Browsing Studia Ceranea Vol. 13/2023 by Issue Date
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Basil I’s Path to Power according to the Vita Basilii as a Heroic Myth
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-13)This paper aims to illustrate how the tradition of Basil I’s rise to power in the Vita Basilii includes elements typical of heroic myths, according to Joseph Campbell’s monomyth scheme. The study presented here will examine ... -
Herbs as pharmaka: between Medicine, Astrology and Magic
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-13)In the ancient and Byzantine world, natural elements were used to cure a certain disease, as attested by traditional medical sources such as Hippocrates, Dioscorides and Galen. However, the therapeutic properties of these ... -
The Jewish Theme in Theophanes the Confessor’s Testimony on the Prophet Muḥammad
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-13)Theophanes’ account regarding the rise of Islam and the history of the Prophet Muḥammad appears to be the most detailed and precise one that can be found in Byzantine historiography. The Confessor’s aim was to reproduce ... -
Representing the Phlegm: the Portrait of the Phlegmatic in Cesare Ripa’s Iconology
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-13)This article is the second in a series of works which aims to contribute to documenting the success of the medical theory of individual complexions, derived from the theory of the four humours, through the major work which ... -
The Clergy during the Fourth Crusade as Portrayed in Geoffrey de Villehardouin’s Chronicle
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-13)An article analysing information about the clerics during the Fourth Crusade mentioned by the chronicler of this expedition, Geoffrey of Villehardouin († c. 1219), in the Old French chronicle La conquête de Constantinople. ... -
The Hymnography in Honour of Saints Constantine and Helena and its Connection with Imperial Ideology
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-13)This article presents an overview of published and unpublished Byzantine and post-Byzantine hymnographic texts dedicated to Saint Constantine, founder of Constantinople and first Byzantine emperor, and his mother Saint ... -
Translating the Slavonic Present Participles in the Early Romanian Psalters (16th Century)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-12-06)It is often said that early Romanian biblical translations from Church Slavonic follow the source texts slavishly. This is believed to be especially true about the 16th century Romanian Psalters, a group of seven texts ... -
Old Church Slavonic Heritage in Slavonic and Other Languages, ed. Ilona Janyškova, Helena Karlikova, Vit Boček, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, Praha 2021 [= Studia etymologica Brunensia, 25], p. 340
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Diana Mishkova, Rival Byzantiums. Empire and Identity in Southeastern Europe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2023, pp. X, 357
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“Ex Marte se procreatum” – Did the Roman Emperor Galerius Make Mars his Personal Protective Deitie?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-12-07)Lactantius referred in his work On the Deaths of the Persecutors (De mortibus persecutorum) to a great victory which Caesar Galerius won over the Persians. From then on, he demanded for himself the title of Augustus and, ... -
Ágnes Kriza, Depicting Orthodoxy in the Russian Middle Ages. The Novgorod Icon of Sophia, the Divine Wisdom, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2022 [= Oxford Studies in Byzantium], pp. 362
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Night Combat in Late Antiquity in the Light of Roman Military Treatises
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-12-07)The aim of the text entitled: Night Combat in Late Antiquity in the Light of Roman Military Treatises is to present the theory and practice of night combat in the 6th century. Based on source analysis (military treatises ... -
Letopisi, chronographs, paratexts. Some remarks on the Eastern Slavic historical literature in the Middle Ages, on the Margins of the book by Timofei V. Guimon: Historical Writing of Early Rus (c. 1000–c. 1400) in a Comparative Perspective, Brill, Leiden–
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Nunnery Life in 16th Century Wallachia – Muşa/Magdalina before and after Taking Vows
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-12-07)The Wallachian monasteries are very well documented in the 16th century, but the life of nuns or monks after joining the monastery is a lesser-known aspect. Various details can be found in the life of a noblewoman (taking ... -
Bankers and Usurers in the Early Byzantine Hagiographical Texts
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-12-21)The text discusses accounts from early Byzantine hagiographical texts depicting the activities of bankers and usurers in the period from the early 5th to the second decade of the 7th century. Texts by Palladius of Helenopolis, ... -
Dominika Gapska, "Woman. Church. State. Cults of the Female Saints in the Writings of Serbian Orthodox Church", Scriptym, Cracow 2021, pp. 208
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