| Contents | The miscellany contains homilies of St. John Chrysostom, Cyril of
Jerusalem, Atanasios of Alexandria, Gregory of Neo Caesarea, Basil of
Seleucia, Simeon Metaphrastes, patriarch Germanos I, etc. Apart from that
the Panegyrikon the MS contains interesting texts of Bulgarian and Balkan
Slavic literacy, such as some works of Gregory Tsamblak (Enkomion on St.
Demetrios of Thessaloniki and the Life of Stefan of Dečani), and works of
patriarch Euthymios of Tărnovo (Enkomion on SS. Constantine and Helena,
Enkomion on Kiriakia the Martyress, Letter to Nicodemos of Tismana, Letter
to Cyprianos and Letter to Antymos, archbishop of Ugro-Walachia, the Life of
St. John of Rila supplemented by the autograph of the so-called Rila story,
describing the translation of the saint's relics from Tărnovo to Rila
monastery. The Translatio contains a detailed account on the historical
circumstances preceding the event: the reestablishment of Rila monastery,
the battle of Čirmen (1371), the role of the widowed sultan wife Mariya
Branković, etc. The Rila story is critically published by Христова 1996:
165-177. Vladislav the Grammarian added yet another text about the Rila
hermit - The life with a small enkomion on St. John of Rila by Demetrios
Kantakouzenos. There are included two more vitae created in the 14th c. -
Life of St. Gregory Sinaites and Life of St. Theodosios of Tărnovo by
Patriarch Kallistos. Two texts are devoted to the holy brothers Cyril and
Methodios - Life of St. Constantine-Cyril the Philosopher and the Enkomion
on St. Cyril and St. Methodios. Among the text preserved in a sole copy is
the Enkomion on St. Philothea Temniška by Joasaph of Bdin. Thanks to its
specific contents the Panegyrikon is often described as a unique anthology
of rare translations of Byzantine works and Old and Middle Bulgarian
original texts. |
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