This contribution begins with an examination of the luxury book production of Constantinople towards the middle of the XIV century, and in particular of the figure and activity of the patriarchal notary Georgios Galesiotes. Discussing the Tetraevangelion Sinait. gr. 152, which dates to 1346 and was copied for Isaac Palaiologos Asan, an attempt is made to reconstruct the historical and political context in which this artifact came into being, in the period that led from civil war to the advent of John VI Cantacuzenus. Moreover, this codex of the monastery of St. Catherine is here linked to other contemporary volumes on parchment, a material that was occasionally still used, between the middle and the second half of the XIV century, even if almost exclusively in works commissioned by high-ranking political and religious patrons. Among these manuscripts there stands out the Psalter (with the marginal commentary of Euthymios Zigabenos) Athen. EBE 2, which was the fruit of collaboration between Galesiotes and another scribe. The identification of this latter copyist, who is recognised as John Dukas Malakes, and his professional figure, which was well inserted in the cultural milieu of the epoch, are the subject of the second part of this contribution. First of all, there is a detailed review of the stages of scribal activity of Malakes, which is documented in the (paper) witnesses of patristic works Vat. gr. 1503 and Monac. gr. 216, which explicitly transmit his name (either in part or in entirety). Then a series of questions regarding prosopography and attribution is taken up, subjecting to critical review some of the proposals that have recently been advanced with a view to linking the manuscript production of Malakes to Anti-Palamite «scribal circles».

Il contributo parte da una disamina della produzione libraria costantinopolitana di alto livello, riferibile alla metà del secolo XIV circa e legata in primo luogo alla figura del notaio patriarcale Giorgio Galesiota. Prendendo spunto dal Tetravangelo Sinait. gr. 152, datato al 1346 e vergato per Isacco Paleologo Asan, si tenta da un lato di ricostruire il contesto storico e politico in cui tale cimelio fu allestito, nel periodo che dalla guerra civile condusse poi all’avvento di Giovanni VI Cantacuzeno; dall’altro di aggregare al codice di S. Caterina altri volumi su pergamena, un materiale ancora adoperato, tra la metà e la seconda metà del XIV secolo, seppure quasi esclusivamente nelle committenze di alte sfere politiche e religiose. Tra questi manoscritti spicca il Salterio (con il commento marginale di Eutimio Zigabeno) Athen. EBE 2, frutto della collaborazione fra Galesiota e un altro scriba. All’identificazione di quest’ultimo copista, riconosciuto come Giovanni Duca Malace, e alla sua figura professionale, ben inserita nel milieu culturale del tempo, è dedicata la seconda parte del lavoro. Dapprima si ripercorrono in dettaglio le tappe dell’attività scrittoria di Malace, documentata nei testimoni (cartacei) di opere patristiche Vat. gr. 1503 e Monac. gr. 216, che recano menzione esplicita (parziale o completa) del nome; e poi si affrontano una serie di questioni prosopografiche e attribuzionistiche, vagliando criticamente talune proposte avanzate più di recente, miranti a ricondurre la produzione manoscritta di Malace a «circoli di scrittura» antipalamiti.

Un'aggiunta su copisti greci del secolo XIV: a proposito di Giovanni Duca Malace, collaboratore di Giorgio Galesiota nell'Athen. EBE 2.

De Gregorio, Giuseppe
2019

Abstract

This contribution begins with an examination of the luxury book production of Constantinople towards the middle of the XIV century, and in particular of the figure and activity of the patriarchal notary Georgios Galesiotes. Discussing the Tetraevangelion Sinait. gr. 152, which dates to 1346 and was copied for Isaac Palaiologos Asan, an attempt is made to reconstruct the historical and political context in which this artifact came into being, in the period that led from civil war to the advent of John VI Cantacuzenus. Moreover, this codex of the monastery of St. Catherine is here linked to other contemporary volumes on parchment, a material that was occasionally still used, between the middle and the second half of the XIV century, even if almost exclusively in works commissioned by high-ranking political and religious patrons. Among these manuscripts there stands out the Psalter (with the marginal commentary of Euthymios Zigabenos) Athen. EBE 2, which was the fruit of collaboration between Galesiotes and another scribe. The identification of this latter copyist, who is recognised as John Dukas Malakes, and his professional figure, which was well inserted in the cultural milieu of the epoch, are the subject of the second part of this contribution. First of all, there is a detailed review of the stages of scribal activity of Malakes, which is documented in the (paper) witnesses of patristic works Vat. gr. 1503 and Monac. gr. 216, which explicitly transmit his name (either in part or in entirety). Then a series of questions regarding prosopography and attribution is taken up, subjecting to critical review some of the proposals that have recently been advanced with a view to linking the manuscript production of Malakes to Anti-Palamite «scribal circles».
2019
De Gregorio, Giuseppe
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