Overview of the All-Russian Interuniversity Scientific Conference of Students, Postgraduates and Young Scientists «Kurbatov Readings — 2023»

Dmitrieva M. I.
Overview of the All-Russian Interuniversity Scientific Conference of Students, Postgraduates and Young Scientists «Kurbatov Readings — 2023», in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social Нistory and Сulture, 2023. Vol. 7 (1). P. 211–231.

Marina Igorevna Dmitrieva, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Saint Petersburg State University (199034, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Universitetskaya nab., 7/9)

Language: Russian

URL: http://proslogion.ru/7s-dmitrieva/

10.24412/2500-0926-2023-71-211-231

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Leafing through the album of A. N. Nemilov «Lucas Cranach»: The Artist and the Reformation

Lurie Z. A.
Leafing through the album of A. N. Nemilov «Lucas Cranach»: The Artist and the Reformation, in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2023. Vol. 7(1). P. 199–210.

Zinaida Andreevna Lurie, PhD, Researcher, HSE, Institute of Education (101000, Rossija, Moskva, Potapovskij pereulok, d. 16, str. 10)

Language: Russian

The article analyzes the album of A. N. Nemilov dedicated to Lucas Cranach the Elder. It is shown that the Reformation is considered in the album from the standpoint of official history and, accordingly, Cranach’s work is extremely secularized. However, a thoughtful reader could, nevertheless, read between the lines about a completely different Cranach. A. N. Nemilov gives a professional and accurate assessment of the artistic significance of Cranach and his talent, and this information can be easily coordinated with another theme of his work, about which the album in question «silently shouts».

Keywords: Cranach, Brueghel, Luther, Reformation, secularization, altars, engraving, portraits, Mannerism

URL: Постоянная ссылка: http://proslogion.ru/7s-lurie/

10.24412/2500-0926-2023-71-199-210

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Issues in the study of Egyptian toponyms in the Chronicle of John of Nikiu

Saveleva D. I.
Issues in the study of Egyptian toponyms in the Chronicle of John of Nikiu, in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2023. Vol. 7(1). P. 189–198.

Daria Igorevna Saveleva, Research Engineer, Institute of History, Saint Petersburg State University (199034, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Mendeleevskaya liniya, 5)

Language: Russian

The Chronicle, compiled by John of Nikiu, the Coptic bishop of the Egyptian city of Nikiu in the late 7th century, is a unique source within the Late Byzantine historiography that contains singular information related to the Egypt toponymics. The research on toponyms in the source studied makes a localization a number of historical events possible, considering both those events that were described in other historical works without a sufficient description of the area, as well as the unique ones that could not be found in other sources. The study of the toponymy of Egypt within the Chronicle of John of Nikiu involves a set of particular features, including several significant difficulties that complicate the work with the source studied. Thus, the Chronicle apparently was first written in Greek, then to be translated into Arabic in the period of the 12–13th centuries and then into Ge’ez in 1601 CE, which led to a distortion of the topographical designations, affecting their spelling twice. Furthermore, the Chronicle contains unique toponyms not mentioned in any of the sources currently known to us. The Coptic bishop could probably have relied on them while compiling his work. The unique naming of several locations may be reasoned by the fact that John of Nikiu used appellations relevant to him and his contemporaries, of which there is little evidence. At the same time, a number of toponyms can be localized based on the text of the Chronicle itself, while the others can be acknowledged from earlier sources, such as the Chronographia of John Malalas (6th century), which served as a work to rely on for John of Nikiu when he was creating his Chronicle. For these reasons, it is not always possible to identify the nature of the misinterpretation of toponyms cited in the Chronicle with precision.

Keywords: foreign literature in Ethiopic translation, John of Nikiu, the Geʽez language, Egypt, Egyptian toponyms, Byzantine historiography, the geography of Egypt

URL: http://proslogion.ru/7s-saveleva/

10.24412/2500-0926-2023-71-189-198

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John of Nikiu on the King Cambyses: Some Notes

Kholod M. M.
John of Nikiu on the King Cambyses: Some Notes, in: Proslo gion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2023. Vol. 7(1). P. 173–188.

Maxim Mikhailovich Kholod, PhD in History, Associate Professor, Saint Petersburg State University, Institute of History (199034, Russia, Mendeleevskaya liniya, 5).

Language: Russian

The author of the article makes comments on a number of indications containing in one of the stories given in the Chronicle of John of Nikiu (late 7th century AD), namely in his story of the Persian king Cambyses (530–522 BC). The made comments help not only to clarify some separate places in the survived relevant text. T hey also enable to identify a circle of sources used by John while he composed his story of Cambyses, and to get the additional notions of his manner of work, as well as to contribute to a better understanding of this story as a historical source.

