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Medieval manuscripts depicting the themes of war and peace
There are two well-known medieval manuscripts that depict the topics of war and peace in a Byzantine context. One of these, compiled in c. 1000 AD, is the Menologium/the Menology of Basil II Porphyrogenitus (Basil lived in 958-1025; ruled eff. 976-1025; since 960/963 with his brother Constantine VIII)); this emperor ordered the production of the above-mentioned document, which is a calendar. Today its original is within the Vatican Library/Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana as Ms. Vat. gr. 1613. The other manuscript discussed within my paper is a later copy of John Skylitzes’ chronicle Σύνοψις Ἱστοριῶν/Synopsis Historion/The Synopsis of Histories. Its original was written at the end of the eleventh century, but this illustrated copy was produced during the twelfth century in Norman Sicily.z Nowadays, the latter is within The National Library of Spain in Madrid and is known as Madrid Skylitzes (or by its official name Codex Græcus Matritensis Ioannis Skyllitzes).
Date:
15 November 2025, 11:00
Venue:
Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens OX2 6QA
Venue Details:
Lodge Seminar Room
Speaker:
Prof. Elena Ene Draghici-Vasilescu (Wolfson College, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
elena_vasilescu@yahoo.co.uk
Booking required?:
Not required
Cost:
£12
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Peter Ells
