Publication Date:
2020
abstract:
The article examines one of the most frequently discussed problems in Byzantine studies: the question of the author of "The Barlaam and Ioasaph Romance" (CPG 8120), the most widely read non-biblical book in the Christian
Middle Ages. On the basis of an analysis of the titles of the Romance, preserved in the manuscripts, and the interpretations proposed, we formulate a new hypothesis for reading the traditional data, which confirms that the ancient version of the title of the Romance contained an indication of the person who had brought it from India, as well as of its author St. Euthymius the Georgian (955 c.-1028), writer and translator, Hegumenon of the Iviron or Iberian monastery on Mt. Athos from 1005 to 1019.
Middle Ages. On the basis of an analysis of the titles of the Romance, preserved in the manuscripts, and the interpretations proposed, we formulate a new hypothesis for reading the traditional data, which confirms that the ancient version of the title of the Romance contained an indication of the person who had brought it from India, as well as of its author St. Euthymius the Georgian (955 c.-1028), writer and translator, Hegumenon of the Iviron or Iberian monastery on Mt. Athos from 1005 to 1019.
Iris type:
2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
Keywords:
Barlaam and Ioasaph Romance, St. Euthymius the Georgian, Iviron, Mt. Athos, Georgian Literature, Byzantine Literature.
List of contributors:
Shurgaia, Gaga
Book title:
Iranian Studies in Honour of Adriano V. Rossi
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