TY - CHAP

T1 - Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus’ unpublished Letter to his spiritual fathers David and Damianos

AU - Dendrinos, Charalambos

PY - 2021/6/8

Y1 - 2021/6/8

N2 - In 1416 Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus wrote a letter to his spiritual fathers David and Damianos who resided in the Monastery of Vatopedi on Mout Athos. This hitherto unpublished letter accompanied an as yet unedited lengthy work Manuel composed in the form of a confession addressed to his aforementioned spiritual fathers on the occasion of his own recovery from a serious illness. The study comprises a critical edition of the letter preceded by extensive introduction examining the circumstances of the composition of these works and a palaeographical study of the letter, which survives in three 15th-century manuscripts and two later copies.

AB - In 1416 Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus wrote a letter to his spiritual fathers David and Damianos who resided in the Monastery of Vatopedi on Mout Athos. This hitherto unpublished letter accompanied an as yet unedited lengthy work Manuel composed in the form of a confession addressed to his aforementioned spiritual fathers on the occasion of his own recovery from a serious illness. The study comprises a critical edition of the letter preceded by extensive introduction examining the circumstances of the composition of these works and a palaeographical study of the letter, which survives in three 15th-century manuscripts and two later copies.

KW - Manuel II Palaeologus

KW - David and Damianos of Vatopedi

KW - Late Byzantium

KW - Monastery of Vatopedi

KW - Mt Athos

U2 - 10.1515/9783110718492

DO - 10.1515/9783110718492

M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)

SN - 9783110717099

T3 - Byzantinisches Archiv

SP - 131

EP - 189

BT - Bibliophilos. Books and Learning in the Byzantine World

A2 - Dendrinos, Charalambos

A2 - Giarenis, Ilias

PB - de Gruyter

CY - Boston/Berlin/Munich

ER -