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English summary: A vital role within Byzantine literature is played by epigrams. A considerable number (more than 1000) are still preserved in situ, found on frescoes, mosaics, portable icons, and…
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In Byzantium the epigram as a genre was highly appreciated. A considerable number of epigrams is still preserved in situ as inscriptions. Their analysis is the aim of the four…
The present book, the first collective volume entirely devoted to aspects of Byzantine epigraphy, mainly comprises papers delivered at two international meetings (Vienna 2010, Sofia 2011). The book is divided…
Die Byzantiner waren auf dem Gebiet der Epigrammatik besonders produktiv. Viele der byzantinischen Epigramme, die mitunter von betrachtlicher Lange sein konnen, sind tatsachlich auch noch in situ erhalten. Der zweite…
It is only in recent years that Byzantine poetry - a long-neglected aspect of Byzantine literature - has attracted the attention of philologists, literary and cultural historians. This holds true…
This volume is the written result of a symposion with the title imitatio - aemulatio - variatio held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences on October 22-25, 2008. It was…
This book offers the first complete survey of the Byzantine poetic production (4th to 15th centuries). It examines the use of poetry in various sociocultural settings in Constantinople and various…
