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Paratextual Elements in Catenae as Source of Knowledge

MANAFIS, Panagiotis

Basic information

Original name

Paratextual Elements in Catenae as Source of Knowledge

Authors

MANAFIS, Panagiotis

Edition

Peripheral Vision. Marginal Themes, Motifs, Locations in Byzantine Literature and Art, 2023

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60206 Specific literatures

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

Byzantine manuscripts; catenae; paratext; Gospels

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

V originále

The paper reflects on the known types of compilations of exegetical comments on the Gospels. By viewing manuscripts as artefacts and as witnesses of scribal practices the emphasis is placed on the layout of the texts, the type of script used, the positioning of ornament, the presence of annotations or lectionary marks, the way text and paratexts are identified, introduced and interrelated in the manuscripts. Such paratextual features are all crucial for understanding the correlation between the Gospel texts and the marginal comments and this paper goals to examine the above from the point of view of aesthetic cognitivism (Graham: 1996; Allen – Royle: 2020). Provided that paratextual features mediate the texts to the readers, the identification, study and interpretation of them may shed light on the cultural context within they were made, on the ways New Testament manuscripts were read, copied and annotated in different places and periods as well as on the influence these paratextual features possibly had on the readers.

Links

CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/18_053/0016952, interní kód MU
(CEP code: EF18_053/0016952)
Name: Postdoc2MUNI
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Priority axis 2: Development of universities and human resources for research and development