Byzantine Figures: A New Edition and Translation of the Two-Part Anonymous Iconophile Treatise against John the Grammarian

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Abstract

In 1966, Jean Gouillard published a set of excerpts from an unknown work of John the Grammarian. These excerpts, which consist of three paragraph-length quotations arguing against the veneration of icons, survive thanks to being included by an anonymous Iconophile in a two-part treatise dedicated to refuting John’s positions. The treatise itself survives, albeit in a damaged and incomplete state, in a single 13th-century manuscript. In 2011, a diplomatic edition of the first part of the treatise was published in Scrinium.
The present study offers the first edition of the second part of the treatise, a new edition of the first part, and a translation of the entire text. Finally, the present study aims to contextualize the arguments made by the anonymous Iconophile against the revival of interest in logic and the Aristotelian tradition that marked the broader intellectual background of the Iconoclastic and post-Iconoclastic eras.
Original languageEnglish
JournalRevue des Études Byzantines
Volume81
Pages (from-to)5-48
ISSN0766-5598
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes

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