LEADER 02916nam 22006134a 450 001 9910783475303321 005 20230617011121.0 010 $a1-280-46726-6 010 $a9786610467266 010 $a1-4237-1206-4 010 $a90-474-0201-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000033025 035 $a(EBL)253602 035 $a(OCoLC)474872975 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000116546 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11991672 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000116546 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10036432 035 $a(PQKB)11753016 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC253602 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL253602 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10090542 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL46726 035 $a(OCoLC)191935795 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000033025 100 $a20030303d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aByzantine authors$b[electronic resource] $eliterary activities and preoccupations : text and translations dedicated to the memory of Nicolas Oikonomides /$fedited by John W. Nesbitt 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (298 p.) 225 1 $aThe Medieval Mediterranean ;$vv. 49 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-12975-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-277) and index. 327 $aTABLE OF CONTENTS; Preface; Chapter One Cosmological Confectionary and Equal opportunity in the Eleventh Century. An Ekphrasis by Christopher of Mitylene (Poem 42); Chapter Two Two Teaching Texts from the Twelfth-Century Orphanotropheion; Chapter Three Alexander the Monk's Text of Helena's Discovery of the Cross (BHG 410); Chapter Four Elias the Monk. Friend of Psellos; Chapter Five Five Miracles of St. Menas; Chapter Six Elias of Heliopolis. The Life of an Eighth-Century Syrian Christian Saint; Chapter Seven Two Military Orations of Constantine VII 327 $aChapter Eight A Byzantine Instructional Manual on Siege Defense: The De Obsidione toleranda. Introduction, English Translation and AnnotationsBibliography; Index 330 $aIn honouring the memory of Nicolas Oikonomides, the contributors to this work offer a group of Greek texts and translations which reflect the wide interests of Byzantine authors and the varied genres to which they devoted their talents. It includes the military speeches of Constantine VII. 410 0$aMedieval Mediterranean ;$vv. 49. 606 $aByzantine prose literature$vTranslations into English 615 0$aByzantine prose literature 676 $a888/.020808 701 $aOikonomide?s$b Nicolas$0161931 701 $aNesbitt$b John W$0204911 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783475303321 996 $aByzantine authors$93762018 997 $aUNINA