Ioannis Canani de Constantinopolitana Obsidione Relatio: A Critical Edition, with English Translation, Introduction, and Notes of John Kananos' Accoun

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 manuscripts has produced a 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501510908
• ISBN13: 9781501510908
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"