The Serbian Tradition of George Glabas’s Homily to the Holy and Great Paraskeve (Good Friday)

Summary: 

The manuscript tradition of George Glabas’s work (mid-14th century), Homily to the Holy and Great Paraskeve, is of particular interest. The homily is known to us not only from the Greek original text but also from its Old Slavic translation (which is transmitted by perhaps more than five manuscripts in a Serbian version). The Greek text is preserved in two manuscripts. The comparison of the text of the Slavic translation with the Greek original confirms readings and helps with the establishment of some passages in the Greek text.

Angeliki Delikari (Thessaloniki, Greece)

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