К вопросу о византийских рукописных центрах конца XI в. на примере иллюстрированных рукописей литургических Гомилий Григория Назианзина

Abstract

Most of the Greek illustrated manuscripts of the sixteen liturgical homilies of Gregory of Nazianze were produced in the second half of the XI – early XII century, i.e. in the period, which can be considered as the golden age of the Byzantine manuscript illumination. Some codices created in the last quarter of the XI century reveal similarities in the layout and paleography as well as in the iconography and style of the miniatures. But their interrelation is of somewhat intricate character: those close in the artistic style are sometimes written in various types of minuscule (like Moscow, State Historical Museum, Syn. gr. 61 and Turin, Univ. Lib. C.I.6); at the same time, there is a group of manuscripts attributed to the same scribe by F. D’Aiuto (Vat. gr. 1947, Selden. B. 54; Biblioteca Ambrosiana, G88sup., gr. 416), decorated by the cycles of miniatures, which have almost nothing in common. However, few cases of resemblance of the manuscripts both in script and iconography and style of miniatures can be pointed out (for instance, BN, Coislin 239; Mount Athos, Panteleimon, cod. 6). In whole, it may be admitted that in late XI century Constantinople at least one workshop or scriptorium existed, the significant part of whose production were luxurious illuminated manuscripts of the sixteen liturgical homilies of Gregory of Nazianze.