Y. Minets, P. Nowakowski (eds.), Shaping Letters, Shaping Communities: Multilingualism and Linguistic Practice in the Late Antique Near East and Egypt (Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity, Volume: 33, Leiden: Brill, 2023), 2023
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For more info, see http://historia.uw.edu.pl/en/research-project/masters-of-the-stone-the-stonecutters-workshops-and-the-rise-of-the-late-antique-epigraphical-cultures-third-fifth-century-ad-stone-masters-2/
1) creation of a database of sites from Syria, Phoenicia, Palestine, and Arabia where monumental inscriptions in languages other then Greek have been recorded (fourth–seventh century AD).
2) a monograph on the choice of language for monumental dedicatory and building inscriptions in the period studied.
For more info, see https://epi-identity.uw.edu.pl/
1) creation of a catalogue of Greek inscriptions attesting to the cult of saints in Asia Minor
2) creation of a monograph on the patterns of the epigraphic production used in the Anatolian cult practices: "Facets of the Cult of Saints in Asia Minor: the Epigraphic Patterns prior to the 7th cent. AD".
For more info, see https://projekty.ncn.gov.pl/index.php?projekt_id=186974
We warmly welcome contributions in English to a new volume.
The analytical part is divided into five chapters preceded by an introduction which discusses methodological issues, presents a short history of research on the epigraphy of the cult of saints in Asia Minor, and the possibility of the application of the principles of ‘the epigraphic habit theory’ into the studies on the cult of saints. Chapter One shows different categories of inscriptions used in the religious practice: epitaphs for martyrs, inscriptions commemorating translations of relics, labels of reliquaries, inscribed invocations of saints, building and dedicatory inscriptions, vows, inscriptions using names of saints as a marker of identity, inscriptions attesting burials ad sanctos, inscriptions from boundary stones, inscriptions recording normative and liturgical texts, and others. Chapter Two deals with the chronological distribution of the evidence collected. The saints chosen as addresses of their prayers and vows by the commissioners of inscriptions, and the saintly epithets, are closely discussed respectively in Chapter Three and Chapter Four. A prosopographical overview of the commissioners of inscriptions is presented in Chapter Five. This chapter also includes considerations on the motivation of donors recording their deeds by the means of inscriptions, with particular emphasis put onto the transition from the ‘rational’ to the ‘emotional’ motivation and the phenomenon of ‘the longing for the saint’. The geographical distribution of all the sources collected, and of sources illustrating cults of selected saints is shown on maps.
The book was awarded the 2018 EKVAM Annual Award of the Ancient Anatolian Studies by the Izmir Center of the Archaeology of Western Anatolia.
For more info, see http://historia.uw.edu.pl/en/research-project/masters-of-the-stone-the-stonecutters-workshops-and-the-rise-of-the-late-antique-epigraphical-cultures-third-fifth-century-ad-stone-masters-2/
1) creation of a database of sites from Syria, Phoenicia, Palestine, and Arabia where monumental inscriptions in languages other then Greek have been recorded (fourth–seventh century AD).
2) a monograph on the choice of language for monumental dedicatory and building inscriptions in the period studied.
For more info, see https://epi-identity.uw.edu.pl/
1) creation of a catalogue of Greek inscriptions attesting to the cult of saints in Asia Minor
2) creation of a monograph on the patterns of the epigraphic production used in the Anatolian cult practices: "Facets of the Cult of Saints in Asia Minor: the Epigraphic Patterns prior to the 7th cent. AD".
For more info, see https://projekty.ncn.gov.pl/index.php?projekt_id=186974
We warmly welcome contributions in English to a new volume.
The analytical part is divided into five chapters preceded by an introduction which discusses methodological issues, presents a short history of research on the epigraphy of the cult of saints in Asia Minor, and the possibility of the application of the principles of ‘the epigraphic habit theory’ into the studies on the cult of saints. Chapter One shows different categories of inscriptions used in the religious practice: epitaphs for martyrs, inscriptions commemorating translations of relics, labels of reliquaries, inscribed invocations of saints, building and dedicatory inscriptions, vows, inscriptions using names of saints as a marker of identity, inscriptions attesting burials ad sanctos, inscriptions from boundary stones, inscriptions recording normative and liturgical texts, and others. Chapter Two deals with the chronological distribution of the evidence collected. The saints chosen as addresses of their prayers and vows by the commissioners of inscriptions, and the saintly epithets, are closely discussed respectively in Chapter Three and Chapter Four. A prosopographical overview of the commissioners of inscriptions is presented in Chapter Five. This chapter also includes considerations on the motivation of donors recording their deeds by the means of inscriptions, with particular emphasis put onto the transition from the ‘rational’ to the ‘emotional’ motivation and the phenomenon of ‘the longing for the saint’. The geographical distribution of all the sources collected, and of sources illustrating cults of selected saints is shown on maps.
The book was awarded the 2018 EKVAM Annual Award of the Ancient Anatolian Studies by the Izmir Center of the Archaeology of Western Anatolia.
for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies
INSCRIBING TEXTS
IN BYZANTIUM:
CONTINUITIES AND TRANSFORMATIONS
18-20 March 2016, Exeter College, Oxford
In spite of the striking abundance of extant primary material – over 4000 Greek texts produced in the period between the sixth and fifteenth centuries – Byzantine Epigraphy remains largely uncharted territory, with a reputation for being elusive and esoteric that obstinately persists. References to inscriptions in our texts show how ubiquitous and deeply engrained the epigraphic habit was in Byzantine society, and underscore the significance of epigraphy as an auxiliary discipline. The growing interest in material culture, including inscriptions, has opened new avenues of research and led to various explorations in the field of epigraphy, but what is urgently needed is a synthetic approach that incorporates literacy, built environment, social and political contexts, and human agency. The SPBS Symposium 2016 has invited specialists in the field to examine diverse epigraphic material in order to trace individual epigraphic habits, and outline overall inscriptional traditions. In addition to the customary format of panel papers and shorter communications, the Symposium will organise a round table, whose participants will lead a debate on the topics presented in the panel papers, and discuss the methodological questions of collection, presentation and interpretation of Byzantine inscriptional material.