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A New Edition of the De cerimoniis: No Longer a ‘geteiltes Dossier’? by John Haldon is a Arts and Humanities article available to read on EtoBox.
What is A New Edition of the De cerimoniis: No Longer a ‘geteiltes Dossier’? about?
Thisreview article presents abrief survey of the new critical edition, translation and commentary of the important tenth-century Byzantine imperial treatise known as the De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (on the ceremonialo ft he Byzantine court), at itle ascribed to the text onlyi nt he 16 th century.The edition offers an upto-date and highlya ccurate edition of the tenth century manuscripts through which the text has been transmitted and the detailed and rigorous commentary includes ac ompleteh istoricala nd structural analysis of the two booksi nto which the text is divided.I nt he course of their analysis,t he editors arrive at an umber of important new conclusions about the origins,i ntentions and structure of the text,t he workingm ethodso ft he emperor who commissioned it,a nd the aims and intentions of Basil the parakoimomenos,t he person who commissioned the Leipzig manuscript,the chief surviving witness for the text.
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- Author
- John Haldon
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)