Bessarion’s Treasure: Editing, Translating and Interpreting Bessarion’s Literary Heritage

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Bessarion’s Treasure

Editing, Translating and Interpreting Bessarion’s Literary Heritage

Edited by: Sergei Mariev

Volume 3 in the series Byzantinisches Archiv – Series Philosophica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110683035

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About this book

The importance of Bessarion's contribution to the history of Byzantine and Renaissance philosophy and culture during the 15th century is beyond dispute. However, an adequate appreciation of his contribution still remains a desideratum of scholarly research. One serious impediment to scholarly progress is the fact that the critical edition of his main philosophical work "In Calumniatorem Platonis" is incomplete and that this work has not been translated in its entirety into any modern language yet. Same can be stated about several minor but equally important treatises on literary, theological and philosophical subjects. This makes editing, translating and interpreting his literary, religious and philosophical works a scholarly priority. Papers assembled in this volume highlight a number of philological, philosophical and historical aspects that are crucial to our understanding of Bessarion's role in the history of European civilization and to setting the directions of future research in this field.

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Sergei Mariev, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
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Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Cardinal Bessarion and the Latins John Monfasani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
Cydones Redivivus: Bessarion Self-placed between Greeks and Latins, the Scholastic Quaestio, and the Hard Quest for Truth John A. Demetracopoulos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Ways of Reception of Thomas Graecus and Thomas Latinus in Bessarion’s Writings Panagiotis Ch. Athanasopoulos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Philology in/of a Byzantine Quarrel: Bessarion v. George of Trebizond Fabio Pagani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Bessarion as an Aristotelian, Bessarion among the Aristotelians Eva Del Soldato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Bessarion’s Monastic Rule, the Modalities of its Redaction, and its Impact on the Italian-Greek “Basilian” Monasteries Annick Peters-Custot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Bessarion before the Synod of Trebizond Frederick Lauritzen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Michael Apostolis on Substance Georgios Steiris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Bessarion against George of Trebizond on the Soul Sergei Mariev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Byzantinists, Historians of philosophy, Renaissance Studies, Historians of the 15th century
Pages
- Front matter: 5
- Main content: 286
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2
- Coloured Illustrations: 11
- Tables: 26
Keywords: Byzantium; Philosophy; Renaissance; Bessarion

eBook

Published: December 7, 2020
ISBN: 9783110683035

Hardcover

Published: December 7, 2020
ISBN: 9783110601800