The Usage of Scriptural Nativity Motifs in Early Greek and Slavonic Hymnography

• Authors: Enrique Santos Marinas

Abstracts

EN

In this article I will make a survey of the usage of the main nativity motifs that can be found in early Greek and Slavonic hymnography, such as the kata stichon hymns. Moreover, I will compare them with the nativity motifs that are mentioned in several works belonging to the homiletic literature, such as Pseudo-Chrysostom’s sermon known as In illud, Memor fui Dei, et delectatus sum or St. Proclus’ Oratio in natalem diem Domini, as well as with the apocryphal Gospels and Infancy Gospels. In this way, we can have an idea of the mutual references that are made between all those works, and of the different usage that they show.

Keywords

EN

kata stichon hymns; Book of Hours; homiletic literature; Apocryphal Gospels; Nativity Motifs

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Studia Ceranea
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 13
• Pages: 681-694

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Enrique Santos Marinas

• Complutense University of Madrid, Faculty of Philology

• https://orcid.org/0000000184530014

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/2084-140X.13.37

Biblioteka Nauki

31337296