Lexicon Messanense / Orus’ Orthography

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Dimitrios Papanikolaou (University of Democritus)

Ed. by Sophia Papaioannou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.7.1.01: Byzantine Writing and culture, 476-1453.
Vol. editors: Vaios Liapis (Open University of Cyprus)

Domains

Lexicology and Lexicography

Dates

Date of occurrence c.350- c.450

Places

Roman Greece& Asia Minor (Location)

Genres and Modes

Dictionary

The Lexicon Messanense (also known under the name of Orus’ Orthography), is a medieval-era orthographical lexicon whose segments are preserved today in one manuscript, namely cod. Messanensis S. Salv. 118 (14^th century) deposited at the University Library of Messina, Italy.

The text of the Lexicon Messanense, published by Rabe [1892; 1895], reveals the remains of a Greek orthographical lexicon, which mostly discusses the presence of iota subscript (iota anekphōnēton) in the orthography of a number of ancient Greek words. The Lexicon is severely mutilated, with many leaves missing; its surviving part preserves entries from the end of letter M to the beginnings of …

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Citation: Papanikolaou, Dimitrios. "Lexicon Messanense / Orus’ Orthography". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 February 2019 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19558, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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