Andronikos Kallistos: A Byzantine Scholar and His Manuscripts in Italian Humanism

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Luigi Orlandi

Andronikos Kallistos

A Byzantine Scholar and His Manuscripts in Italian Humanism

Luigi Orlandi

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English

De Gruyter
04 July 2023

Palaeography (history of writing); Literary studies: general; European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700

Series: Studies in Manuscript Cultures

The interest in Andronikos Kallistos, a leading personality among the Greek émigrés who participated in Italian Humanism, arose at the end of the nineteenth century within the frame of the studies on Byzantine scholars of the Renaissance. Researchers have only glimpsed the depth of Kallistos’ erudite personality. To date, nearly 130 manuscripts have been found bearing evidence of his work as a copyist and philologist. However, research into both his scribal and scholarly activity remains fragmented into many isolated contributions, mainly concerning specific chapters of the manuscript tradition of classical Greek authors. Adopting a synergistic approach to historical, philological, codicological, and paleographic data within this framework, this monograph study aims to fulfil the following tasks: outlining an updated biography; defining Kallistos’ scribal activity better by means of a thorough examination of all surviving manuscript sources; attempting to reconstruct the development of his book collection; acknowledging Kallistos’ scholarly activity both as a teacher and philologist; making an inventory of all the manuscripts which bear traces of his writing; and, finally, publishing Kallistos’ works.

By: Luigi Orlandi
Imprint: De Gruyter
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 1.032kg
ISBN: 9783111203331
ISBN 10: 3111203336
Series: Studies in Manuscript Cultures
Pages: 642
Publication Date: 04 July 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Luigi Orlandi, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin, Germany.