(“Di fronte e attraverso” 844 – “Storia dell’arte” 45 – “Guardando ad Oriente”), 2011
A cura di Paolo Cesaretti - Maria Luigia Fobelli.
Introduzione storico-letteraria, introduzione s... more A cura di Paolo Cesaretti - Maria Luigia Fobelli. Introduzione storico-letteraria, introduzione storico-artistica, testo critico con traduzione e note, apparato iconografico con 7 tavole e 54 illustrazioni fuori testo. Jaca Book, Milano pp. 217
New Italian edition of the Byzantine Life of SS. Barlaam and Ioasaph on the basis of the new crit... more New Italian edition of the Byzantine Life of SS. Barlaam and Ioasaph on the basis of the new critical edition by R. Volk (Berlin - New York, 2006 and 2009), with substantial improvements in text translation and scientific preface, notes, apparatuses
Italian Translation with an apparatus of abt. 500 notes; 4 expressly designed maps; full-range in... more Italian Translation with an apparatus of abt. 500 notes; 4 expressly designed maps; full-range indices
Aevum-rassegna Di Scienze Storiche Linguistiche E Filologiche, 2003
«For a long time, the reason for choosing Byzantine topics was not so much an interest in Byzanti... more «For a long time, the reason for choosing Byzantine topics was not so much an interest in Byzantium proper as a fascination with papyri, manuscripts, textual criticism and syntax, in particular the syntax of subliterary Late Ancient - Early Byzantine Greek».
(“Di fronte e attraverso” 844 – “Storia dell’arte” 45 – “Guardando ad Oriente”), 2011
A cura di Paolo Cesaretti - Maria Luigia Fobelli.
Introduzione storico-letteraria, introduzione s... more A cura di Paolo Cesaretti - Maria Luigia Fobelli. Introduzione storico-letteraria, introduzione storico-artistica, testo critico con traduzione e note, apparato iconografico con 7 tavole e 54 illustrazioni fuori testo. Jaca Book, Milano pp. 217
New Italian edition of the Byzantine Life of SS. Barlaam and Ioasaph on the basis of the new crit... more New Italian edition of the Byzantine Life of SS. Barlaam and Ioasaph on the basis of the new critical edition by R. Volk (Berlin - New York, 2006 and 2009), with substantial improvements in text translation and scientific preface, notes, apparatuses
Italian Translation with an apparatus of abt. 500 notes; 4 expressly designed maps; full-range in... more Italian Translation with an apparatus of abt. 500 notes; 4 expressly designed maps; full-range indices
Aevum-rassegna Di Scienze Storiche Linguistiche E Filologiche, 2003
«For a long time, the reason for choosing Byzantine topics was not so much an interest in Byzanti... more «For a long time, the reason for choosing Byzantine topics was not so much an interest in Byzantium proper as a fascination with papyri, manuscripts, textual criticism and syntax, in particular the syntax of subliterary Late Ancient - Early Byzantine Greek».
A specific passage of the Life of Symeon Salos (pp. 157, 17 - 158, 8 in the critical edition of R... more A specific passage of the Life of Symeon Salos (pp. 157, 17 - 158, 8 in the critical edition of Ryden) is dealt at length, especially from the linguistic and stylistic point of view, in order to catch the peculiar features of that author. It is an useful 'exercise' for students of Late Greek.
