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TY  - GEN
T1  - Ioannis Canani de Constantinopolitana obsidione relatio : a critical edition, with English translation, introduction, and notes of John Kananos' account of the Siege of Constantinople in 1422
T2  - Byzantinisches Archiv
A1  - Cananus, Joannes
A2  - Cuomo, Andrea Massimo, toimittaja
A2  - Cananus, Joannes
LA  - eng
LA  - grc
PP  - Berlin
PB  - De Gruyter
YR  - 2016
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/vaari.1833345
AB  - This volume fills the need for a new critical edition and linguistic study of John Kananos' account of the siege of Constantinople in 1422. New research on the manuscriptshas produceda new stemma codicum and shown that the oldest witness of this narrative, Vat. gr. 579 (ff. 355r - 364v), was written in Constantinople and belonged to the prolific scribe Phlamules Kontostephanos, who also provided the copy with a title in which the name of John Kananos is mentioned for the first time. The philological approach adopted hereexplains contradictionsamong the manuscripts and Kananos' peculiar vernacularisms andreveals a surprisingly realistic and elaborate Greek. The accompanying English translation, a chapter on the language of Kananos, and a complete thesaurus make this volume a valuable contribution to the study of late Byzantine literature.
OP  - 100
SN  - 9781501510908 hardbound
SN  - 1501510908 hardbound
KW  - Byzantine Empire. : History. : Manuel II Palaeologus, 1391-1425 : Sources.
KW  - Istanbul (Turkey) : History. : Siege, 1422 : Sources.
KW  - Istanbul (Turkey) : History : Early works to 1800.
KW  - Byzantine Empire : History : Palaeologi dynasty, 1259-1448 : Early works to 1800.
ER  -