scholarly journals On the fringe. The painted ornament of the Holy Tinity chapel at Koutsovendēs, Cyprus

Zograf ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Maria Parani
Keyword(s):  
High Quality ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Holy Trinity ◽  
John Chrysostom ◽  
Saint John ◽  
Saint John Chrysostom

The paper explores the painted ornament of the Holy Trinity chapel at the monastery of Saint John Chrysostom Koutsovend?s in Cyprus, founded by Eumathios Philokal?s (ca. 1100). When compared to that of other early Komnenian monuments on the island, the painted ornament at Holy Trinity stands out for its intricacy, diversity, and high-quality of execution, while its sophistication is demonstrated to be in keeping with the ambitious and erudite character of the painted ensemble as a whole. Not least, rather than being on the fringe, the painted ornament appears to have been fully integrated into the iconographic programme of the chapel, reiterating through metaphor the patron?s hope for salvation.

Saint John Chrysostom, ‘De fato et providentia’: A Study of its Authenticity

Traditio ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Halton
Keyword(s):  
John Chrysostom ◽  
Saint John ◽  
Saint John Chrysostom

Montfaucon's edition of St. John Chrysostom and Migne's Patrologia after him put among the dubia six sermons De fato et providentia (Πεϱὶ εἱμαϱμένης τε ϰαὶ πϱονοίας). In the Admonitio we read: ‘Et vero cum de fato Chrysostomus disserit, alio orationis utitur modo: unde forte nascatur quaedam νοθείας suspicio.’ Henry Savile, in his edition (1612), rejected the view of Fronton du Duc, who had written of these orations: ‘Videntur concionum a Chrysostomo habitarum ἀπανθίσματα potius et florilegia, seu morales digressiones, quam integrae homiliae: necdum tamen areolae et loca unde sunt decerptae, nobis occurrerunt.’ Savile's rejection reads: ‘Non assentior Frontoni Ducaeo has πεϱί πϱονοίας orationes ἀπανθίσματα esse: neque enim memini ea quae hic afferuntur alibi apud hunc nostrum legisse eodem modo dicta.’

scholarly journals The Apocryphal Bulgarian Sermon of Saint John Chrysostom on the Оrigin of Paulicians and Manichean Dimensions of Medieval Paulician Identity

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 425-444
Author(s):  
Hristo Saldzhiev
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identity ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Belief System ◽  
John Chrysostom ◽  
Saint John ◽  
Saint John Chrysostom

The article deals with one of the medieval Bulgarian sources about the origin of Paulicianism – the so called Sermon of Saint John Chrysostom on the Оrigin of Paulicians. On the basis of linguistic, textological and historical analysis it is concluded that the “sermon” appears to be a popular “contra version” of an unknown Paulician myth of historical and religious identity. It is suggested a reconstruction of this supposed myth and its obvious connections with Manicheism are traced out. Finally the traces of Manicheism in Paulician belief system are discussed.

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