Gottfried Semper (1803–1879) left behind a voluminous legacy of architectural-theory writings. The manner, in his works, in which he analysed architecture from a cultural-historical perspective as the key discipline in human artistry continues to exert a deep fascination up until today. The "London Writings" make available previously unpublished or little-known texts originating during Semper's exile in London (1850–1855) in a critical and commented edition, including in their original wordings. Swayed by his impressions of the first Great Exhibition of 1851 and as a lecturer at the Department of Practical Art, it was in London that Semper laid the foundations for his theoretical magnum opus "Der Stil" (Style, 1860/63). He counterpoised the phenomena of the globalised flow of merchandise and a globalisation of knowledge that he observed with his thoughts on the global development of architectural culture in all its manifold material, social and political conditions. The edition is the outcome of a joint SNSF research project between the Institute for History and Theory of Art and Architecture (ISA) at the Università della Svizzera italiana and the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at ETH Zurich.
From the 14th century to the first two decades of the 16th century, vast historical urban expansion took place in Emilia-Romagna, mainly due to offensives by lords and the reassertion of pontifical prerogatives. The aim of the paper is to analyze the evolution of the way history is told by chroniclers as well as their sensibilities. For this, we focused on seventy chronicles written in Rimini, Cesena, Forli, Bologna, Modena, Reggio-Emilia and Ferrara. First, the authors, the outline of the texts and their evolution are presented. Then the paper sheds light on the political stakes behind the original stories. Subsequently, the geographical location of the chroniclers is considered to analyze their points of view on their cities and, more widely, on the world. Images lead to other considerations: messages of the drawings inserted in the manuscripts, margin iconography, visual communication in the city, and icons of the power. Analysis of the descriptions of power holders gives an overview of the chroniclers' criticisms and praises. Finally we reveal how the city and the societies in transformation are evoked in the 15th and 16th centuries. ; L'Émilie-Romagne, entre offensives seigneuriales et réaffirmation des prérogatives pontificales, connaît une abondante production historique citadine du XIVe siècle aux deux premières décennies du XVIe siècle. La transformation de l'écriture de l'histoire et la sensibilité des chroniqueurs sont analysées à partir de soixante-dix chroniques issues de Rimini, Césène, Forli, Bologne, Modène, Reggio Emilia et Ferrare.Après avoir présenté les auteurs, la forme des textes et leur évolution, l'étude expose les enjeux politiques des histoires des origines. L'espace est ensuite considéré afin de préciser le regard porté par ces chroniqueurs sur leur cité et, de là, sur l'espace régional et sur le monde. Les images ouvrent une autre dimension de la pensée des auteurs. Les messages des dessins insérés dans les manuscrits ainsi que l'iconographie des marges, la communication par l'image ...
From the 14th century to the first two decades of the 16th century, vast historical urban expansion took place in Emilia-Romagna, mainly due to offensives by lords and the reassertion of pontifical prerogatives. The aim of the paper is to analyze the evolution of the way history is told by chroniclers as well as their sensibilities. For this, we focused on seventy chronicles written in Rimini, Cesena, Forli, Bologna, Modena, Reggio-Emilia and Ferrara. First, the authors, the outline of the texts and their evolution are presented. Then the paper sheds light on the political stakes behind the original stories. Subsequently, the geographical location of the chroniclers is considered to analyze their points of view on their cities and, more widely, on the world. Images lead to other considerations: messages of the drawings inserted in the manuscripts, margin iconography, visual communication in the city, and icons of the power. Analysis of the descriptions of power holders gives an overview of the chroniclers' criticisms and praises. Finally we reveal how the city and the societies in transformation are evoked in the 15th and 16th centuries. ; L'Émilie-Romagne, entre offensives seigneuriales et réaffirmation des prérogatives