Ecclesiastical Histories and Vita (lives) of Saints were literary genres that emerged in the Early Byzantine period: 11th century parchment codex containing Vitae of Saints. Mount Athos, Hilandar Monastery, cod. 154. Thesauroi tou Agiou Orous, Ministry of Culture/Holy Community of Athos, Cultural Capital of Europe Organization, Thessalonike 1997, p. 523, ill. 18.6. © Holy Community of Mount Athos |
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