Catalogue Search | MBRL
Search Results Heading
Explore the vast range of titles available.
MBRLSearchResults
-
Series TitleSeries Title
-
Reading LevelReading Level
-
Content TypeContent Type
-
Item TypeItem Type
-
YearFrom:-To:
-
More FiltersMore FiltersIs Full-Text AvailableSubjectPublisherSourceDonorPlace of PublicationContributorsLocation
Done
Filters
Reset
1
result(s) for
"Bهessariهon, Cardinal, 1403-1472. Enkهomion eis Trapezounta"
Sort by:
Two works on Trebizond
by
Kennedy, Scott, (Scott Allen), editor, translator
,
Panaretos, Michaهel. Peri tهon megalهon Komnهenهon
,
Bهessariهon, Cardinal, 1403-1472. Enkهomion eis Trapezounta
in
Comnenus family History Early works to 1800.
,
Trebizond Empire History Sources Early works to 1800.
,
Trebizond Empire Civilization Sources Early works to 1800.
The empire of Trebizond was an important trading hub for travelers along the Silk Road and acquired a great reputation for its wealth. As a unique outpost of the Eastern Roman world with its own culture and dialect of Greek, this mysterious empire has long fascinated European writers from Miguel Cervantes in Don Quixote to Dorothy Dunnett in her popular Niccolلo series. Regrettably, the remnants of the empire's own literary production are few. The city produced some figures of note in Byzantine ecclesiastical history, such as Saint Athanasios, the founder of the Great Lavra on Mount Athos, and John Xiphilinos, the patriarch of Constantinople (1063-1075), and, in the fourteenth century, it was known as a center of astronomical and mathematical studies. The most famous surviving texts produced by its native sons are, however, the laconic chronicle on the emperors of Trebizond attributed to Michael Panaretos and cardinal Bessarion's encomium of the city. They are the cornerstone of any study of the empire of Trebizond and Pontic Hellenism. This volume offers a translation of these two documents, including the first ever English translation of Bessarion's Encomium on Trebizond, in the hope that they will encourage further study of this elusive empire and its culture.-- Provided by publisher