pontificales, connaît une abondante production historique citadine du XIVe siècle aux deux premières décennies du XVIe siècle. La transformation de l'écriture de l'histoire et la sensibilité des chroniqueurs sont analysées à partir de soixante-dix chroniques issues de Rimini, Césène, Forli, Bologne, Modène, Reggio Emilia et Ferrare.Après avoir présenté les auteurs, la forme des textes et leur évolution, l'étude expose les enjeux politiques des histoires des origines. L'espace est ensuite considéré afin de préciser le regard porté par ces chroniqueurs sur leur cité et, de là, sur l'espace régional et sur le monde. Les images ouvrent une autre dimension de la pensée des auteurs. Les messages des dessins insérés dans les manuscrits ainsi que l'iconographie des marges, la communication par l'image dans la ville et les icônes du pouvoir sont ainsi interprétés. L'analyse du discours tenu sur les hommes de pouvoir complète l'approche permettant d'appréhender les clichés, les critiques et les représentations des auteurs. Les manifestations du pouvoir viennent clore l'étude. L'évocation de la ville et de la société par les chroniqueurs écrivant entre la fin du XVe siècle et le XVIe siècle, est abordée pour finir. ; L'Emilia Romagna, tra offensive delle signorie e riaffermazione delle prerogative pontifice, conosce una abbondante produzione storica cittadina dal XIV secolo fino ai primi due decenni del XVI secolo. La trasformazione della scrittura della storia e la sensibilità dei cronisti sono analizzati a partire dalle settanta cronache redatte a Rimini, a Cesena, Forlì, Bologna, Modena, Reggio Emilia e Ferrara. Dopo aver presentato gli autori, la forma dei testi e la loro evoluzione, lo studio espone le scommesse (o poste) politiche delle storie delle origini. Lo spazio è poi considerato per precisare lo sguardo che questi cronisti rivolgono alla loro città e, di qui, sullo spazio della loro regione e sul mondo. Le immagini autorizzano inoltre altre considerazioni. Vengono interpretati i messaggi veicolati dai disegni inseriti nei manoscritti, l'iconografia dei margini, la comunicazione attraverso l'immagine nella città e le icone del potere. L'analisi del discorso tenuto sugli uomini di potere completa l'approccio permettendo di cogliere critiche e lodi dei cronisti. Viene affrontata, poi, la rievocazione della città e di una società in trasformazione fatta dagli autori che scrivono tra la fine del XV e il XVI secolo.
From the 14th century to the first two decades of the 16th century, vast historical urban expansion took place in Emilia-Romagna, mainly due to offensives by lords and the reassertion of pontifical prerogatives. The aim of the paper is to analyze the evolution of the way history is told by chroniclers as well as their sensibilities. For this, we focused on seventy chronicles written in Rimini, Cesena, Forli, Bologna, Modena, Reggio-Emilia and Ferrara. First, the authors, the outline of the texts and their evolution are presented. Then the paper sheds light on the political stakes behind the original stories. Subsequently, the geographical location of the chroniclers is considered to analyze their points of view on their cities and, more widely, on the world. Images lead to other considerations: messages of the drawings inserted in the manuscripts, margin iconography, visual communication in the city, and icons of the power. Analysis of the descriptions of power holders gives an overview of the chroniclers' criticisms and praises. Finally we reveal how the city and the societies in transformation are evoked in the 15th and 16th centuries. ; L'Émilie-Romagne, entre offensives seigneuriales et réaffirmation des prérogatives pontificales, connaît une abondante production historique citadine du XIVe siècle aux deux premières décennies du XVIe siècle. La transformation de l'écriture de l'histoire et la sensibilité des chroniqueurs sont analysées à partir de soixante-dix chroniques issues de Rimini, Césène, Forli, Bologne, Modène, Reggio Emilia et Ferrare.Après avoir présenté les auteurs, la forme des textes et leur évolution, l'étude expose les enjeux politiques des histoires des origines. L'espace est ensuite considéré afin de préciser le regard porté par ces chroniqueurs sur leur cité et, de là, sur l'espace régional et sur le monde. Les images ouvrent une autre dimension de la pensée des auteurs. Les messages des dessins insérés dans les manuscrits ainsi que l'iconographie des marges, la communication par l'image dans la ville et