Christmas presents for John Tzetzes: A new verse epistle from the letter collection

Aglae Pizzone

doi:10.1515/bz-2021-0063

Christmas presents for John Tzetzes: A new verse epistle from the letter collection

Aglae Pizzone^*

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Danish Institute for Advanced Study

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Abstract

The corpus of Tzetzes' epistles edited by Pietro Luigi Leone in 1972 includes 107 letters. However, two of the earliest manuscript witnesses of the collection bequeath a 108th letter consisting of 16 iambs and closing the corpus. The short missive is addressed to one Konstantinos Phyteianos. The present paper provides the first edition and translation into English of this letter, analysing its authorship and contents as well as its rhetorical function within the corpus.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Vol/bind	114
Udgave nummer	3
Sider (fra-til)	1303-1320
ISSN	0007-7704
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1515/bz-2021-0063
Status	Udgivet - 1. sep. 2021

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© 2021 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston.

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Medieval Self-Commentaries Beyond Europe: A Transcultural Perspective
Pizzone, A.
01/09/2019 → 28/02/2023
Projekter: Projekt › Danske forskningsråd

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