Browsing by Author "Brzozowska, Zofia A."

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    Jeden z herezjarchów? Przedstawienia ikonograficzne Mahometa w rękopisie Рнб, f.IV.151 w kontekście staroruskich narracji na jego temat
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2018) Brzozowska, Zofia A.
    The РНБ, F.IV.151 manuscript is the third volume of a richly illustrated his­toriographical compilation (so-called Лицевой летописный свод – Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible), which was prepared in one copy for tsar Ivan IV the Terrible in 1568-1576 and represents the development of the Russian state on the broad background of universal history. The aforementioned manuscript, which contains a description of the history of the Roman Empire and then the Byzantine Empire between the seventies of the 1st century A.D and 919, includes also an extensive sequence devoted to Muhammad (Ѡ Бохмите еретицѣ), derived from the Old Church Slavonic translation of the chronicle by George the Monk (Hamartolus). It is accompanied by two miniatures showing the representation of the founder of Islam. He was shown in an almost identical manner as the creators of earlier heterodox trends, such as Arius or Nestorius. These images therefore become a part of the tendency to perceive Muhammad as a heresiarch, a false pro­phet, and the religion he created as one of the heresies within Christianity, which is also typical of the Old Russian literature.
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    „Ozdobiona wszelkimi cnotami” cesarska siostra Pulcheria i „roztropna” cesarzowa Atenais-Eudocja – co o epoce Teodozjusza II wiedzieli Słowianie prawosławni w średniowieczu?
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2023) Brzozowska, Zofia A.; Leszka, Mirosław J.
    Obraz cesarstwa bizantyńskiego w połowie V w. i wizerunek władających nim osób w piśmiennictwie staroruskim ukształtował się na bazie stworzonych na Bałkanach przekładów cerkiewnosłowiańskich dzieł trzech historyków bizantyńskich: Jana Malalasa (VI w.), Jerzego Mnicha zw. Hamartolosem (IX w.) i Konstantyna Manassesa (XII w.). Wykorzystywanie ich przekazów przez autorów chronografów nawet w drugiej połowie XVI w. świadczy o wyjątkowej żywotności historiografii bizantyńskiej i swoistej ponadczasowości utworów wspomnianych dziejopisów. Trzeba jednak zauważyć, iż Pulcheria, Teodozjusz II, Atenais-Eudocja i Marcjan nie przykuwali uwagi staroruskich historiografów tylko jako osoby mające realny wpływ na bieg wydarzeń w przeszłości. Słowianie prawosławni schyłku średniowiecza postrzegali połowę V w. przede wszystkim jako epokę wielkich sporów o naturę Chrystusa, zakończonych zwołaniem soborów ekumenicznych w Efezie (431 r.) i Chalcedonie (451 r.). Niektórzy zaangażowani w kontrowersje teologiczne swego czasu cesarze i cesarzowe byli na obszarze Slavia Orthodoxa czczeni jako święci. Analiza staroruskich chronografów z XIV–XVI w. pozwala przypuścić, że hagiografia oddziaływała na kreowanie wizerunków tego rodzaju postaci w historiografii. By zrekonstruować całościowy obraz Pulcherii i Atenais-Eudocji w literaturze staroruskiej należałoby zatem przebadać też poświęcone im teksty hagiograficzne. The image of the Byzantine Empire in the mid-fifth century and the perception of its rulers in the Old Rus’ writing was formed on the basis of the Orthodox Slavonic translations created in the Balkans of the works of three Byzantine historians: John Malalas (sixth century), George the Monk called Hamartolos (ninth century), and Constantine Manasses (twelfth century). The use of their accounts by the authors of chronicles, even in the second half of the 16th century, testifies to the exceptional longevity of Byzantine historiography and the peculiar timelessness of the works of the aforementioned historians. It should be noted, however, that Pulcheria, Theodosius II, Athenais-Eudocia and Marcian did not only attract the attention of Old Rus’ historiographers as persons with real influence on the course of events in the past. Orthodox Slavs of the late Middle Ages viewed the mid-fifth century primarily as the era of the great disputes over the nature of Christ, culminating in the convening of the ecumenical councils of Ephesus (431) and Chalcedon (451). Some of the emperors and empresses involved in the theological controversies of their time were venerated as saints in the realm of Slavia Orthodoxa. Analysis of the Old Rus’ chronicles from the 14th-16th centuries allows us to assume that hagiography influenced the creation of the images of such figures in historiography. In order to reconstruct the overall image of Pulcheria and Athenais-Eudokia in Old Rus’ literature, it would therefore be necessary to examine the hagiographic texts dedicated to them.
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    The Qur’ān in Medieval Slavic Writings. Fragmentary Translations and Transmission Traces
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2022) Brzozowska, Zofia A.; Leszka, Mirosław J.
    The Qur’ān was never translated into Church Slavic in its entirety; still, in the writings of some mediaeval Christian authors (Byzantine and Latin) quite extensive quotations and borrowings from it can be found. Many of these texts were transmitted in the Slavia Orthodoxa area. The aim of this article is to present the Church Slavic literary sources which contain quotations from the Qur’ān. The analysis covers Slavic transla­tions of Byzantine and Latin authors as well as original texts of Slavic provenance. The main conclusion of the research is that only ca. 2% of the text of the Qur’ān has been preserved in the Church Slavic material.