One of the goals of the third facet of this project is to acquire all three oil paintings of Nikiforos Kalogeras in digital form. In this post, I will explain how I came to own the portrait from the Φιλεκπαιδευτική Εταιρεία. I first found the image online on the website of the Modern Greek Visual…
Difficulties with Panteleimon 770
The third manuscript that I have begun to index is Panteleimon 770 from Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos. To view the progress that I have made so far, see here. I chose to index Vat. gr. 646 first because it was the shortest of all the manuscripts to index, and it happened to be very…
The 9th Manuscript
Euthymius Zigabenus' Commentary on the Epistles is contained in 8 different manuscripts around the world, but there appears to be a 9th manuscript that contains some of that commentary as well. (NOTE: There are errors in this post that came about from my misunderstanding of certain things. See this post where I explain and correct…
All 3 Oil Paintings of Nikiforos Kalogeras have been acquired
I finally managed to track down the third and final painting of Nikiforos Kalogeras to the Hall of Ceremonies of the University of Athens. After hiring a photographer to take a picture of it, I now have all three portraits in a high resolution, digital format. The Nikiforos Kalogeras page has been updated with images…
A Simple Introduction to Manuscripts
My idea for this post is to create a reference for people who know nothing about manuscripts to be able to learn some of the basic points that are needed in order to understand the work that I've begun for the Critical Edition of Euthymius Zigabenus' Commentary on the Epistles. What is a Manuscript The…
Creating Indices for the Manuscripts
Euthymius Zigabenus' Commentary on the Epistles exists in 8 manuscripts, for which I want to eventually create a complete critical edition. But besides making that critical edition, one thing that I need to do is to create an index (or a table of contents, if you will) of each manuscript, to be able to know…
Introduction to the Site
Preface I've started this website to share the work that I've recently begun with anyone who is interested in reading about it. I'm translating Euthymius Zigabenus’ Commentary on the Epistles from Medieval Greek into English. This is the first of three parts to the project (there may be a fourth part forming, though). To read…
Zigabenus Epistles 