An edition of Prochoros Cydones' (ca. 1330-1369/71) unpublished Greek translation of Thomas Aquinas' Quaestiones disputatae de potentia and Quaestio disputata de spiritualibus creaturis

Abstract

The thesis is a case-study of the transmission of Latin philosophical and theological texts in Byzantium in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, on the basis of an edition of the hitherto unpublished Greek translations of two of Thomas Aquinas’ Quaestiones disputatae of Thomas Aquinas, De potentia and De spiritualibus creaturis, by the Byzantine scholar and theologian Prochoros Cydones (ca. 1330-1369/71). These two works are the only cases of this distinct, university-based philological genre, which emerged in Western Europe from early thirteenth century onwards, that were translated into Greek in Late Byzantium. The thesis also investigates Cydones’ metaphrastic process in the light of the transmission of these two texts in the extant Greek manuscripts compared against the edited Latin text. The thesis comprises an Introduction, three Parts (I-III) and a Conclusion. The Introduction consists of two Sections (1-2). Section 1 presents the aims and scope of the thesis, the approach an ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/58092
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/58092
ND
58092
Alternative title
Έκδοση της ανέκδοτης ελληνικής μετάφρασης από τον Πρόχορο Κυδώνη (π. 1330-1369/71) των έργων του Θωμά Ακυινάτη Quaestiones disputatae de potentia και Quaestio disputata de spiritualibus creaturis
Author
Konstantinou-Rizos, Michail (Father's name: Georgios)
Date
2017
Degree Grantor
University of London. Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
Committee members
Dendrinos Charalambos
Sheppard Anne
Price Richard
Plested Marcus
Discipline
Humanities and the ArtsLanguages and Literature ➨ Philology
Keywords
Prochoros Kydones; Prochorus Cydones; Thomas Aquinas; Thomism; Anti-Palamism
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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