les icônes du pouvoir sont ainsi interprétés. L'analyse du discours tenu sur les hommes de pouvoir complète l'approche permettant d'appréhender les clichés, les critiques et les représentations des auteurs. Les manifestations du pouvoir viennent clore l'étude. L'évocation de la ville et de la société par les chroniqueurs écrivant entre la fin du XVe siècle et le XVIe siècle, est abordée pour finir. ; L'Emilia Romagna, tra offensive delle signorie e riaffermazione delle prerogative pontifice, conosce una abbondante produzione storica cittadina dal XIV secolo fino ai primi due decenni del XVI secolo. La trasformazione della scrittura della storia e la sensibilità dei cronisti sono analizzati a partire dalle settanta cronache redatte a Rimini, a Cesena, Forlì, Bologna, Modena, Reggio Emilia e Ferrara. Dopo aver presentato gli autori, la forma dei testi e la loro evoluzione, lo studio espone le scommesse (o poste) politiche delle storie delle origini. Lo spazio è poi considerato per precisare lo sguardo che questi cronisti rivolgono alla loro città e, di qui, sullo spazio della loro regione e sul mondo. Le immagini autorizzano inoltre altre considerazioni. Vengono interpretati i messaggi veicolati dai disegni inseriti nei manoscritti, l'iconografia dei margini, la comunicazione attraverso l'immagine nella città e le icone del potere. L'analisi del discorso tenuto sugli uomini di potere completa l'approccio permettendo di cogliere critiche e lodi dei cronisti. Viene affrontata, poi, la rievocazione della città e di una società in trasformazione fatta dagli autori che scrivono tra la fine del XV e il XVI secolo.
Errata : p. 19, lg. 36 et p. 20, lg. 9 : la cote du manuscrit est BnF Eth. Abb. 152 (et non 225). Aussi, page 20, lire "1535" et non "1635" pour la date de la "dévastation de la région par les armées musulmanes". ; International audience ; A general overview of the manuscript tradition and culture in Ethiopia is followed by a description of what is here called «archives» in the Ethiopian Christian documentation. These texts, copied in the blank spaces of liturgical manuscripts, do deserve a closer attention. Therefore, the necessity of establishing a special diplomatic for the study of Ethiopian archival documents is presented. As an illustration of this necessity, comes a first description of the so called «Liber Axumae», published by C. Conti Rossini in 1909-10, which is until now the archetype of Ethiopian archives. When studying the structure of this editio princeps, one notice that it is made of a selection of documents extracted from various codices and organized according to chronological and typological a priori criteria. Examining these codices, two groups can be, at first, distinguished. One is made of the Golden Gospel of Aksum Seyon (BN Eth Abb 152). The other is made of various manuscripts amongst whom Bn Eth Abb 97 and 225, EMML 50 and Bodleian Eth. 26 (Bruce 93). Then, the historiographical and political reasons of building such a compilation of document from the 1770s' up to the late 19th c. is stressed.
Errata : p. 19, lg. 36 et p. 20, lg. 9 : la cote du manuscrit est BnF Eth. Abb. 152 (et non 225). Aussi, page 20, lire "1535" et non "1635" pour la date de la "dévastation de la région par les armées musulmanes". ; International audience ; A general overview of the manuscript tradition and culture in Ethiopia is followed by a description of what is here called «archives» in the Ethiopian Christian documentation. These texts, copied in the blank spaces of liturgical manuscripts, do deserve a closer attention. Therefore, the necessity of establishing a special diplomatic for the study of Ethiopian archival documents is presented. As an illustration of this necessity, comes a first description of the so called «Liber Axumae», published by C. Conti Rossini in 1909-10, which is until now the archetype of Ethiopian archives. When studying the structure of this editio princeps, one notice that it is made of a selection of documents extracted from various codices and organized according to chronological and typological a priori criteria. Examining these codices, two groups can be, at first, distinguished. One is made of the Golden Gospel of Aksum Seyon (BN Eth Abb 152). The other is made of various manuscripts amongst whom Bn Eth Abb 97 and 225, EMML 50 and Bodleian Eth. 26 (Bruce 93). Then, the historiographical and political reasons of building such a compilation of document from the 1770s' up to the late 19th c. is stressed.
