Manuscript gr. Z. 402 (1031) in the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice contains a rare copy of Βίβλος χρονική, a historiographical work compiled by Michael Glycas in the second half of the 12th century. The manuscript was transcribed by a scribe named Giorgio for Barda Tromarchopoulo around the year 1290 in an otrantine baroque minuscule. The cycle of images, although the Chronicles of Glycas were virtually unknown outside Constantinople, also seems closely linked to the Salentine milieu. The essay analyses the illustrated repertoire of the manuscript, reconstructing its origins and relations with the koiné of the Greek communities under Norman and Swabian domination in Apulia and southern Italy.
The Illustrations of Michael Glycas’ Βίβλος χρονική in the Marcianus gr. 402
LOVINO, FRANCESCO
Primo
2013
Abstract
Manuscript gr. Z. 402 (1031) in the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice contains a rare copy of Βίβλος χρονική, a historiographical work compiled by Michael Glycas in the second half of the 12th century. The manuscript was transcribed by a scribe named Giorgio for Barda Tromarchopoulo around the year 1290 in an otrantine baroque minuscule. The cycle of images, although the Chronicles of Glycas were virtually unknown outside Constantinople, also seems closely linked to the Salentine milieu. The essay analyses the illustrated repertoire of the manuscript, reconstructing its origins and relations with the koiné of the Greek communities under Norman and Swabian domination in Apulia and southern Italy.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