An unprecedented attempt at sketching elements of change and/or continuity between the two main b... more An unprecedented attempt at sketching elements of change and/or continuity between the two main byzantine Lives of holy fools. The result is achieved by putting into comparison 30 key-words
Le présent volume s’inscrit dans le paysage aux contours depuis longtemps bien dessinés et, d’auc... more Le présent volume s’inscrit dans le paysage aux contours depuis longtemps bien dessinés et, d’aucuns diront, aux sentiers très fréquentés de l’angélologie. Les anges sont inépuisables ; aussi n’avons-nous pas cherché à produire une « somme théologique » à leur propos. Notre but est de proposer un parcours, tout au long de ces siècles qui mènent de l’Antiquité à Byzance, afin de capter, au moment où la figure de l’ange émerge et s’affirme, les multiples facettes qui contribueront à fixer son identité. L’idée de l’ange est tout sauf univoque. Sa représentation également. En complément du duo associant « conception » et « représentation », il nous a semblé intéressant de mettre l’accent sur un troisième terme : la « perception ». L’approche du phénomène angélique ne saurait en effet s’en tenir au rationnel, tel que le revendique l’exégèse de la pensée ou de l’image. D’autres voies cognitives plus souples, plus imaginatives, s’ouvrent grâce à l’attention portée à une réalité riche de nuances et de significations. C’est bien d’une invention au sens plein du terme dont il s’agit. L’ange ne peut s’expliquer sur le seul mode du syncrétisme. Il ne suffit pas de retracer, dans les textes, les monuments et l’iconographie, les modalités selon lesquelles les anges bibliques – vétéro- et néotestamentaires –, au contact de leurs homologues issus de la culture gréco-romaine et des autres civilisations du pourtour méditerranéen, se seraient pour ainsi dire fondus en eux, produisant une sorte de créature kaléidoscopique, daimôn aux ailes teintées de judaïsme, de gnose et de manichéisme, féru de néoplatonisme, ou, cédant à des tentations exotiques, allant jusqu’à s’aventurer du côté du mazdéisme et plus loin encore. L’ange chrétien est hybride ; mais il acquiert une personnalité unique, dont la force se mesure à l’aune de sa postérité.
The present volume takes place within the long-established and well-trodden path of angelology. Angels are inexhaustible, so we have not sought to produce a “Summa theologica” about them. Our aim is to propose a journey across the centuries from Antiquity to Byzantium in order to capture the moment when the multifaceted figure of the angel emerges and asserts itself. The idea and representation of the angel is anything but straightforward. In addition to the duo associating “conception” and “representation”, we thought interesting to stress this third term: “perception.” One cannot be solely rational in the exegesis of thoughts or images when approaching the angelic phenomenon. Other more flexible, more imaginative cognitive paths open up thanks to the attention paid to a reality rich in nuances and meanings. It is indeed an invention in the full sense of the term. The angel cannot be explained only by syncretism. It is not enough to retrace in texts, monuments, and iconography, the ways in which the biblical angels— in the Old and New Testament—, would have melted into their counterparts from Graeco-Roman culture and other civilizations around the Mediterranean, producing so to speak a kind of kaleidoscopic creature, a daimon with wings tinged with Judaism, Gnosis and Manichaeism, fascinated for Neoplatonism, or, yielding to exotic temptations, even venturing into Mazdeism and beyond. The Christian angel is a hybrid; but he acquires a unique personality, whose strength is measured by his posterity.
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Introduzione storico-letteraria, introduzione storico-artistica, testo critico con traduzione e note, apparato iconografico con 7 tavole e 54 illustrazioni fuori testo.
Jaca Book, Milano
pp. 217
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Introduzione storico-letteraria, introduzione storico-artistica, testo critico con traduzione e note, apparato iconografico con 7 tavole e 54 illustrazioni fuori testo.
Jaca Book, Milano
pp. 217
The present volume takes place within the long-established and well-trodden path of angelology. Angels are inexhaustible, so we have not sought to produce a “Summa theologica” about them. Our aim is to propose a journey across the centuries from Antiquity to Byzantium in order to capture the moment when the multifaceted figure of the angel emerges and asserts itself. The idea and representation of the angel is anything but straightforward. In addition to the duo associating “conception” and “representation”, we thought interesting to stress this third term: “perception.” One cannot be solely rational in the exegesis of thoughts or images when approaching the angelic phenomenon. Other more flexible, more imaginative cognitive paths open up thanks to the attention paid to a reality rich in nuances and meanings. It is indeed an invention in the full sense of the term. The angel cannot be explained only by syncretism. It is not enough to retrace in texts, monuments, and iconography, the ways in which the biblical angels— in the Old and New Testament—, would have melted into their counterparts from Graeco-Roman culture and other civilizations around the Mediterranean, producing so to speak a kind of kaleidoscopic creature, a daimon with wings tinged with Judaism, Gnosis and Manichaeism, fascinated for Neoplatonism, or, yielding to exotic temptations, even venturing into Mazdeism and beyond. The Christian angel is a hybrid; but he acquires a unique personality, whose strength is measured by his posterity.