Errata : p. 19, lg. 36 et p. 20, lg. 9 : la cote du manuscrit est BnF Eth. Abb. 152 (et non 225). Aussi, page 20, lire "1535" et non "1635" pour la date de la "dévastation de la région par les armées musulmanes". ; International audience ; A general overview of the manuscript tradition and culture in Ethiopia is followed by a description of what is here called «archives» in the Ethiopian Christian documentation. These texts, copied in the blank spaces of liturgical manuscripts, do deserve a closer attention. Therefore, the necessity of establishing a special diplomatic for the study of Ethiopian archival documents is presented. As an illustration of this necessity, comes a first description of the so called «Liber Axumae», published by C. Conti Rossini in 1909-10, which is until now the archetype of Ethiopian archives. When studying the structure of this editio princeps, one notice that it is made of a selection of documents extracted from various codices and organized according to chronological and typological a priori criteria. Examining these codices, two groups can be, at first, distinguished. One is made of the Golden Gospel of Aksum Seyon (BN Eth Abb 152). The other is made of various manuscripts amongst whom Bn Eth Abb 97 and 225, EMML 50 and Bodleian Eth. 26 (Bruce 93). Then, the historiographical and political reasons of building such a compilation of document from the 1770s' up to the late 19th c. is stressed.
Errata : p. 19, lg. 36 et p. 20, lg. 9 : la cote du manuscrit est BnF Eth. Abb. 152 (et non 225). Aussi, page 20, lire "1535" et non "1635" pour la date de la "dévastation de la région par les armées musulmanes". ; International audience ; A general overview of the manuscript tradition and culture in Ethiopia is followed by a description of what is here called «archives» in the Ethiopian Christian documentation. These texts, copied in the blank spaces of liturgical manuscripts, do deserve a closer attention. Therefore, the necessity of establishing a special diplomatic for the study of Ethiopian archival documents is presented. As an illustration of this necessity, comes a first description of the so called «Liber Axumae», published by C. Conti Rossini in 1909-10, which is until now the archetype of Ethiopian archives. When studying the structure of this editio princeps, one notice that it is made of a selection of documents extracted from various codices and organized according to chronological and typological a priori criteria. Examining these codices, two groups can be, at first, distinguished. One is made of the Golden Gospel of Aksum Seyon (BN Eth Abb 152). The other is made of various manuscripts amongst whom Bn Eth Abb 97 and 225, EMML 50 and Bodleian Eth. 26 (Bruce 93). Then, the historiographical and political reasons of building such a compilation of document from the 1770s' up to the late 19th c. is stressed.
International audience ; Knyghthod and Bataile is an English adaptation in verse of Vegetius' De re militari, written in 1459-1460 by a priest from Calais, preserved today in three manuscripts. Composed in the very troubled period of the wars of Roses, the main particularity of this adaptation of Vegetius is its strong polemical dimension – for the Lancastrians and against the Yorkists. It must be replaced not only in the field of polemical production of the period (treatises, manifestos, poems…), but also in the vast literary field of the fifteenth-century, marked by an intense reflection on the common weal of the kingdom and on the poetical form of this reflection. In this context, how and why did the author decide to use a strong normative frame – the treatise of Vegetius – to express a polemic, although this polemic is shifting, insofar as two of the three manuscripts of Knyghthod and Bataile have belonged to Yorkists and do not include the critical passages ? ; Knyghthod and Bataile est une adaptation versifiée en anglais du De re militari de Végèce, composée en 1459-1460 par un prêtre de Calais (alors sous domination anglaise). Composée dans la période particulièrement troublée de la guerre civile, dite guerre des Roses, la principale particularité de cette adaptation de Végèce est sa forte dimension polémique – en faveur des Lancastriens et contre les Yorkistes – qui doit être replacée non seulement dans le champ de la production polémique de la période (traités, manifestes, poèmes…), mais aussi dans le plus large champ littéraire anglais du xve siècle, marqué par une intense réflexion à la fois sur le bon gouvernement du royaume et sur la forme poétique de cette réflexion. Mais cette dimension polémique apparaît gommée dans deux des trois manuscrits conservés, au profit d'une dimension réformatrice déjà très présente dans le texte original. Cet article s'emploie donc à comprendre l'articulation entre ces différentes facettes, dans le contexte général de la formation d'un langage politique en anglais durant cette période.
