Pseudo-Symeon on the Beginning of History: Christian Commentary as a Source for Byzantine Historiography

The historiographical work attributed to the Pseudo-Symeon, preserved in a single manuscript (Parisinus Gr. 1712) has hardly been the subject of independent study in recent decades and has only been edited in its final part (from 813 to 963). Although the work of Symeon Logothetes, which is partiall...

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Main Author: Varona Codeso, Patricia 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2023
In: Sacris erudiri
Year: 2023, Volume: 62, Pages: 219-268
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Summary:The historiographical work attributed to the Pseudo-Symeon, preserved in a single manuscript (Parisinus Gr. 1712) has hardly been the subject of independent study in recent decades and has only been edited in its final part (from 813 to 963). Although the work of Symeon Logothetes, which is partially preserved in Par. Gr. 1712, is its main source for the account of the edited part of the text, many questions about the sources of the Pseudo-Symeon and its relation to the work of the Logothetes remain unanswered. This article provides a transcription of ff. 18v-23v of Par. Gr. 1712 and analyses this early part of the Pseudo-Symeon's account with the aim of strengthening the characterisation of his work as an independent work and clarifying the nature of his sources and method of composition, based on compilatory sources belonging to the genre of biblical commentary.
ISSN:2295-9025
Contains:Enthalten in: Sacris erudiri
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1484/J.SE.5.138098