CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Shadrin, Lev |
|---|---|
| Title | "O Wondrous and Strange Mystery." A Codicological Investigation and Textual Analysis of Saint George's Vision (BHG 691U-V) |
| Summary | The Vision of Saint George is a revelatory apocryphal miracle, which is preserved in seven Greek manuscripts dated to the 14th-16th centuries period. The canonical Byzantine hagiographic corpus dedicated to Saint George praises him as a martyr, athlete of faith, and a holy warrior saint. However, these defining concepts are not present in the subject text, as it focuses on a revelatory and apocalyptic narrative, which is not typically associated with the Saint. Moreover, the text has been published a century ago, and has been largely ignored in the scholarship. Therefore, the present thesis aims to collate the existing information on the Vision miracle, produce a paleographic and codicological survey of the manuscript sources containing the text, outline the core narrative elements constituting the textual framework and facilitating the dynamics of the miracle, and, lastly, highlight the potential hypertextual references in order to elaborate on the literary origins of the miracle. |
| Supervisor | Geréby, György |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/shadrin_lev.pdf |
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