Ещё раз об usus verborum Максима Грека и о методе его исследования, на основе лексики монастырских служений
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2026
abstract:
In Maximus the Greek's lexical use in his works composed in Church Slavonic we can see a constant focus on the Greek language, including its lexical baggage. A group of lemmas in Poslanie moskovskomu velikomu knjazju Vasiliju III ob afonskich monastyrjach (Letter to the Grand Prince of Moscow Vasilij III on the monasteries of Mount Athos), defining the eight main monastic services that order the life of the cenobia on the Holy Mountain, is of interest in this context.
The essay aims to contextualise the use of the aforementioned words within the framework of the more general consideration for the Greek language manifested in the author's writings, investigating their circulation in the Church Slavonic literacy prior to the Athonite monk's works, in order to establish whether their appearance in the text under analysis is to be considered innovative and in what a sense, and verifying the survival of the entries in the literature of the mid-16th to mid-18th century. Particular attention is devoted to the presence of words in the azbukovniki (abbecedari) of the mid- to late-16th century, confirming the lexical enrichment of Slavonic implemented by Maximus. In the second instance, the aim of the investigation is to advance the methodology of analysing the author's lexicon, including verifying the usefulness of the portal oldlexicons.ru (http://oldlexicons.ru).
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Maximus the Greek, Church Slavonic, lexical analysis, monastic services, lexical innovations in Church Slavonic
List of contributors:
Ferro, Maria Chiara
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