Demetrios Gemistos

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Demetrios Gemistos († around 1397) was a Greek Orthodox deacon and liturgist in Constantinople .

He officiated as a notary in Constantinople from 1368 at the latest. Under the patriarchs Philotheos Kokkinos (1353-1354 and 1364-1376) and Neilos Kerameos (1379-1388) he was protonotary and Megas Sakellarios and deacon of the "Great Church", Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. It is possible that the philosopher Georgios Gemistos Plethon is his son.

Demetrios Gemistos wrote in 1386 a detailed celebration manual (" Diataxis ") intended as a manual for the celebration of the concelebrated patriarchal liturgy and ordinations in the Constantinople Hagia Sophia. Special consideration is given to the involvement of officials from the patriarchal office. A main source of the work is the "diataxis" attributed to Philotheos Kokkinos .

The oldest dated manuscripts are the Codices Atho. Vatop. 135 BC J. 1389 and Patmiac. 49 BC J. 1391 (Diataxis and Basil's Liturgy).

The work has come down to us in four reviews:

  • the original patriarchal long version, represented a. a. by Alexandr. Patr. 392 (formerly Cairens. 371) v. J. 1407;
  • a shortened archive version (without Euchologion and deacon texts ), e.g. B. Paris. gr. 1362, 15th century;
  • an adaptation to diocesan bishop's customs, so Atho. Lavr. 536 E 74 v. J. 1541; Athens. EBE 754, 16th century;
  • a version limited to the Divine Liturgy , Hieros. s. Sabbae 362 (607).

Since the 17th century the diataxis has been printed several times in different versions, but so far not in its original form.

literature

  • Gemistos Demetrios. In: Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit , CD-Rom version, No. 3631.
  • Alexander Rentel: The 14th Century Patriarchal Liturgical Diataxis of Dimitrios Gemistos Edition and Commentary . Excerpta ex Dissertatione ad Doctoratum. Pont. Is. Orientale, Rome 2004
  • Alexander Rentel: The Origins of the 14th Century Patriarchal Liturgical Diataxis of Dimitrios Gemistos. In: Orientalia Christiana Periodica 71, 2005, pp. 363-385.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vojtech Hladky: The Philosophy of Gemistos Plethon. Platonism in Late Byzantium, Between Hellenism and Orthodoxy. Ashgate Publishing, Farnham (Surrey) 2014, p. 1 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Demetrios Gemistos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek Orthodox deacon and liturgist in Constantinople
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH around 1397