To Date and Not to Date: On the Date and Status of Byzantine Law BooksScientific reserach implies progress. Sometimes, however, progress merely consists of a step back to the past, as in the case of the dating of the Prochiron, one of the Byzantine law books dealt with in this study. Recently, progress seemed to imply that the Prochiron had been issued by Leo the Wise in the year 907. This book sets out to show that the Prochiron was promulgated by Basil the Macedonian in the years 870-879, thus confirming the view of Karl Eduard Zachariä von Lingenthal, one of the first scholars who paved a way in the 'ungodly jumble' of Byzantine law books. Of course, the present study does not exclusively deal with the dating of law books: their status appeared to be inextricably bound up with their dating. Moreover, recent research has come up with results that shed new light on the Basilica and the Novels of Leo the Wise. Reason enough to investigate Leo's legislative intentions..... To date and not to date, that is the issue in the realm of Byzantine legal history. |
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Arethas Arethas's Basil Basil the Macedonian Basilica Basilica-preface Burgmann Burgmann/Fögen/Schminck/Simon Byzantine chapter Collection of Novels compilation of laws Constantine Constantine VII Constantinople contains dating Delineatio dispositio Eisagoge emperor Florilegium Ambrosianum Fögen fourth marriage Frömmigkeit ziere George the Monk Goria Grumel Heimbach iconoclasm Inhalt und Bedeutung intitulatio John Skylitzes Justinian Justinian's legislation Karlin-Hayter Laudianus law book Leo the Wise Leo VI's Legislation Leo's Novels Leon manuscript marriage Mortreuil Noailles/Dain Oikonomides Paris Parisinus passage passim patriarch Photian Schism Photios phrase Pieler Praefatio preface Proch Prochiron promulgated purification Rechtsliteratur refer Repertorium rubric Scheltema Scheltema/Van der Wal Schminck scholia scholiast scholion scribe scriptum minus sixty books Skylitzes source-reference Studien titles TOû Troianos uncial Vita Basilii Vita Euthymii Wal/Lokin Zachariä von Lingenthal Zepos ziere das Werk δὲ εἰς ἐν ἡμῶν καὶ τὰ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