The Liturgical Commentaries: St. Symeon of Thessalonika (Studies and Texts)

This volume contains an edition and facing English translation of Explanation of the Divine Temple and 'On the Sacred Liturgy,' the two commentaries on the pontifical (hierarchal) Byzantine Divine Liturgy by St. Symeon of Thessalonika (?1429). This edition is based on MS Zagora 23, which contains extensive corrections and additions apparently added to the text by the author himself. The book opens with a historical and theological foreword on liturgical commentaries and mystagogy by Archimandrite Robert Taft. The introduction surveys the life and career of St. Symeon, analyzes the structure and theology of the commentaries, and concludes with an account of technical and editorial questions. The index includes references to names, places, and topics in Symeon's text and in the introduction and traces key terms in the commentaries in both Greek and English. The choice of scenes (with French tituli) has no comprehensive model on Cyprus. Significant western additions and variations distinguish this Lusignan program from other indigenous Cypriot predecessors and contemporaries. The iconographical analysis shows that the workshop made use of earlier Palaiologan Constantinopolitan models such as the Kariye Camii mosaics. The iconography and the emotional pathos of some scenes suggest an awareness of western. French source material and in particular of Franciscan book illuminations, Psalters, Missals, and Books of Hours, If this revised dating is correct the program of decoration is an outstanding restament to royal, specifically Lusignan, commission and represents the first and most faithful adoption and adaptation of Palaiologan models in Cyprus. --Book Jacket The fresco decoration of the Royal Chapel in Pyrgaon Cyprus is usually dared 1421. The coat of arms featuring the Cross of Jerusalem and the lion rampant points to royal French commissioners, namely members of the fusignan dynasty. Western, French patronage left its imprint on this chapel in terms of architecture and pictorial decoration - although within a complex Cyprior name. The study presents iconographical and stylistic evidence supporting a much earlier dating into the first half or the middle of the fourteenth century St. Symeon Of Thessalonika ; Edited And Translated By Steven Hawkes-teeples. Text Includes The Original Greek Text And The English Translation On Facing Pages Of: Explanation Of The Divine Temple And On The Sacred Liturgy. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [267]-279) And Indexes. Frontmatter Contents Abbreviations Foreword Introduction Outline of the Commentaries Editorial Sigla and Disposition of the Text St. Symeon of Thessalonika Bibliography Index of Scriptural Quotations and References General Index