The incipit Ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Σολομῶντος περὶ τῆς δυνάμεως ἣν ἔλαβε παρὰ θεοῦ εἰς τὸ ἄρχειν τῶν δαιμόνων was recorded by A. Deissmann in a manuscript of the Topkapi Library (Istanbul Topkapi Serai-Bibliothek MS G.İ.17). Based upon the Greek title, he named the manuscript “König Salomos Dämonenzwang” and believed the text to derive from the…
Dopo la caduta del Despotato di Morea (1460) l’arrivo di Tommaso Paleologo in Italia segnò il punto più alto nella realizzazione dei disegni del cardinale Bessarione, favorita dalla politica ecclesiastica dei papi succedutisi nella seconda metà del XV sec. e dalla loro strategia di alleanze. Il paper si focalizzerà sulla ricostruzione del progetto bessarioneo alla…
Gennadios (George) Scholarios (ca. 1403–1472) was one of the most prominent ecclesiastical and political figures during the final years of the Byzantine Empire, a period marked by the struggles among four brothers: Emperor John VIII Palaiologos, despotes Theodoros II Palaiologos, despotes Constantine (later Emperor Constantine XI Dragasēs), and despotes Demetrios Palaiologos. As can be deduced…
The 5th–6th century corpus of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite became a cornerstone of Byzantine theology and philosophy, exerting lasting influence throughout the medieval period. Its impact, however, extended well beyond Byzantium: in the Latin West, it became central to thinkers like Thomas Aquinas, for whom Ps.-Dionysius was the second most cited authority and a key framework…