An Orthodox festival book in the Habsburg Empire; Zaharije Orfelin's Festive greeting to Mojsej Putnik (1757).075465611X An Orthodox festival book in the Habsburg Empire; Zaharije Orfelin's Festive fes·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival. 2. Merry; joyous: a festive party. greeting to Mojsej Putnik (1757). Todorovic, Jelena. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2006 219 pages $99.95 Hardcover BX713 The panegyric panegyric Eulogistic oration or laudatory discourse. The panegyric originally was a speech delivered at an ancient Greek general assembly (panegyris), such as the Olympic and Panathenaic festivals. was composed when Orthodoxy or·tho·dox·y n. pl. or·tho·dox·ies 1. The quality or state of being orthodox. 2. Orthodox practice, custom, or belief. 3. Orthodoxy a. was a marginalized religion within the Hapsburg territories, says Todorovic (fine arts and scene design, U. of the Arts, Belgrade, Serbia), and the manuscript is one of the few preserved comprehensive descriptions of a festival from that time and place. She analyzes it from the perspective of art history, but also as an element in the cultural history of Serbia One of the first Serbian states, Raška, was founded in the first half of the 7th century on Byzantine territory by the Unknown Archont, the founder of the House of Vlastimirović; it evolved into the Serbian Empire under the House of Nemanjić. and the Eastern Orthodox Church. A transcription and a translation of the text, and black-and-white reproductions of the illustrations. The festival itself was never performed. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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