Codex Lesbiacus Leimonos 11: Annotated Critical Edition of an Unpublished Byzantine "menaion" for June
Annotated Critical Edition of an Unpublished Byzantine "Menaion" for June
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The book is an annotated critical edition of an unpublished collection of hymnographical texts, preserved in the 11th-12th-century Greek manuscript 11 of the library of Leimonos Monastery, Lesbos, Greece. This important codex is a Menaion for the month ofJune, comprising thirty akolouthiai on saints; twenty of them hitherto unpublished. The edition of the texts is accompanied by an introduction, a commentary, appendices of unpublished hymns preserved in manuscripts other than Lesbiacus Leimonos 11, a full bibliography, indices and plates with facsimiles of selected folios of manuscripts.
Review:
This book will be useful for scholars studying Byzantine liturgical books, liturgical poetry and the cult of saints. Eirini Afentoulidou in: BMCR 2011.08.36
Review:
This book will be useful for scholars studying Byzantine liturgical books, liturgical poetry and the cult of saints. Eirini Afentoulidou in: BMCR 2011.08.36