UID:
edocfu_9958353372802883
Format:
1 online resource (182p.):
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including 6 plates
ISBN:
9781501502880
Series Statement:
Byzantinisches Archiv ; 30
Content:
This volume presents a new critical edition of John Kananos’ account of the unsuccessful siege of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1422. An eye-witness to the siege, Kananos celebrates the defense of the City and its miraculous liberation at the hand of the Mother of God. This book offers a new critical text of Kananos' passionate narrative alongside a new analysis of the manuscripts, an English translation, and a linguistic commentary.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Foreword --
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Contents --
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Works cited in abbreviation --
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1. Introduction --
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2. The Manuscript Tradition and Ratio Edendi --
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2.1 The Manuscripts --
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2.2 Ratio Edendi. The present edition --
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2.3 Punctuation --
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2.4 Apparatus --
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2.5 The language of Kananos: An overview --
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Critical edition and English translation --
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Thesaurus --
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Plates
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501510908
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781501502880
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501502880
