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Michael Glykas as a Chronicle Writer
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Michael Glycas wrote in different genres; his most significant work is the Universal Chronicle. It has no value as a historical source, since it is a gigantic compilation, and the great majority o its sources has survived. Yet, it excels among other chronicles by both its structure and its content. Whereas the second, historical part is extremely superficial and piecemeal, the first part is a huge and independent Hexaemeron containing answers to hundreds of questions about the configuration of the Universe. The number of sources used by Glycas is strikingly high, he easily combines theological treatises with ancient paradoxographic and scientific texts, Aristotle is quoted side by side with Physiologus. In both parts of his Chronicle, the author manages to extract from his sources what he needs most: entertaining stories, curious data and moral admonition. We know from Glycas’ theological letters that he was highly educated but his Chronicle was aimed at the “broad audience”.
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Sagan-Sechin's work "The Precious Tale" (17th century) holds a special place in the Mongolian historiographical tradition. It is the only Mongolian chronicle translated into Manchu and Chinese (18th century), xylographed in Beijing, and recognized by the Qing court as the official history of the Mongols. This monument is of great value for reconstructing the history ...
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Otakulov E., Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета. Серия 2: История. История Русской Православной Церкви 2025 № 126 С. 11–33
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Lukhovitskiy, Lev, Zharkaya, Varvara, Byzantinische Zeitschrift 2023 Vol. 116 No. 3 P. 813–836
The Brief ekphrasis of the Holy Land ascribed to a certain Ioannes Phokas is a very unusual piece of literature because, unlike other ekphraseis, it deals with a journey. Since the Byzantines did not develop universally accepted rules for writing about pilgrimages, Phokas’ text (like any other rare example of what might be called Byzantine ...
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Lukhovitskiy L., Античная древность и средние века 2022 Т. 50 С. 283–311
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Lukhovitskiy L., Византийский временник 2021 Т. 105 С. 406–410
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Ivanov S. A., Scrinium: Journal of Patrology and Critical Hagiography 2021 Vol. 17 P. 20–24
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Zharkaya V., Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета. Серия 3: Филология 2020 Т. 62 С. 11–30
Michael Glykas is best known as the author of a vast Chronicle covering the historical events from Creation to the death of the emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1118 AD). Although quite popular in Byzantium, this composition does not enjoy high reputation among the scholars, the reason being its loose composition and massive uncritical borrowings from earlier sources with only ...
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Zharkaya V., Lukhovitskiy L., Byzantinische Zeitschrift 2020 Vol. 113 No. 1 P. 219–248
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Vorobyev G., В кн.: Книга и книжная культура в Западной Европе и России до начала Нового времени. Сборник в честь Александра Хаймовича Горфункеля.: М., СПб.: Петроглиф, 2019. С. 111–130.
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Avdokhin A., Scrinium: Journal of Patrology and Critical Hagiography 2016 Vol. 12 P. 329–339
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Kalafikis G., Beograde: The Serbian National Committee of Byzantine Studies, 2017.
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