The <i>Julian Romance</i>: A Full Text and a New DateJournal of Late AntiquitySyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/J4PDVDUJ/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MariannaMazzolaPetervan NuffelenThe <i>Julian Romance</i>: A Full Text and a New Datehttp://syriaca.org/cbss/J4PDVDUJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/J4PDVDUJhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/J4PDVDUJJournal of Late Antiquity16:22023324-377The Syriac <i>Julian Romance</i>, a tripartite fictional account of the reign of the Emperor Julian, was hitherto only partially known from two manuscripts. This article publishes the missing first section from Vat. Sir. 37, a section that narrates the death of Constantius II. The complete text allows us to demonstrate that the narrative was composed by a single author and that the tripartite structure does not reflect three older, separate texts. Further, we identify the <i>Miscellaneous Chronicle of 640</i> as the source for most of the historical information in the <i>Romance</i>. This implies a new date in the first half of the seventh century, which is supported by other chronological indications in the <i>Romance</i>.
Mazzola, Marianna, and Peter van Nuffelen. “The Julian Romance: A Full Text and a New Date.” Journal of Late Antiquity 16:2 (2023): 324–77. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1353/jla.2023.a906772.
Marianna Mazzola and Peter van Nuffelen, The Julian Romance: A Full Text and a New Date,” Journal of Late Antiquity 16:2 (2023): 324–77, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1353/jla.2023.a906772.IV-VII CEJacobitesJulian RomanceVII CEhistoriographyprimary sources [Syriac] + English translation