International audience ; Knyghthod and Bataile is an English adaptation in verse of Vegetius' De re militari, written in 1459-1460 by a priest from Calais, preserved today in three manuscripts. Composed in the very troubled period of the wars of Roses, the main particularity of this adaptation of Vegetius is its strong polemical dimension – for the Lancastrians and against the Yorkists. It must be replaced not only in the field of polemical production of the period (treatises, manifestos, poems…), but also in the vast literary field of the fifteenth-century, marked by an intense reflection on the common weal of the kingdom and on the poetical form of this reflection. In this context, how and why did the author decide to use a strong normative frame – the treatise of Vegetius – to express a polemic, although this polemic is shifting, insofar as two of the three manuscripts of Knyghthod and Bataile have belonged to Yorkists and do not include the critical passages ? ; Knyghthod and Bataile est une adaptation versifiée en anglais du De re militari de Végèce, composée en 1459-1460 par un prêtre de Calais (alors sous domination anglaise). Composée dans la période particulièrement troublée de la guerre civile, dite guerre des Roses, la principale particularité de cette adaptation de Végèce est sa forte dimension polémique – en faveur des Lancastriens et contre les Yorkistes – qui doit être replacée non seulement dans le champ de la production polémique de la période (traités, manifestes, poèmes…), mais aussi dans le plus large champ littéraire anglais du xve siècle, marqué par une intense réflexion à la fois sur le bon gouvernement du royaume et sur la forme poétique de cette réflexion. Mais cette dimension polémique apparaît gommée dans deux des trois manuscrits conservés, au profit d'une dimension réformatrice déjà très présente dans le texte original. Cet article s'emploie donc à comprendre l'articulation entre ces différentes facettes, dans le contexte général de la formation d'un langage politique en anglais ...
Unfinished manuscript/Manuscrit d'article non finalisé ; Pour la géographie de langue anglaise, la production sociale d'espaces sexués et sexualisés est devenue un objet de recherche légitime. Le constat vaudrait aussi bien pour l'anthropologie, l'histoire ou la sociologie, pour peu que ces disciplines prennent en compte la dimension spatiale des phénomènes qu'elles étudient. Pour ces recherches – dont la réflexion porte aussi sur les conditions de la recherche et les fondements épistémologiques des disciplines – la mise en espace (paysages, représentations cartographiques, quartiers…) est ainsi simultanément une mise en genre (lieux féminins, lieux masculins), et une mise en hétérosexualité (les lieux « essentiellement » gais ou lesbiens sont rares). Mais parce que les formes culturelles les plus officielles (état civil, comportements politiques, monuments…) reposent le plus souvent sur des formes imaginairement hétérosexuelles, la recherche de l'homosexualité a pris le détour des cultures populaires et des formes économiques d'organisation sociale. Tout en insistant sur l'intérêt d'une telle démarche qui établit des outils de compréhension, il nous faut toutefois renverser le balancier : à l'heure où l'état civil reconnaît les couples du même sexe, où l'orientation sexuelle devient une forme de capital politique et où la monumentalisation s'empare des gays et des lesbiennes, d'autres espaces s'égayent à côté de l'espace commercial. Des églises, localement, s'engagent pour capter l'intérêt et l'énergie des gays et lesbiennes qui résident à proximité de leurs bâtiments. Commercial et urbain : l'espace gay L'espace gay est souvent décrit comme étant celui de la ville, et l'étude des quartiers gays, terrains de recherche de sociologues et géographes urbains américains depuis le début des années 1970, a été parfois réalisée en prenant le modèle de l'immigration. Ces quartiers ont pu être analysés comme des « communautés quasi-ethniques » (Murray 1979), qui se sont institutionalisées selon les mêmes processus que ...
