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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.
Federico Alpi, Ph.D. (2015), University of Pisa, is a research fellow in Armenian Studies at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and a member of FSCIRE, Bologna. He coordinates the volume on the councils of the Armenian Church for the
Conciliorum Oecumenicorum Generaliumque Decreta (Corpus Christianorum series, Brepols, in preparation).
Robin Meyer, D.Phil. (2017), University of Oxford, is Assistant Professor of Historical Linguistics at the University of Lausanne. He is co-author and co-editor of
Armenia: Masterpieces from an Enduring Culture(Bodleian Library 2015) and has published several articles and chapters on Armenian, Greek, and Iranian historical linguistics.
Irene Tinti, Ph.D. (2011), University of Pisa, is a research fellow at the same University, and Treasurer of the
Association internationale des études arméniennes (AIEA). She is the co-editor of the forthcoming volume on Armenian Linguistics in the Brill series Handbooks of Oriental Studies and has authored “Essere” e “divenire” nel Timeo greco e armeno (PUP 2012) and several other contributions on Greek and Armenian texts.
David Zakarian, D. Phil. (2015), University of Oxford, is an Associate of the Faculty of Oriental Studies there. He is the author of Women, Too, Were Blessed: The Portrayal of Women in Early Christian Armenian Texts (Brill 2021) and of several articles and chapters on the colophons of mediaeval Armenian manuscripts and the representation of women in late antique and mediaeval Armenian texts.
Acknowledgments 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
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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
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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
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