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Time And Again: Early Medieval Chronography And The Recurring Holy First-Created Day Of George Synkellos, Jesse W. Torgerson
Time And Again: Early Medieval Chronography And The Recurring Holy First-Created Day Of George Synkellos, Jesse W. Torgerson
Jesse W Torgerson
A literary and philosophical analysis of George Synkellos' (d. 810) historical vision in his 'Chronography'. The article argues that, despite the apparent disciplinary paradox, George Synkellos' vision of history coherently drew together an Aristotelian conception of time with his own exegesis of the scriptures, and a contemporary theology of the encounter with the divine in liturgical worship.
"From The Many, One? The Shared Manuscripts Of The Chronicle Of Theophanes And The Chronography Of Synkellos," Studies In Theophanes (Travaux Et Mémoires 19) Paris, 2015: Pp. 93-117, Jesse Torgerson
Jesse W Torgerson
A survey of the surviving medieval manuscripts of two monumental (in their own time) and extremely important (for scholars today) historical works produced in Constantinople and its environs between 808-815: the Chronography of George Synkellos and the Chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor.
The article argues that, based on the surviving evidence, the two works were not read separately but as a single Account of the World ("Universal History" or "Chronography"). That is, in every surviving manuscript there is evidence that the works originally circulated in the same manuscript codices (books) where they were joined back-to-back. What this means for how …