By HyperidesEdited and translated by Judson Herrman (NHC Fellow, 2006–07) Hyperides' Funeral Oration is arguably the most important surviving example of the genre from classical Greece. The speech stands apart from other funeral orations (epitaphioi) in a few key respects. First, we have the actual text as it was delivered in Athens (the other speeches, with the … Continued
Edited by Maria Georgopoulou (NHC Fellow, 2010–11) and Irini Solomonidi The New Griffon volume 12 seeks to highlight several discoveries in a variety of areas and time periods: Father Konstantinos Terzopoulos explores 16 manuscripts of Byzantine chant; Leonora Navari presents the published works of Cardinal Bessarion, one of the heroes of Joannes Gennadius because of his … Continued
Edited by Michael A. Lofaro (NHC Fellow, 1980–81) Southern Manuscript Sermons before 1800 is the first guide to the study of the manuscript sermon literature of the Southern colonies/states of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The bibliography contains entries for over 1,600 sermons by over a hundred ministers affiliated with eight denominations. The … Continued
Edited by Paul E. Szarmach (NHC Fellow, 1981–82) Old English prose before the late tenth century is examined in this collection of hitherto unpublished essays. Using a variety of techniques, the authors explore well-known and lesser-known texts in search of a better understanding of why, how, and by whom the manuscripts were produced. Part I … Continued
By Samuel Taylor ColeridgeEdited by Carl Woodring (NHC Fellow, 1987–88) Coleridge’s nephew, son-in-law, and first editor, Henry Nelson Coleridge, began at the end of 1822 a record of Coleridge’s remarks as a way of preparing an anthology of the interests and thought of the great poet and critic. His manuscripts, gathered to form the major … Continued
By Padraig A. Breatnach (NHC Fellow, 2000–01) Led by Brother Míchél Ó Cléirigh, O.F.M., the Four Masters worked together between 1630 and 1636 to compile a series of historical tracts and records that are among the most important Irish writings from any century. No part of these productions was destined to appear in print in … Continued
By Barbara A. Hanawalt (NHC Fellow, 1997–98) A brisk narrative of battles and plagues, monastic orders, heroic women, and knights-errant, barbaric tortures and tender romance, intrigue, scandals, and conquest, The Middle Ages: An Illustrated History mixes a spirited and entertaining writing style with exquisite, thorough scholarship. Barbara A. Hanawalt, a renowned medievalist, launches her story with the … Continued
Edited by M. W. Haslam (NHC Fellow, 1994–95) Known in the Dynastic period as Per-medjed, Oxyrhynchus (City of the Sharp-nosed Fish) rose to prominence under Egypt's Hellenistic and Roman rulers. It was a prosperous regional capital, reckoned the third city of Egypt, lying roughly 300km south of Alexandria. In 1896-97 two British archaeologists began to dig around … Continued
By Robert S. Nelson (NHC Fellow, 1986–87) Because Greek manuscripts are essential sources for the history of Byzantine civilization, they have long been incorporated into the scholary narratives of diverse disciplines, ranging from philology and palaeolography to art history. The present study seeks to situate such objects within a different context, that of their manufacture, … Continued