The King’s Mellifluous Tongue
This article on social history examines the study of Middle Armenian manuscripts at the Cilician court, placing the language’s development within a Mediterranean context that includes Outremer French and Byzantine Greek. In particular, it argues that King Het‘um I (d. 1270) bolstered his status a...
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This article on social history examines the study of Middle Armenian manuscripts at the Cilician court, placing the language’s development within a Mediterranean context that includes Outremer French and Byzantine Greek. In particular, it argues that King Het‘um I (d. 1270) bolstered his status as educated king through the commission of two works from theologian Vardan Arewelc‘i (d. 1271): an encyclopedic compendium and commentary on grammar, which aided vernacular study in different ways. By balancing the microhistory of these manuscripts against the macro-history of Cilician Middle Armenian’s configuration in writing, this article shows how vernacular Armenian became an object of elite study, seemingly capable of representing all the knowledge in the world.
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| spelling | doaj-art-a283739be8ef453b8b37f91cba3a85112025-08-20T02:14:50ZdeuFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariArmeniaca2974-60512024-10-013110.30687/arm/2974-6051/2024/01/004journal_article_21069The King’s Mellifluous TonguePifer, Michael0University of Michigan, USA This article on social history examines the study of Middle Armenian manuscripts at the Cilician court, placing the language’s development within a Mediterranean context that includes Outremer French and Byzantine Greek. In particular, it argues that King Het‘um I (d. 1270) bolstered his status as educated king through the commission of two works from theologian Vardan Arewelc‘i (d. 1271): an encyclopedic compendium and commentary on grammar, which aided vernacular study in different ways. By balancing the microhistory of these manuscripts against the macro-history of Cilician Middle Armenian’s configuration in writing, this article shows how vernacular Armenian became an object of elite study, seemingly capable of representing all the knowledge in the world. http://doi.org/10.30687/arm/2974-6051/2024/01/004Byzantine Greek. Educated king. Het'um. Medieval Cilicia. Middle Armenian. Old French. Social history. Vardan Arewelc'i. Vernacular. Žłlank‘ |
| spellingShingle | Pifer, Michael The King’s Mellifluous Tongue Armeniaca Byzantine Greek. Educated king. Het'um. Medieval Cilicia. Middle Armenian. Old French. Social history. Vardan Arewelc'i. Vernacular. Žłlank‘ |
| title | The King’s Mellifluous Tongue |
| title_full | The King’s Mellifluous Tongue |
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| title_short | The King’s Mellifluous Tongue |
| title_sort | king s mellifluous tongue |
| topic | Byzantine Greek. Educated king. Het'um. Medieval Cilicia. Middle Armenian. Old French. Social history. Vardan Arewelc'i. Vernacular. Žłlank‘ |
| url | http://doi.org/10.30687/arm/2974-6051/2024/01/004 |
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