Konstantinos Lukitis ( Greek Κωνσταντίνος Λουκίτης , circa 1280 [1] [2] - 1340 , or Likitis ( Greek Λυκίτης ) [3] - Byzantine scientist, mathematician and astronomer from Constantinople . Subsequently, the state and scientific empire Trapez 2 .
| Konstantinos Lukitis | |
|---|---|
| Κωνσταντίνος Λουκίτης | |
| Date of Birth | about 1280 |
| Date of death | c. 1340 |
| Place of death | Trebizond |
| A country | |
| Scientific field | mathematics , astronomy |
| Place of work | Trebizond |
Biography
According to available information, Lukitis was originally from Macedonia , but grew up in Constantinople [4] and that Theodoros Irtakinos was one of his teachers [5] . After completing his studies in Constantinople, he settled in Trebizond , where he gained recognition and entered the elite of scientists under the Komnin dynasty [6] [7] [8] , which is reflected in the fact that in so-called. “Trebizond horoscope” his name is mentioned immediately after the name of the emperor [2] [9] . He received the favor of Emperor Alexei II the Great Comnenus and the titles of Protonotarius and Protestorate .
It is known that he maintained contact with John Lazaropoulos , Nicephorus Grigora [10] [11] .
A significant amount of his correspondence with Theodore Irtakinos [12] [8] [13] [14] , as well as with Grigory Khioniadis , who bequeathed to him part of his personal library [15] [16] and whose successor is considered by many Byzantines [2] .
He taught mathematics and astronomy at Trebizond. There are references to the fact that Lukitis taught astronomy in the trebizond monasteries of St. Eugene and St. Sofia. However, the status of these "astronomical schools" is unclear. It was also suggested that there was an astronomical academy and observatory in Trebizond, which, according to some researchers, was located in the bell tower - the tower at Hagia Sophia [17] . However, this statement to date is not confirmed by available sources [18] .
He lived in Trebizond at the Hagia Sophia [19] , where he was buried after his death around 1340 .
The activities of Byzantine scholars, which include Lukitis, is the link between Greek antiquity and modernity. It also shifts the emphasis from theology to science. In this case, a paradoxical phenomenon is observed when a decrease in the territory of the empire leads to inversely proportional scientific activity [20] [21] . Moreover, this activity, as the professor of astrophysics Sotirios Svolopoulos writes, refutes the conventional wisdom that only theology flourished in Byzantium, but not the natural sciences, astronomy and technology [21] .
Works
Among the famous works Lukitisa " Epitaph on the death of Alexei II Grand Komnenos » (Επιτάφιον εις τον ev βασιλεύσιν αοίδιμον εκείνον και τρισμακάριστον κύριον Αλέξιον τον Κομνηνόν) [22] and "Praise the holy martyr of Christ» (Εγκώμιον εις τον άγιον μεγαλομάρτυρα του Χριστού Ευγένιον και τους συνάθλους αυτού Κανίδιον, Ουαλεριανόν και Ακύλαν, τους εν Τραpiεζούντι
The work of Lukitis in the 19th century was published by the Russian Byzantine Athanasius Papadopoulos - Keramevs [27] [28] .
Notes
- ↑ Rosenqvist, JO, The Hagiographical dossier of St. Eugenios of Trebizond in Codex Athos Dionysiou 154: a critical with introduction, translation, commentary and indexes (Studia Byzantina Upsaliensia 5, Upsala 1996), σελ. 23
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Κωνσταντίνος Λουκίτης - Ίδρυμα Μείζονος Ελληνισμού (αποθηκευμένη έκδοση Google) . (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Λουκίτης ή Λυκίτης, Κωνσταντίνος - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias - enacademic.com . )
- ↑ Vogel, M., Gardthausen, V., Die griechischen Schreiber des Mittelalters und der Rennaissance (Leipzig 1909), σελ. 246
- ↑ Constantinides, CN, Higher Education in Byzantium in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries (1204-ca. 1310) (Nicosia 1982), σελ. 93
- ↑ Jan Olof Rosenquvist, "Byzantine Trebizond, A Provincial Literary Landscape," Byzantino-Nordica 2004: Papers Presented at the International Symposium of Byzantine Studies Held on May 7-11, 2004 in Tartu, Estonia , ed. Ivo Volt, Janika Päll (Tartu: University Press, 2005), σελ. 39-41
- ↑ Lazaropoulos, Synopsis , ll. 1626-1629; translated in Rosenqvist, Hagiographic Dossier , σελ. 337 "a great man in word and deed."
