Some Notes on the Life and Works of Maxim the Greek (Michael Trivolis, ca 1470 – Maksim Grek, 1555/1556)

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“…The second, on the life of Maximus the Greek, is presented through different sources in a reconstructive attempt to provide a full picture of his biographical destiny. The first that have to be mentioned are the hagiographic Russian sources from the beginning of the seventeenth century, followed by secondary sources authored by scholars from Russia [10,11], Italy [12], Slovenia [13,14], etc. The seminal analysis in terms of synthetic recognition between the three different historical personalities was made by French scholar Elie Denissoff [15] during the Second World War (1943).…”

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“…B) three personal collections of manuscripts of St Maximus the Greek that he collected by his own hand. The enigmatic question remains until nowadays: His own Slavonic idiolect (how could be properly understood) [31] Plus: although there are written documents (correspondence, copied manuscript, epigrams, short poems, liturgical poems, epitaphs, notes in marginalia od manuscripts) in Greek, and some notes even in Latin, no single page in Old Church Slavonic and fully written with his hand survived until today.…”

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Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) and St Maximus the Greek (1470–1556): Two Authors on the Edge of Two Epochs (Pre-case Biographical studies for the Comparison of the Author’s Creative Vision – The Triangle Composition)

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2024

Biographical Data in a Digital World 2022

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Dealing with two complex and decisive authors that have been important for humanistic encounters, the research in this paper presents an in-depth study of two attempts at biographies. With two different methodological approaches to the life and work of the poet Dante Alighieri and the humanist and theologian St Maximus the Greek, we introduce the complexity of the author's creative process as well as of the historical moment of the period when each lived. We also addressed the problem of the valuation of the Medieval and Renaissance period, because we considered the presented authors to be valid examples for the beginning of the new era of thinking in the history and culture of mankind. Further, the article seeks a precise graphic solution for visualizing the relationship between the creative process and the biographical data. Moreover, for deeper understanding of the theologically inspired and conducted poetic works of the authors, a triangle structure is proposed within which the basic idea of the authors' will and their artistic vision could be expressed.

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Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) and St Maximus the Greek (1470–1556): Two Authors on the Edge of Two Epochs (Pre-case Biographical studies for the Comparison of the Author’s Creative Vision – The Triangle Composition)

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2024

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Hagiografski vir poetičnega navdiha (primer sv. Agnese in sv. Marije Egiptovske)

Zajc

2023

Hagiografija v Luči Sodobnih Raziskav

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V prispevku sta sopostavljena dva primera iz zgodnje krščanske hagiografije (sv. Agnesa, sv. Marija Egiptovska), ki predstavljata odraz zahodne in vzhodne različice pričevanja o mučencih – svetnikih. Ob podrobnostih osnovnih biografskih zgodb in hagiografskega izročila so osvetljene zgodovinske okoliščine nastajanja svetniškega cikla. Obe mučenki sta zgledni tipološki predstavnici ženske krščanske hagiografije, ki je redkejše, ekskluzivno področje tovrstne obravnave. Poleg tega njuna sopostavitev prinaša tudi soočenje vzhodne in zahodne krščanske tradicije, pri čemer je opazna vzhodna skrb za ohranjanje hagiografskega gradiva, ki je celo prešel v liturgično rabo in s tem ostaja v nenehni (sedanji) zavesti vernikov. Obe mučenki, ki jima je tudi deloma skupno motivno-tematsko ogrodje hagiografij, pa sta predvsem navdihovali tako zahodne kot vzhodne cerkvene očete, menihe in teološke pisce.

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The Byzantine-Poetic Path of the Works of St. Maximus the Greek (Mikhail Trivolis, *Arta, ca. 1470 – St. Maximus the Greek, †Moscow, 1556)

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2018

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Maximus the Greek has been frequently misunderstood because of his individual use of the Slavic language. Born as Mikhail Trivolis in the Greek town of Arta, he received his humanist education in North Italy, particularly in Florence and Venice, where he was engaged in the process of the first editions of printed books and where he would constantly deal with manuscript samples. His original, authorial work, as preserved in his manuscripts, reflects his awareness of firm Orthodox theology and at the same time a special attention to grammatical rules. The paper shows how his use of the (Slavic) language was at all times intentional and at the same time profoundly influenced by the metrical rules of liturgical emphasis. Through such attitude, Maximus the Greek managed to create his own, deeply personal language and to express the complexity of Byzantine patristic, hagiographic and iconographic issues. Finally, he successfully established his Orthodox theological system, significantly marked with the poetic effect that strongly inspired his theological works.

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Some Notes on the Life and Works of Maxim the Greek (Michael Trivolis, ca 1470 – Maksim Grek, 1555/1556)

Abstract: The Old Church Slavonic language that Maxim the Greek used in his translated and original works was in many respects shaped by his theological views. Therefore, his specific use of the language was intentional.

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Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) and St Maximus the Greek (1470–1556): Two Authors on the Edge of Two Epochs (Pre-case Biographical studies for the Comparison of the Author’s Creative Vision – The Triangle Composition)

Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) and St Maximus the Greek (1470–1556): Two Authors on the Edge of Two Epochs (Pre-case Biographical studies for the Comparison of the Author’s Creative Vision – The Triangle Composition)

Hagiografski vir poetičnega navdiha (primer sv. Agnese in sv. Marije Egiptovske)

The Byzantine-Poetic Path of the Works of St. Maximus the Greek (Mikhail Trivolis, *Arta, ca. 1470 – St. Maximus the Greek, †Moscow, 1556)

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