Studia Ceranea Vol. 15/2025: Ostatnio dodane
Wyświetlanie pozycji 21-26 z 26
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The Octopus as a Literary Figure in Imperial-Era Literature
Czapińska-Bambara, Marta
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-12-30)
An examination of didactic and scholarly texts composed between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE reveals that the passages concerning the octopus exhibit recurring thematic and structural features. These commonalities suggest ... -
The 722 Slavic Manuscript from the Library of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest and the Polish Chronicle
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2026-04-01)This article is devoted to a brief Cyrillic text, known as “Polish Chronicle”. Presently kept in the library of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest, it was included in a 16th century Tetraevangelium (BAR, Ms. sl. 722). Only ... -
Beautiful and ‘Fiery in Spirit’? The Complexity of the Image of Emperor Isaac II Angelos in the History by Niketas Choniates
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-12-30)The depiction of Isaac II Angelos in the History of Niketas Choniates, rounded off with the full description of the emperor in the final paragraph of the account on his first reign (1185–1195), is by far the most complex ... -
The Image of Caliph ‘Ali in the Chronography of Theophanes
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-12-30)The article is an attempt to analyse the references used in Theophanes’ Chronography regarding the last rightly guided caliph, ‘Ali. Despite the importance that this ruler ultimately acquired in the historiography of Islam, ... -
Gone Like Smoke or Mist – the Beauty and Wonders of Constantinople in Vernacular Laments on its Fall in 1453
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2026-01-07)In this paper, I will focus on the images of Constantinople’s past glory in literary texts written between the fifteenth and seventeenth century in vernacular Greek to express the sorrow after the fall of the City in 1453. ... -
Magic, Demons, and Heretics: Three Puzzling Cases in The Letter of Euthymius of Akmonia
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-12-30)This study explores the theme of magic and demons in the anti-heretical Letter written by Euthymius, an 11th-century monk from the Monastery of Theotokos Perivleptos in Constantinople. The Letter was aimed at his fellow ...