Unfinished manuscript/Manuscrit d'article non finalisé ; Pour la géographie de langue anglaise, la production sociale d'espaces sexués et sexualisés est devenue un objet de recherche légitime. Le constat vaudrait aussi bien pour l'anthropologie, l'histoire ou la sociologie, pour peu que ces disciplines prennent en compte la dimension spatiale des phénomènes qu'elles étudient. Pour ces recherches – dont la réflexion porte aussi sur les conditions de la recherche et les fondements épistémologiques des disciplines – la mise en espace (paysages, représentations cartographiques, quartiers…) est ainsi simultanément une mise en genre (lieux féminins, lieux masculins), et une mise en hétérosexualité (les lieux « essentiellement » gais ou lesbiens sont rares). Mais parce que les formes culturelles les plus officielles (état civil, comportements politiques, monuments…) reposent le plus souvent sur des formes imaginairement hétérosexuelles, la recherche de l'homosexualité a pris le détour des cultures populaires et des formes économiques d'organisation sociale. Tout en insistant sur l'intérêt d'une telle démarche qui établit des outils de compréhension, il nous faut toutefois renverser le balancier : à l'heure où l'état civil reconnaît les couples du même sexe, où l'orientation sexuelle devient une forme de capital politique et où la monumentalisation s'empare des gays et des lesbiennes, d'autres espaces s'égayent à côté de l'espace commercial. Des églises, localement, s'engagent pour capter l'intérêt et l'énergie des gays et lesbiennes qui résident à proximité de leurs bâtiments. Commercial et urbain : l'espace gay L'espace gay est souvent décrit comme étant celui de la ville, et l'étude des quartiers gays, terrains de recherche de sociologues et géographes urbains américains depuis le début des années 1970, a été parfois réalisée en prenant le modèle de l'immigration. Ces quartiers ont pu être analysés comme des « communautés quasi-ethniques » (Murray 1979), qui se sont institutionalisées selon les mêmes processus que ...
When the First World War began in 1914, Switzerland, which was spared from a military point of view, was facing severe internal tensions. The army was mobilised, borders occupied and the Federal Council declared the country's neutrality. But Switzerland sympathisemajously with the Central Empire, i.e. Germany and Austria-Hungary, while Latin Switzerland is taking part in the Cartel, the alliance of France, Great Britain and Russia. A rich cultural divide crosses Switzerland and shows a real moralous unease. This situation is then used by the amazing powers to launch a propaganda war on an unprecedented scale on the Swiss territory. They are trying by all means to shift public opinionists in favour of them. Both camps set up press reviews and fixtures, finance newspapers and publishing houses, and in the last years of war, also instrumentalise culture by buying many theatres and cinemas and organising major art and crafts expositionsin villes.However, writers and intellectuals, but also politicians, engage from the beginning of hostilities for the internal cohesion of the country and highlight the Swiss perspective (Carl Spitteler). These attempts to bridge the gap between the different parts of the country represent the beginnings of the spiritual national defence, which will be formellementinstituted during the Second World War and will mark the Swiss societyuntil the 1960s. The exhibition "From the fire of propaganda. Switzerland faces the horrific World War" focuses on these cultural aspects of the years of war in Switzerland and illustrates, in a modern scenography, the most recent research through a variety of mediasons that have grown tremendously at that time: newspapers and journals, posters and postcards, photographs and engravings, leaflets and dispatches, manuscripts and books, film extracts and sound documents. The expositionis presented in two institutions: the Museum of Communicationintroduced the topic through ten epvocative media examples. Mr Lavisite continued at the Swiss National Library, ...
