastern roots and dualist character is the object of a harsh criticism, formulated by the deconstructionist scholars. The ... -
Constantine X Doukas (1059–1067) versus Uzes – about the Nomads on Boats on the Danube in 1064
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)The reign of the Doukas dynasty in 1059–1078 was a time when new threats to the Byzantine Empire emerge in Europe and Asia. One of them was the increased activity of Turkmen who were penetrating the lands belonging to the ... -
The Syriac Christianization of a Medical Greek Recipe: From Barbaros Hera to the “Apostles’ Ointment”
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)During the Late antiquity, several works by Galen (2nd–3th CE.) were translated into Syriac for the first time by Sergius of Rēšʽaynā (6th CE.), starting up the Hippocratic-Galenic medicine in Syriac Language. Based on ... -
Georgios Theotokis, Byzantine Military Tactics in Syria and Mesopotamia in the Tenth Century. A Comparative Study, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 2018, pp. 348.
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The Emperor in the Byzantine World. Papers from the Forty-Seventh Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, ed. Shaun Tougher, Routledge, New York–London 2019 [= Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Publications, 21], 32 figures, index, pp. XXIII, 378.
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A Companion to the Byzantine Culture of War, ca. 300–1204, ed. Yannis Stouraitis, Brill, Leiden–Boston 2018 [= Brill’s Companions to the Byzantine World, 3], 6 maps, 3 figures, index, pp. X, 490.
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ПЛАМЕН ПАВЛОВ, Забравеното Средновековие [Plamen Pavlov, The Forgotten Middle Ages], Българска История, София 2019, pp. 303.
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The Burden, the Craving, the Tool. The Provisioning of the 10th Century Byzantine Army in the Light of Leo’s Tactica and Sylloge Tacticorum
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)It seems obvious that 10th century was a period in which the Byzantine polemology flourished once again, before it collapsed one hundred years later. During that period numerous authors of Byzantine military treaties ... -
The Linguistic Creation of a City in the 16th-century Polish Accounts from Travels to the Holy Land
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)The article tries to describe the linguistic creation of a city in Polish 16th-century diaries from journeys to the Holy Land. During long trips, the authors visited many exotic, for the Polish traveller, cities and towns ... -
Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in the Mythologem of “Heavenly Customs”, between Rumanian Popular Books and Folklore
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)The article shows that the mythologem associated with the ascension of the soul, despite its very antique origin and its presence as a citation in the writings of the Fathers of the Eastern Church, emerges with time ... -
The Apocryphal Bulgarian Sermon of Saint John Chrysostom on the Оrigin of Paulicians and Manichean Dimensions of Medieval Paulician Identity
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)The article deals with one of the medieval Bulgarian sources about the origin of Paulicianism – the so called Sermon of Saint John Chrysostom on the Оrigin of Paulicians. On the basis of linguistic, textological and ... -
Textile Prices in Early Byzantine Hagiographic Texts. Three Case Studies
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)This text analyzes three early Byzantine source accounts on clothing prices from the beginning of the 5th to the early 7th centuries in Italy (Rome), Palestine (probably in Jerusalem), and Egypt (Alexandria). The compiled ... -
John the Water-Bearer (Ивань Водоносьць). Once Again on Dualism in the Bosnian Church
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)The article examines the debate as to the direct influence of Bulgarian and Byzantine Bogomilism upon the doctrine of the Bosnian Church. The author traces some scholarly views pro et contra the presence, in the Bosnian-Slavic ... -
Halina Evert-Kappesowa, (Co-)Founder of Post-War Polish Byzantine Studies
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)This article aims to expand information on the life and academic career of a historian from Łódź, the co-founder of Polish post-war Byzantine studies – Halina Evert-Kappesowa. Based on student files preserved at the ... -
John the Scythian – a Slayer of Usurpers and the Isaurians
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)The paper is devoted to John the Scythian – one of the chiefs of the Byzantine army in the eighties and nineties of the 5th century. Based on the sources, the military career of John the Scythian lasted 16 years. He spent ...