- ↑ 1 2 Fatouros, G., “ Zur Chronologie der Briefe des Theodoros Hyrtakenos ”, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 43 (1993), σελ. 221-231
- ↑ Mercier, R., An Almanac for Trebizond for the year 1336, Corpus des Astronomes Byzantins VII (Louvain-la-Neuve 1994), σελ. 15, 23-24
- ↑ Guilland, R., Correspondance de Nicéphore Grégoras (Paris 1927), επ. 66, σελ. 101-102
- ↑ Χρύσανθος, Μητροπολίτης Τραπεζούντος, “Η εκκλησία Τραπεζούντος”, Αρχείον Πόντου 4-5 (1933), σελ. 33
- ↑ La Porte-du Theil FJG (επιμ.), “Opuscules et letters anecdotes de Théodôre l'Hyrtacènien”, Notices et extraits des manuscripts de la Bibliothéque Nationale 5 (1798), σελ. 709-744, 6 (1800), σελ. 1-48
- ↑ Karpozilos, A., “The Correspondence of Theodoros Hyrtakenos”, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 40 (1990), σελ. 281-282, 292
- ↑ Constandinidis, CN, Higher Education in Byzantium in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries (1204-ca. 1310) (Nicosia 1982), σελ. 93, 95, 109-110, 142
- ↑ Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Thomas Hockey, Katherine Bracher, Marvin Bolt, Virginia Trimble, JoAnn Palmeri, Richard Jarrell, Jordan D. Marché, F. Jamil Ragep, Springer Science & Business Media, 18 Sep 2007, σελ. 229 .
- ↑ Vogel, M., Gardthausen, V., Die griechischen Schreiber des Mittelalters und der Rennaissance (Leipzig 1909), σελ. 246
- ↑ Ενδεχόμενο άνοιγμα της Αγίας Σοφίας Τραπεζούντας σαν τέμενος
- ↑ Η ανάπτυξη των θετικών επιστημών
- ↑ Amid Trebizond's concrete towers, Turning the clock back on the Black Sea, John Scott, June 29, 2013 - cornucopia.net .
- ↑ Στα Χρόνια του Βυζαντίου, Στράτος Θεοδοσίου - Μάνος Δανέζης ISBN 978-960-531-268-8 Σελ .: 672
- ↑ 1 2 Η επιστήμη στα χρόνια του Βυζαντίου | Πεμπτουσία
- ↑ William Miller, Trebizond: The last Greek Empire of the Byzantine Era: 1204-1461 , 1926 (Chicago: Argonaut, 1969), σελ. 41
- ↑ Papadopoulos-Kerameus, A. (επιμ.), Στο Fontes Historiae Imperii Trapezunti (St. Petersburg 1897), σελ. 1-32
- ↑ The Hagiographic Dossier of St Eugenios of Trebizond in Codex Athous Dionysiou 154 - Rosenqvist, Jan Olof - Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 1996 - ISSN 0283-1244 .
- ↑ Religious Origins of Nations ?: The Christian Communities of the Middle East - RB ter Haar Romeny - BRILL, 2010, σελ. 162 .
- ↑ Encomium ll. 846-861; translated by Rosenqvist, Hagiographic Dossier , σελ. 165
- ↑ Λουκίτης ή Λυκίτης, Κωνσταντίνος - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias - enacademic.com .
- ↑ Λουκίτης, Κωνσταντίνος - Ygeiaonline.gr
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