This volume fills the need for a new critical edition and linguistic study of John Kananos’ account of the siege of Constantinople in 1422. New research on the manuscripts has produced a new stemma codicum and shown that the oldest witness of this narrative, Vat. gr. 579 (ff. 355r – 364v), was written in Constantinople and belonged to the prolific scribe Phlamules Kontostephanos, who also provided the copy with a title in which the name of John Kananos is mentioned for the first time. The philological approach adopted here explains contradictions among the manuscripts and Kananos’ peculiar vernacularisms and reveals a surprisingly realistic and elaborate Greek. The accompanying English translation, a chapter on the language of Kananos, and a complete thesaurus make this volume a valuable contribution to the study of late Byzantine literature.
Andrea Massimo Cuomo
Ioannis Canani de Constantinopolitana obsidione relatio
A Critical Edition, with English Translation, Introduction, and Notes of John Kananos’ Account of the Siege of Constantinople in 1422
Ioannis Canani de Constantinopolitana obsidione relatio
A Critical Edition, with English Translation, Introduction, and Notes of John Kananos’ Account of the Siege of Constantinople in 1422
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 182 ● ISBN 9781501502903 ● File size 20.3 MB ● Editor Andrea Massimo Cuomo ● Publisher De Gruyter ● City MA ● Published 2016 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6598777 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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