Joseph the Hymnographer. Critical Edition
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Byzantinistische Studien und Texte - Band 12


Paraskevi Toma (Hg.)

JOSEPH THE hymnographer

Kanones on Saints According to the Eight Modes. Critical Edition
(Münster: LIT-Verlag, 2018)

Joseph the Hymnographer (c. AD 816–886) belonged to the Constantinopolitan intellectual élite and was a prominent teacher. His liturgical poetic oeuvre comprises different subgenres. However, he is best known for his kanones. A kanon is a long hymn penned in one of the eight Byzantine modes and sung during the early morning office (Orthros). The present critical edition aims to determine the original text of groups consisting of eight kanones each and dedicated to prominent saints. Within each group, Joseph composed one kanon per mode.


Inhalt:

    Preface and acknowledgements
    Abbreviations
    Bibliography
    Introduction

         A. TEXT

    List of Signs
    Kanones on Saint Thomas
    Kanon on Saint Demetrius
    Kanones on Saint Michael Archangel
    Kanones on Saint Stephen
    Kanones on Saint John Chrysostom
    Kanones on the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
    Kanon on Saint Christopher
    Kanon on Saint Pantaleon

         B. EXPLANATORY NOTES

    Commentary
    Grammatical Notes

         C. INDICES

    Index of Manuscripts
    Index of References
    Index of Acrostics
    Index of Heirmoi
    Initia stropharum
    Index of Epithets of Saint Mary
    Index of Proper Names
    General Index

440 Seiten, 59.90 EUR, 59.90 CHF, br., ISBN 978-3-643-90995-4

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