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090029 VO Daily Life, Liturgy and Manuscripts: The Study of Byzantine Prayer Books (Euchologia) (2024S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften
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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 05.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 19.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 09.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 16.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 23.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 30.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 07.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 14.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 21.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 28.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 04.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 11.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 18.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Tuesday 25.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Byzantine prayer books (euchologia) survive in manuscript form since the 8th century. Made for use by priests, they contain not only the eucharistic and sacramental liturgies for the life cycle, but also prayers for a variety of situations in daily life (childbirth, schooling, agricultural activities, forging social bonds). This course combines the methodologies of social history with manuscript studies and liturgical studies. The potential value of this hitherto neglected source material will be demonstrated and scrutinized.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written examination (100%).This will take form of a short essay (1500 to 3000 words) in response to an exam question. Your answer will be based on the content of the lecture, augmented by your own readings. Your work must be submitted to the instructor by e-mail on the date of the examination, before midnight (Prüfungsdatum). The exam question will be communicated on Moodle two weeks prior to the exam date.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Basic familiarity with the material covered in the course

Examination topics

Course content and recommended readings

Reading list

Website of the Vienna Euchologia Project with links to online publications: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/imafo/research/byzantine-research/communities-and-landscapes/euchologia-project
Arranz, M., Les grandes étapes de la liturgie byzantine: Palestine – Byzance – Russie. Essai d’aperçu historique, in: Liturgie de l’Église particulière et liturgie de l’église universelle, Bibliotheca Ephemerides Liturgicae, Subsidia 7 (Rome, 1976), 43-72
Baun, J., Coming of Age in Byzantium: Agency and Authority in Rites of Passage from Infancy to Adulthood, in: Authority in Byzantium, ed. P. Armstrong (Farnham, 2013), 113-35
Dmitrievskij, A. A., Opisanie liturgitseskich rukopisej, Bd. 2: Euchologia (Kiev, 1901, Nachdruck Hildesheim 1965)
Goar, J., Euchologion, sive rituale Graecorum (Venice, 1730, repr. Graz, 1960).
Parenti, S., L’euchologio manoscritto Gamma beta IV della Biblioteca di Grottaferrata (Rome, 1994)
Velkovska, E., Byzantine Liturgical Books, in: Handbook for Liturgical Studies, vol. 1: Introduction to the Liturgy, ed. A. J. Chupungco, OSB (Collegeville, Minn., 2001), 225-40
Futher reading recommendations will be communicated in the course of the semester.

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