New epigraphic evidence from Mani. The Kaphiona epigrams
Abstract
The article deals with the analytical presentation and suggests a preliminary best possible restoration of two epigrams in the church of Hagioi Theodoroi, Kaphiona, in Mesa Mani. The epigrams constitute rare examples of inscriptions in verse surviving today in the region. Their condition is poor; the text is considerably mutilated and certain of the survived parts appear quite faded. However, close examination and scrutiny from epigraphic and palaeographic point of view prove them aesthetically sound and intellectually erudite scripts, which furthermore add to our historical
knowledge and provide material for the literacy assessment of the Byzantine Maine, during the post Frankish period. The associated historic data point to the dating of both the inscriptions to the summer of 1264.
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KATSAFADOS (Παναγιώτης Στ. ΚΑΤΣΑΦΑΔΟΣ) P. S. (2017). New epigraphic evidence from Mani. The Kaphiona epigrams. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 38, 287–310. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.14229
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