090029 VO Daily Life, Liturgy and Manuscripts: The Study of Byzantine Prayer Books (Euchologia) (2024S)

Examination: Written examination (100%).This will take form of a short essay (1500 to 3000 words) in response to an exam question. Your answer will be based on the content of the lecture and material on moodle, augmented by your own readings.

Your work must be submitted to the instructor by e-mail on the date of the examination, before midnight (Prüfungsdatum).

The exam question will be communicated on Moodle two weeks prior to the exam date.

Exam dates (submission dates): 25 June, 14 October, 25 November, 9 December 2024

You must register for the exam date of your choice.

Minimum requirements: Basic familiarity with the material covered in the course

Content of examination: Course content and recommended readings

Language of instruction: English

Recommended Readings:
Website of the Vienna Euchologia Project with links to online publications: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/imafo/research/byzantine-research/communities-and-landscapes/euchologia-project
Arranz, M., Les grandes étapes de la liturgie byzantine: Palestine Byzance Russie. Essai d’aperçu historique, in: Liturgie de l’Église particulière et liturgie de l’église universelle, Bibliotheca Ephemerides Liturgicae, Subsidia 7 (Rome, 1976), 43-72
Baun, J., Coming of Age in Byzantium: Agency and Authority in Rites of Passage from Infancy to Adulthood, in: Authority in Byzantium, ed. P. Armstrong (Farnham, 2013), 113-35
Dmitrievskij, A. A., Opisanie liturgitseskich rukopisej, Bd. 2: Euchologia (Kiev, 1901, Nachdruck Hildesheim 1965)
Goar, J., Euchologion, sive rituale Graecorum (Venice, 1730, repr. Graz, 1960).
Parenti, S., L’euchologio manoscritto Gamma beta IV della Biblioteca di Grottaferrata (Rome, 1994)
Velkovska, E., Byzantine Liturgical Books, in: Handbook for Liturgical Studies, vol. 1: Introduction to the Liturgy, ed. A. J. Chupungco, OSB (Collegeville, Minn., 2001), 225-40