Vicent JOSEP ESCARTÍ

Original title: Edició filològica i breu comentari de La vida de sanct Honofre, publicada a València a principis del segle XVI

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Keywords: 14th-16th c., Catalan Literature, Edition, Life of Saint Onofre, Valencia.

This article provides a study and philological edition of the Vida de sanc Honofre based on the 16th-c. princeps text. Although there exist previous modern editions of this work, none of them offers a critical text nor have been adequately disseminated for a wider audience. The introductory study analyses the date of composition of this work, its literary sources, and its process of composition.

Eirini ARTEMI

Published in The World of Tradition

Keywords: Diseases, Isidore of Pelusium, Passions, Reconciliation, Salvation, Theodore Stoudite.

Adam and Eve served their passion of gastrimargy and their ambition to become gods without the grace of God. The result was their exile from Paradise and death. The incarnation of Logos, His crucifixion, His death on the cross and His resurrection gave a second chance of man’s salvation. Unfortunately, people do not put into practice this gift of their reconciliation to God. In this paper, we will compare the opinion of two important Church Fathers, Isidore of Pelusium and Theodore Stoudite. It is important to underline for what kind of passions these Church Fathers speak. Do they relate the passions only with monks or general with Christians? How can we get rid of a passion? Can their teaching be put into practice in nowadays? Which is the worst passion according to them? Are diseases and pandemic a punishment of God for our sins? Of course, we should explain that the passions in the life of a Christian can be proved deadly, but they have no connection with the view that diseases are punishments from God for our passions.

Ramón MÉNDEZ GONZÁLEZ

Original title: La Muerte como personaje de la cultura popular a lo largo de la Historia

Published in The World of Tradition

Keywords: Art, Culture, Death, History, Literature, Tradition.

Aside from being part of the cycle of life, Death itself became a very important character in popular culture. Since its first appearance as a Horseman during the Apocalypse, and until nowadays, the character of Death has showed different shapes and has inspired a huge array of sculptors, painters, writers, people of letters, composers, movie makers, illustrators and even video game developers. In each different era of human history, the representation of Death evolved to adapt itself to different idiosyncrasies and ways of understanding the world in each society, as well as the possibilities that technologies offered to these creators of art. The main goal of this paper is to give a brief overview of how the character of Death evolved since its origins to nowadays, through the image of the Western Death that was influenced by the Christian rituals and that became the main anthropomorphism of natural Death.

Ángeles ROMERO CAMBRÓN

Original title: Proyectos de digitalización y estudio arqueológico de manuscritos

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Keywords: Digitization, manuscripts.

The digitazation projects currently developed by numerous libraries are a powerful tool for philologists and researchers of history of the language, literature, etc. This article aims at offering a systematic guide of the possibilities afforded by digital research as well as its limits. We will also delve into those aspects that can only be analyzed with an in situ study of the manuscripts.