For English language geography, the social production of sexualised and sexualised spaces has become a legitimate research object. This applies equally to anthropology, history or sociology, provided that these disciplines take into account the spatial dimension of the phenomena they study. For this research — which also looks at the conditions for research and the epistemological foundations of the disciplines — spatial planning (landscapes, cartographic representations, neighbourhoods, etc.) is thus at the same time gender (women's places, men's places) and heterosexuality (places which are 'predominantly' bulky or bulky). However, because the most official cultural forms (civil status, political behaviour, monuments, etc.) are most often based on imaginably heterosexual forms, the search for homosexuality has fought popular cultures and economic forms of social organisation. While stressing the value of such an approach, which establishes tools for understanding, we must, however, reverse the balancier: at a time when same-sex couples are recognised by marital status, sexual orientation is becoming a form of political capital and monumentalisation of gays and lesbians, other spaces are beside the commercial space. Local churches are committed to capture the interest and energy of gays and lesbians living close to their buildings. Commercial and urban: the gay space is often described as that of the city, and the study of gay neighbourhoods, research sites for American sociologists and urban geographers since the early 1970s, has sometimes been carried out using the immigration model. These neighbourhoods could be analysed as "quasi-ethnic communities" (Murray 1979), which have become institutionalised in the same processes as immigrant communities in the US. This work is sometimes directly in line with that of the Chicago School of the beginning of the 20th century: Park and Burgess in The City (La City), published in 1925, described the ; Unfinished manuscript/Manuscrit d'article non finalisé ; For English ...
The Aristotle University of Thessalon iki is engaged in a broad endeavour to carry out specialized research on aspects of Archaeology, History and the Hellenic civilization in general. The endeavour naturally extends to coyer relations between this civilization and those of neighbouring peoples, from preh istoric times down to the present day, and it was as part of th is effortthat a project was organized of which the present study is the result. It concerns certain Greek manuscripts which originate mainly from the monasteries of Kosinitsa (Eikosiphoinissa), on the Mount Pélngaion and Saint John the Baptist, Serres (as proven in the proceedings of the Round Table conference, published by the Aristotle University), and which are now preserved in the "Ivan Dujcev» Centre for Siavo-Byzantine Stud ies at the University of Sofia. From the moment that the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki first came in tQuch with the "St. Kliment Ohridski» University of Sofia and the" Ivan Dujcev » Centre for Siavo-Byzantine Studies, with a view to academic collaboration, 1am confident that it has fulfilled to the very best of its abilities, not only its responsibilities as a scientific institution, but also those obligations which arise both from its participation in a joint research programme with the University of Sofia and from its special agreement with the "Ivan Dujcev» Centre for Siavo-Byzantine Studies. The comprehensive study of the Greek manuscript collection is, 1firmly believe, a highly important task. The time has come, in my view, for this research to go forward in the best and most effective way, within the context of a wider programme for joint cooperation between the human academic resources of our two institutions, and for a simultaneous broadening to occur in the spirit of this cooperation. The present publication, which constitutes the first in a series, is a move in this direction. To ail those who contributed to its preparation 1would like to extend my warmest thanks. ; Qn peut imaginer les pr~blèmes que nous avons rencontrés pour l'organisation de la Table ronde dédiée à l'inventoriage des manuscrits grecs de la Collection du Centré d'études slavo-byzantines "Ivan Dujcev». Quelques-uns de ces problèmes ont été partiellement mentionnés dans les rapports présentés à la Table ronde; autres ne resterons que dans les enrégistrements de la discussion autour de cette Table ronde. La publication même des Actes n'a pas été chose facile non plus, et j' aimerais en remercier particulièrement M. le Recteur del'Université de Thessalonique le prof. Trakatellis, ainsi que les collègues avec lesquels on a travaillé et, je l'espère bien, on travaillera davantage ensemble, dans les cadres d'une collaboration internationale, enrégistrée dans le contrat biparti entre la Faculté de philoshophie (Departement de philologie) de l'Université de Thessalonique et le Centre de recherches slavo-byzantines
