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Book SynopsisThe open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. From pilgrimage sites in the far west of Europe to the Persian court; from mystic visions to a gruesome contemporary “dance”; from a mundane poem on wine to staggering religious art: thus far in space and time extends the world of the Armenians. A glimpse of the vast and still largely unexplored threads that connect it to the wider world is offered by the papers assembled here in homage to one of the most versatile contemporary armenologists, Theo Maarten van Lint. This collection offers original insights through a multifaceted lens, showing how much Armenology can offer to Art History, History, Linguistics, Philology, Literature, and Religious Studies. Scholars will find new inspirations and connections, while the general reader will open a window to a world that is just as wide as it is often unseen.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Note to the Reader Academic Biography and Bibliography: Theo Maarten van Lint. A Tetragonal Scholar Emilio Bonfiglio Armenia through the Lens of Time A 360° View Federico Alpi, Robin Meyer, Irene Tinti and David Zakarian Part 1 Art History 1 The Iconography of the Visions of Isaiah and Ezekiel Thomas Mathews 2 “Open My Eyes So That I May See Wonderful Things” [Ps 118 (119):18] Some Art Historical Remarks about the Consecration of a Painted Church Christina Maranci 3 A Jacobean Shell for Šahuk, “Servant of God” Gohar Grigoryan Savary Part 2 History 4 From Alexandria to Dvin Non-Chalcedonian Christians in the Empire of Khusrau II Phil Booth 5 The Funerary Oration of Barseł Vardapet Tara L. Andrews and Anahit Safaryan 6 Violence against Women in Tʽovma Mecopʽecʽi’s History of Tamerlane and his Descendants (15th c.) David Zakarian Part 3 Linguistics and Philology 7 De la Grèce à l’Arménie, et d’Homère à la Bible Transpositions culturelles dans la version arménienne de la grammaire de Denys de Thrace Charles de Lamberterie 8 The Cauldron of the Titans Quotations from Clement of Alexandria in the Letters of Grigor Magistros Pahlawuni (990–1058) Federico Alpi 9 On the Indirect Tradition and Circulation of the Ancient Armenian Platonic Translations Irene Tinti 10 Per la storia di un manoscritto armeno in Inghilterra (Londra, Wellcome Library, ms. arm. 14) Anna Sirinian 11 Multilingualism in Poetry How to Translate Sayatʽ-Nova? Robin Meyer Part 4 Literature 12 Come e perché scrivere un’autobiografia in Armenia, nel medioevo e più tardi Alessandro Orengo 13 In vino consolatio A 14th-c. Armenian Dispute Poem on Wine Sergio La Porta 14 “My City Which Is of Bronze” The City of Bronze Encroaching on the Alexander Romance Alex MacFarlane 15 Between Gusan and Ašuł Yohannēs Xlatʽecʽi and the Porous Borders Negotiated by the Medieval Armenian Bard S. Peter Cowe 16 “La danza” di Siamantʽō fra letteratura e arti contemporanee Da Ararat di Atom Egoyan a Defixiones, Will and Testament di Diamanda Galás Valentina Calzolari Part 5 Religious Studies 17 Ephrem and the Persian Martyrs in the Armenian Synaxarion Sebastian Brock 18 “Descent of the Only-Begotten Son” Contextualising the Vision of Saint Gregory Nazenie Garibian 19 Jacob and the Man at the Ford of Jabbok A Biblical Subject in the Vine Scroll Frieze of the Church of the Holy Cross of Ałtʽamar (10th c.) Michael E. Stone and Edda Vardanyan 20 Acrostics in Armenian Ecclesiastical Poetry Armenuhi Drost-Abgarjan Homage 21 Gemara and Memory James Russell Index of Manuscripts Index of Places Index of People Index of Subjects
