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Epistulae
- Title
- Epistulae / Michael Psellus ; edidit Stratis Papaioannou.
- Author
- Psellus, Michael
- Publication
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]
- ©2019
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| v. 2 | Text | Request in advance | ReCAP 20-11561 v. 2 | Offsite | |
| v. 1 | Text | Request in advance | ReCAP 20-11561 v. 1 | Offsite |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Papaioannou, Stratis
- Description
- 2 volumes (CLXXXV, 1,207 pages); 24 cm.
- Summary
- This is the first critical edition of the 520 letters of Michael Psellos, based on approximately 40 medieval Greek manuscripts. Psellos (11th c., Constantinople) is a well-known figure among students of Byzantine culture. A recent survey recorded 1176 Psellian texts, approximately 1790 medieval and early modern manuscripts with one or more of these texts, and ca. 1300 bibliographical items, from 1497 to the year 2000. Psellos also figures in modern non-academic writing: in Renaissance novels, in Seferis, Auden, and others. Psellos is thus arguably among the most prolific and popular medieval Greek authors. The appeal is no accident. Psellos wrote about nearly every subject and in just about every Byzantine genre. His philosophical texts and lectures are invaluable sources of Byzantine knowledge. The rhetorical writings, such as speeches, histories, and, most importantly, the letters edited here offer us glimpses into the lives of well-known but also everyday Byzantines. Psellos' letter-collection is, after all, one of the finest specimens of this popular Byzantine genre. It sheds light to networks of Constantinopolitan ruling elite, and, most importantly, habits of literary imagination as well as typologies of self.
- Series Statement
- Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana, 1864-399X ; BT 2030
- Uniform Title
- Correspondence. Greek. (Papaioannou)
- Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana ; BT 2030.
- Alternative Title
- Correspondence.
- Subjects
- Greek letters
- Byzantine Empire
- Psellus, Michael
- Business correspondence
- Greek letters > History and criticism
- Byzantine Empire > Social life and customs
- Manners and customs
- Byzantine literature > History and criticism
- Personal correspondence
- Manuscripts
- Psellus, Michael > Manuscripts
- Byzantine letters > History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Greek literature > History and criticism
- Genre/Form
- Personal correspondence.
- Business correspondence.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Manuscripts.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages clxv-clxxxv) and index.
- Language (note)
- Letters in Greek; preface and prolegomena in English.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 20-11561
- ISBN
- 9783110622010
- 3110622017
- 9783110625011 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 1049790653
- Author
- Psellus, Michael, author.
- Title
- Epistulae / Michael Psellus ; edidit Stratis Papaioannou.
- Publisher
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana, 1864-399X ; BT 2030Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana ; BT 2030.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages clxv-clxxxv) and index.
- Language
- Letters in Greek; preface and prolegomena in English.
- Added Author
- Papaioannou, Stratis, editor.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 20-11561