Antistoecharium Vaticanum r (Vatic. gr. 23)

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Dimitrios Papanikolaou (University of Democritus)

Ed. by Sophia Papaioannou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.7.1.01: Byzantine Writing and culture, 476-1453.
Vol. editors: Vaios Liapis (Open University of Cyprus)

Domains

Lexicology and Lexicography

Dates

Date of occurrence c.1200- c.1400

Places

Roman Greece& Asia Minor (Location)

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A medieval Greek orthographical lexicon, which is preserved mutilated in only one manuscript deposited in the Vatican Library (Vaticanus graecus 23). [See description of the manuscript in Mercati and Franchi de Cavalieri 1923: 22.] Its compiler(s) and date are at present unknown. Only segments of it have been published so far (Reitzenstein 1892: 8-15; with further discussion and citations in Schneider 1999: 526-572).

An important issue concerning the Antistoecharium Vaticanum (from now on: AV) is the issue of its sources. It had been observed since Reitzenstein (1892: 9) that the AV utilises most probably Hesychius and at least another unknown orthographical and etymological source; another point of interest was the congruence of some observations with those of Theognostus. [On this

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Citation: Papanikolaou, Dimitrios. "Antistoecharium Vaticanum r (Vatic. gr. 23)". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 February 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19559, accessed 22 November 2024.]