Keywords:John of Nikiu, Cambyses, Persian empire, ancient Egypt, Nebuchad nezzar II

URL: http://proslogion.ru/7s-kholod/

10.24412/2500-0926-2023-71-173-188

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Special features of the historical narration of the Ethiopian scribe Məhərkä Dəngəl

Gusarova E. V.
Special features of the historical narration of the Ethiopian scribe Məhərkä Dəngəl, in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2023. Vol. 7(2). P. 163–172.

Ekaterina Valentinovna Gusarova, Ph. D. in History, Researcher, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences (191186, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Dvortsovaya emb., 18); Lecturer, National Research University Higher School of Economics (190121, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Soiuza Pechantikov street, 16); Researcher, Institute of History, Saint Petersburg State University (199034, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Mendeleev line, 5); Librarian, National Library of Russia (191069, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Sadovaia street, 18).

Language: Russian

Məhərkä Dəngəl (born ca. 1540 – dead after 1633) — an Ethiopian scribe known as the Court confessor and the Royal secretary. He acted as one of the translators of the Chronicle of John of Nikiu and the author of the first part of the chronicle of the Ethiopian King Susenyos (1604–1632). The Chronicle of John of Nikiu as a part of early Byzantine historiography represents a Universal history. It was compiled in the 7th century AD, during the conquest of Egypt by the Arabic troops, by John, Bishop of the city of Nikiu. Most probably it was compiled in Greek and then translated into Arabic language. This compilation reached to our times exclusively in the Ethiopian translation (in several manuscript copies). The second opera, that is the Chronicle of King Susenyos, describes not only the events of the King’s reign, but also the previous period of his life. Məhərkä Dəngəl was the author of this initial part of the Chronicle. Analysis and comparison of the two texts revealed a series of common features of lexical, grammatical and other particularities of historical narration inherent to Maherka Dengel. Moreover, the text of the Chronicle of King Susenyos reflects some important events of the life of its author and his personal qualities, that inevitably left a mark on the manner of his narration. Sometimes it led to violation of the tradition of the Ethiopian Royal historiography. In the frame of the present research this was clearly stated.

Keywords: Maherka Dengel, John of Nikiu, Universal history, King Susenyos, Ethiopian clergy, Ethiopian manuscripts, Historiography, the work of translator

URL: http://proslogion.ru/7s-gusarova/

10.24412/2500-0926-2023-71-163-172

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Conrad Gessner as a scholar of Greek (some observations)

Sergeev M. L.
Conrad Gessner as a scholar of Greek (some observations), in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2023. Vol. 7(1). P. 148–162.

Mikhail L’vovich Sergeev, candidate of sciences (in philology), research fellow, S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg Branch (199034, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Universitetskaya emb., 5)

Language: Russian

This article is devoted to the Swiss philologist and naturalist Konrad Gessner’s studies in Greek language and literature. It offers some general information about Gessner’s interest in Greek and his reputation as a Hellenist among humanists, and considers a sample of Gessner’s Greek poems from the manuscript collection «Thrinodiae» (1532), his correspondence in Greek and main achievements in Greek philology (as editor and translator). The influence of Greek studies on Gessner’s research activities in various fields of science and his ideas about the tasks of a scientist is then shown on the example of three cases — the history of the first edition of Marcus Aurelius’ «Meditations» (1559), the citation from «De venatione» (a poem on hunting) by Oppian in the first volume of «Historia animalium» (1551), and the treatment of German linguistic material in «Mithridates» (1555) according to the model applied to Greek dialects. It is concluded that the Greek literary heritage was perceived by Gessner both as an indispensable source of factual information about nature and culture, to be inventoried and criticized by means of philology and bibliography, and as a model of scientific discourse applicable to the description of new European realities.

Keywords: Humanism, 16th century, Switzerland, Greek, Neo-Greek literature, history of science, philology, bibliography

URL: http://proslogion.ru/7s-sergeev/

10.24412/2500-0926-2023-71-148-162

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Collections of Biographies and Giordano Orsini

Youssim M.A.
Collections of Biographies and Giordano Orsini, in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2023. Vol. 7(1). P. 123–147.

Mark Arkadjevich Youssim, doctor of history, chief researcher, Institute of World History, Russian Acedemy of sciences, Department of Western Middle Ages and Early Modern times (Leninskiy prosp., 32A, Moscow, Russia, 119334)

Language: Russian

The Renaissance was characterized by an interest for biographies of great personalities, which was reflected in collections of life histories and galleries of portraits that adorned the palaces of antiquity admirers. Francesco Petrarca was one of the first to turn to this genre, compiling his collection exclusively of antique heroes. A collection of more than 300 figures of historical figures of all times decorated the palace of Montegiordano in Rome, where under the auspices of Cardinal Giordano Orsini gathered a circle of humanists. The frescoes have not survived and are known from copies; their composition reflects the ideas about history and great men typical of Renaissance culture.

Keywords: historical painting, Montegiordano, Cardinal Giordano Orsini, vitae, history in persons

URL: http://proslogion.ru/7s-youssim/

10.24412/2500-0926-2023-71-123-147

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