Byzantium And The Slavs: In Letters And Culture (monograph Series (harvard Ukrainian Research Institute))

These reprints of articles, reviews, and other short pieces by the well-known Byzantinist, Ihor Ševčenko, are gathered together in one volume for the first time. The collection reflects the author's wide-ranging interests and his significant contributions to the study of the relationship between Byzantine and East Slavic culture. A number of the original articles have been provided with addenda by the author. Among the articles are the author's now famous study, "Fragments of the Toparcha Gothicus," in which he demonstrates their nineteenth-century provenance at the hands of their "discoverer" Karl Benedikt Hase; the analysis of the impact on Muscovite political ideology of the writings of Deacon Agapetus; the discovery of the Greek prose original of the putative poem contained in the Life of the Slavic Apostle Cyril; and the find, made at St. Catherine's Monastery, of Constantine Tischendorf's letters regarding the transfer of the Codex Sinaiticus to St. Petersburg. Other articles include the author's studies on the impact of Byzantine elements in early Ukrainian culture and in some Kievan texts; and his observations on Byzantine social history at the time of the Slavic Apostles. Ševčenko offers these studies up as a challenge to the younger generation of scholars engaged in new approaches within these fields. Of further interest to Byzantinists and Slavists alike are the author's reviews and retrospectives, including retrospectives of George Christos Soulis, George Ostrogorsky, Francis Dvornik, and Michael Cherniavsky. Taken as a whole, the volume is a lively guide along a varied journey through the world of Byzantium and the Slays and reconstructs the relationship between the two in the light of texts, both literary and scientific. It also reflects the history of Slavic and Byzantine studies in the United States and Europe. Frontmatter Preface (page ix) I. Byzantium and the Slavs (page 3) II. An Important Contribution to the Social History of Late Byzantium (page 17) III. 'To the unknown Land': A proposed Emendation of the Text of Igor' Tale (page 31) IV. Bars'ka Jevanhelija počatku XVII stolittja v Pierpont Morgan Library (page 37) V. Review of Harvard Slavic Studies 1 (page 43) VI. A Neglected Byzantine Source of Muscovite Political Ideology (page 49) VII. Review of Podil jedynoji Xrystovoji Cerkvy i perši sproby pojednannja jiji, istoryčno-kanonična monohrafija, by Metropolitan Ilarion (page 89) VIII. The Definition of Philosophy in the Life of Saint Constantine (page 93) IX. Byzantine Cultural Influences (page 107) X. Review of Imagery of the Igor' Tale in the Light of Byzantino-Slavic Poetic Theory, by Justinia Besharov (page 151) XI. Review of Mediaeval Slavic Manuscripts: A Bibliography of Printed Catalogues by David Djaparidze (page 159) XII. Byzantine Elements in Early Ukrainian Culture (page 163) XIII. The Civitas Russorum and the Alleged Falsification of the Latin Excommunication Bull by Kerullarios (page 173) XIV. Yaroslav I (page 185) XV. New Documents on Constantine Tischendorf and the Codex Sinaiticus (page 187) XVI. Review of Obshchestvenno-politicheskaia mysl' drevnei Rusi (XI-XIV vv.), by I. U. Budovnits (page 229) XVII. Sviatoslav in Byzantine and Slavic Miniatures (page 231) XVIII. On Some Sources of Prince Svjatoslav's Izbornik of the Year 1076 (page 241) XIX. George Christos Soulis, 1927-1966 (page 263) XX. Russo-Byzantine Relations after the Eleventh Century (page 267) XXI. The Greek Source of the Inscription on Solomon's Chalice in the Vita Constantini (page 285) XXII. Muscovy's Conquest of Kazan: Two Views Reconciled (page 299) XXIII. Rzważania nad Szachami Jana Kochanowskiego (page 309) XXIV. Preface to Ivan Dujčev, Slavia Orthodoxa: Collected Studies in the History of the Slavic Middle Ages (page 333) XXV. The Cambridge and Soviet Histories of the Byzantine Empire (page 339) XXVI. The Date and Author of the So-Called Fragments of Toparcha Gothicus (page 353) XXVII. On the Social Background of Cyril and Methodius (page 479) XXVIII. Michael Cherniavsky, 1922-1973 (page 493) XXIX. Ljubomudrějšij Kÿr'' Agapit Diakon: On a Kiev Edition of a Byzantine Mirror of Princes (page 497) XXX. Preface to the reprint of Friedrich Westberg, Die Fragmente des Toparcha Goticus (Anonymus Tauricus) aus dem 10. Jahrhundert (page 559) XXXI. Francis Dvornik (page 575) XXXII. George Ostrogorsky (page 581) XXXIII. Remarks on the Diffusion of Byzantine Scientific and Pseudo-Scientific Literature among the Orthodox Slavs (page 585) XXXIV. Report on the Glagolitic Fragments (of Euchologium Sinaiticum?) Discovered on Sinai in 1975 and Some Thoughts on the Models for the Make-up of the Earliest Glagolitic Manuscripts (page 617) XXXV. The Many Worlds of Peter Mohyla (page 651) Sources of Articles Published in this Volume (page 689) Index (page 693) Addenda (page 725) These reprints of articles, reviews, and other short pieces by well-known Byzantinist Ihor Sevcenko are gathered together in one volume for the first time. It is a lively guide along a varied journey through the world of Byzantium and the Slays and reconstructs the relationship between the two in the light of texts, both literary and scientific.