Studia Ceranea Vol. 10/2020: Recent submissions
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Genealogy as a Method to Legitimise Rulership in Some Balkan and Scandinavian Sources
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)This paper will focus on several sources from Scandinavia and the Balkans, and compare the types of genealogies portrayed in them – descent from gods, descent from another kind of supernatural being, descent from a legendary ... -
Scribal Habits in the Slavonic Manuscripts with Athanasius’ Second Oration against the Arians
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)This article introduces the readers to the scribal habits/practices in ten Slavonic manuscripts that contain Athanasius’ Second Oration against the Arians. These scribal habits are classified and analyzed according to ... -
Power and Aristocracy – Transformation and Composition of the Komnenos “Clan” (1081–1200) – A Statistical Approach
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)The fall of imperial authority and the decline of the Byzantine state at the end of the 12th century has its cause not only in foreign policy but also, to a large extent, in the family policy of the Komnenoi emperors. The ... -
Some Remarks on the Significance of Gold Based on Byzantine Ekphraseis of Works of Art
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)The abundance of gilding is considered to be a particularly characteristic feature of Byzantine art. This attribute can be confirmed by even a cursory analysis of works of art. In short, Byzantine artists used gold on a ... -
The Monastic Diet in the Light of Medical Science. Theodoret of Cyrus and Medics on Dates and Figs
; Jagusiak, Krzysztof
; (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)
The aim of this article is to present the menu of early Christian monks in the context of the findings of Greek and Roman medicine in the field of dietetics. It draws from the passages of Historia religiosa by Theodoret ... -
Translation and Transformation of John Chrysostom’s Urban Imagery into Old Church Slavonic
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)John Chrysostom was not only one of the most prolific and influential authors of late antiquity but also a renown preacher, exegete, and public figure. His homilies and sermons combined the classical rhetorical craft with ... -
Utopian Elements in Porphyry’s De abstinentia
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)In the long passage of De abstinentia, IV, 2–18, Porphyry mentions a series of “groups” (ἔθνη) as examples of abstinence from animal food: the ancient Greeks of the “golden age”, the Lacedaemonians of Lycurgus’ era, the ... -
Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger – the First One Not to Become a Blind Man? Political and Military History of the Bryennios Family in the 11th and Early 12th Century
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-12-23)Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger has a place in the history of Byzantium as the author of one of the works devoted to the Komnenos family coming to power. This outstanding observer and talented leader, who was fascinated ... -
Constantine’s City: the Early Days of a Christian Capital
Berger, Albrecht (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-06-02)
In his new city Constantinople, Constantine the Great established an imperial cult with pagan elements prevailing over Christian ones. This can be seen from a number of monuments and buildings, such as the Forum of Constantine ...