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Funktionen Der Byzantinischen Epistolographie. Studien Zu FUNKTIONEN DER BYZANTINISCHEN EPISTOLOGRAPHIE Studien zu den Briefen und Briefsammlungen des Nikephoros Chumnos (ca. 1260–1327) Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophie an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München vorgelegt von Alexander Riehle aus München 2014 Erstgutachter: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Berger Zweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. Michael Grünbart Datum der mündlichen Prüfung: 22. Juli 2011 INHALTSVERZEICHNIS Abkürzungs- und Siglenverzeichnis ............................................................................................ III Einleitung .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Gegenstand und Ziel der Arbeit ........................................................................................... 1 2. Methodologisch-hermeneutische Problemstellung: Einzelbrief vs. Briefsammlung .. 2 3. Praktisches .............................................................................................................................. 6 Teil 1: Grundlagen: Der Autor und sein epistolographisches Werk ........................................... 7 1. Der Autor ................................................................................................................................. 7 1.1 Zu Nikephoros᾿ Geburtsdatum und früher Karriere .................................................. 7 1.2 Zur Kontroverse zwischen Nikephoros und Theodoros Metochites ................... 13 1.3 Nikephoros und die Gicht ........................................................................................... 40 2. Die Briefe: Forschungsstand und -perspektiven ............................................................ 43 3. Die Briefsammlungen ......................................................................................................... 47 3.1 Überlieferung ................................................................................................................ 54 3.1.1 Die Handschrift A ............................................................................................. 54 3.1.2 Die Handschrift T ............................................................................................. 61 3.1.3 Die Handschrift V ............................................................................................. 63 3.1.4 Die Handschriften BP ...................................................................................... 63 3.2 Entstehung, Anordnung, Chronologie ....................................................................... 74 3.2.1 Die Sammlungen der Handschrift A ............................................................. 78 3.2.2 Die Sammlung der Handschrift T .................................................................. 80 3.2.3 Die Sammlungen der Handschriften BP ....................................................... 81 4. Prosopographie .................................................................................................................... 85 4.1 Die Adressaten .............................................................................................................. 85 4.2 In den Briefen erwähnte Personen ........................................................................... 115 5. Regesten .............................................................................................................................. 126 Teil 2: Interpretation: Funktionen der Briefe und Briefsammlungen des Nikephoros ........ 202 1. Die literarisch-ästhetische Funktion .............................................................................. 214 1.1 Struktur- und Formelemente .................................................................................... 217 1.1.1 Präskript, Postkript, formulae valetudinis .................................................... 218 1.1.2 Hauptteil und Epilog ..................................................................................... 230 1.2 Briefspezifische Motive .............................................................................................. 242 1.3 Der Brief und andere Gattungen: Fallstudien ......................................................... 247 1.3.1 Die „lakonischen Briefe“ als Gnomen und Ethopoiien: Epp. 46–55, 152 247 1.3.2 Weitere ethopoietische Briefe: Epp. 2, 36, 93, 95 ...................................... 262 1.3.3 Brief und „Diatribe“: Epp. 5, 6 ...................................................................... 268 1.3.4 Trostbrief und Trostrede: Orr. 19–21 .......................................................... 274 2. Die soziale Funktion .......................................................................................................... 282 2.1 Der Kaiser: Herr und Patron ...................................................................................... 283 2.2 Philia: Freundschaft und Patronage ......................................................................... 298 2.2.1 „Freundschaft“ als instrumentales Verhältnis ......................................... 300 2.2.2 „Freundschaft“ als intimes Verhältnis ....................................................... 312 3. Die praktische Funktion ................................................................................................... 318 3.1 Die darstellende Funktion ......................................................................................... 320 3.2 Die wertende Funktion .............................................................................................. 324 3.3 Die appellative Funktion ............................................................................................ 328 3.4 Die expressive Funktion ............................................................................................. 332 Zusammenfassung ........................................................................................................................ 337 Anhänge ......................................................................................................................................... 339 1. Konkordanz zur Zählung der Briefe ............................................................................... 339 2. Zeittafel zu Nikephoros᾿ Biografie .................................................................................. 340 3. Kollationstabellen ............................................................................................................. 343 4. Die persönlichen Kopien des Autors .............................................................................. 352 5. Briefsequenzen .................................................................................................................. 353 6. Die Briefüberschriften in BPA ......................................................................................... 357 7. Die Anordnung der Briefe in den Handschriften BPTA ............................................... 365 7.1 Handschrift A … ............................................................................................................ 365 7.2 Handschrift T … ............................................................................................................ 367 7.3 Handschrift B(P) … ....................................................................................................... 369 8. Die Zusammensetzung der Handschrift A ..................................................................... 372 9. Überleitungsfragen ........................................................................................................... 373 ABKÜRZUNGS- UND SIGLENVERZEICHNIS 1. Handschriftensiglen1 A Ambr. C 71 sup. 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