Bulgaria Mediaevalis 2/2011

Studies in honorem of Professor Vassil Gjuzelev

In the light of a proposal on behalf of the Advisory Board members, the present second volume of Bulgaria Mediaevalis celebrates the 75th anniversary of Professor Vassil Gjuzelev, whose major role in the the organization, direction and successful carrying out of the 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies in Sofia, having taken place from 22nd to 27th of August 2011, is not simply undisputable, but is also hugely acclaimed. Throughout his over half a century-long outstanding academic and scientific activity he implemented useful and prolific work consecrated to the advancement of the Byzantine Studies on both domestic and international soil. The number of the events and initiatives which he has inspired and arranged is difficult to measure. A series of periodides and symposia have been issued thanks to his efforts or under his guidance in the proceedings. His erudition, rigorous scholarship and devotion to Medieval Studies together with his never-ending willingness to assists others in their research have marked his entire professional life making him an inspiration to several generations of historians.

The invitation of writing papers in Professor Vassil Gjuzelev's honour has been responded to by 50 byzantinists and medievalists from 13 countries (including Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA). Their scientific contributions, covering a broad range of topics, have been grouped into two principal sections - Fontes and Studia. It is with great delight to be announced that in their vast majority, they correspond with the subject areas relevant to the honorees research fields of study.

СЪДЪРЖАНИЕ

List of abbreviations IX

Editorial note XV

Fontes

Johannes Koder

Uberlegungen zur landlichen Siedlungsterminologie der Byzantiner,

insbesondere zu chorion, kome und verwandten Termini

Erich Trapp

Gold und Silber. Parallelen im griechischen Wortschatz, eine vergleichende

Betrachtung

Salvatore Cosentino

Sul transito dei soldati (in merito a lust. Nov. CXXX)

Angel Nikolov

Khan Krum in the Byzantine tradition: terrible rumours, misinformation

and political propaganda

SverrirJakobsson

Mission miscarried: the narrators of the ninth-century missions to Scandinavia

and Central Europe

Sergei Mariev

Echi delle teorie ottiche antiche nelle Omelie di Fozio

Werner Seibt

Drei problematische Siegel mit Bulgarien-Bezug Иван Йорданов

Печати на Симеон, василевс на ромеите (?-927)

Peter Frankopan

1 lth-century military seals from Bulgaria: some suggestions

Alexandra Wassiliou-Seibt

Die Neffen des Patriarchen Michael I. Kerullarios (1043-1058) und ihre

Siegel. Ikonographie als Ausdrucksmittel der Verwandtschaft

Raimondo Tocci

Zur Uberlieferung der sogenannten Epitome des Ioannes Kinnamos

Kiril Nenov

The Black Sea region according to an anonymous Pisan geography

Силвия Аризанова

Венециански и генуезки документи като извор за облеклото на българите

през ХIII-ХIVв.

Frederick Lauritzen

Bessarion's political thought: the Encomium to Trebizond

Andreas Rhoby

Zu den Inschriften aufden byzantinischen uhd postbyzantinischen Ikonen

von Nesebar

Peter Schreiner

Nugae byzantino-bulgaricae

Antonio Rigo

Marco Eugenico autore е lettore di opere spirituali

Andreas Kulzer

«... la citi de Visoi qui moult estoit bone et fort». Zur Geschichte der

ostthrakischen Stadt Vize/Bizye in byzantinischer Zeit

Peter Soustal

Melenikitsion, das Heine Melnik bei Serres

Laura Balletto

Con una navis genovese da CafFa a Pera е a Chio nel 1472

Владимир Ангелов

Сведения за Венеция и Генуа в съчинението на Лаоник Халкокондил

Snezhana Rakova

Constantinople et ses lieux sacres au debut du 16e siecle (vus par les Venitiens)

Пенка Данова

„За България и нейните владетели" (1623 г.) на Джовани Николо

Дольони Василка Тъпкова-Заимова-Маргарет Димитрова

Свети-Димитровски текст, намерен в Бачковския манастир

Stadia

Herwig Wolfram

Wie viele Volker sind in einem Volk?

Daniel Ziemann

Between authoritarianism and consensus: domination and the role of nobility

in the First Bulgarian realm (7th-late 9th century)

Panos Sophoulis

Containing the Bulgar threat: Byzantium's search for an ally in the former Avar

territories in the Early Middle Ages

Petar Angelov

The Man of the West through the eyes of medieval BulgariansМирослав Й. Лешка

Политиката на княз Симеон спрямо ограбването на Солун от арабите

през 904 г.

Милиянл Каймакамова

Константин Преславски и българската историческа култура в края на

IX-началото на X в.

Kiryl Marinow

Hemos comme barriere militaire. L'analyse des ecrits historiques de Leon le

Diacre et de Jean Skylitzes au sujet de la campagne de guerre des empereurs

byzantins Nicephore II Phocas en 967 et de Jean I Tzymisces en 971

Sashka Georgieva

The first Hungarian princess in mediaeval Bulgaria

Paul Meinrad Strassle

Kriegfuhrung und Raum in Byzanz: Strategie und Taktik bei Kleidion 1014

Eric Limousin

Michel Psellos et la Bulgarie Илия Илиев

Един епизод от догматичните спорове между църквите на

Константинопол и Рим

Jonathan Shepard

Byzantine emperors, imperial ideology and the fact of Bulgaria

Lyuba Ilieva

Bulgarian contribution to the economics and culture of the Byzantine Empire.

Bulgarian territories in the end of 11 th-12th centuries

Ovidiu Cristea

Une «blague sicilienne»: Suprematie maritime et prestige dans la

Mediterrane'e au Xlle siecle

Sandra Origone

Travels from Peloponnesus to the Black Sea

Francesco Dall'Aglio

Shifting capitals and shifting identities: Pliska, Preslav, Tarnovo and the

self-perception of a medieval nation

Ian S. R. Mladjov

The Bulgarian prince and would-be emperor Lodovico

Красимир Кръстев

Дипломатически отношения между Българското царство и Египет

през XIV .

KIRIL PETKOV

Crusade, hybridity, and self-identity: Leontios Makhairas and the feudal

order of late medieval Cyprus

Dimitar V. Dimitrov

The everyday life of a western European noble on the Bulgarian Black Sea

coast: the case of the Green Count

Ekaterini Mitsiou

The monastery of Sosandra: a contribution to its history, dedication and

localisation Elena Kostova

Constantine Dragas" and his principality. According to unpublished source

material from the archives of the Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos

Cyril Pavlikianov

The Athonite Slav Eusebios and his enigmatic noble ancestors

Dan Ioan Muresan

Zographou et la transmission de l'idee imperiale bulgare en Moldavie

Mihailo St. Popovic:

New insights into the history of Balkan fairs in the historical region of

Macedonia (13th-19th centuries)

Bibliographia

Publications of Vassil Gjuzelev: addenda (2006-2011) (G. N. Nikolov)