2024. Vol. 4 (1)
Editor of the issue Aleksey S. Shchavelev
The first issue of “Graphosphaera” for 2024 includes articles concerned both with the studies of different major narrative texts and of microtexts in atypical media (graffiti on archaeological artefacts, heraldic elements in coin design, provocative street inscriptions, etc.). The issue also comprises a new publication of the Melabók redaction of the Old Icelandic Landnámabók collated with other versions and accompanied by a Russian translation. The issue is, on the one hand, versatile and, on the other hand, fully source-oriented. A significant part of the articles is historiographical in nature, summarizing research on various questions related to the semiospheres of various societies.
Researches
- Aleksandr P. Gavrilov. Spindle Whorls with Signs from Sites of the Ryazan-Oka Culture of the Middle of the First Millennium A. D. (Cultural and Historical Context). P. 9–16.
- Alexandr A. Fetisov. Writing Practices of Gnezdovo Archeological Complex: A Historiographical Overview. P. 17–25.
- Dmitriy A. Dobrowolski. Princess Gertrude and Rus Chronicle Writing of the 11th Century. P. 26–43.
- Maksim I. Drobyshev. Chronological Landmarks in the Alexiad of Anna Komnene. P. 44–48.
- Maria L. Lavrenchenko. The Experience of Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin’s Study of the Kyivan Chronicle in the Context of Modern Source Studies. P. 49–78.
- Kirill A. Elokhin. Heraldic Elements in the Design of Milanese Sforza Coins at the Beginning of the 16th Century. P. 79–109.
- Alexander G. Avdeev. Wall-mounted Forbiddingness of Russian Enlightenment: Epigraphic Ephemerides of the 18th Century. P. 110–129.
Publications
- Elena V. Litovskikh. Melabók Version of the Landnámabók. P. 130–199.
Reviews
- Tatjana N. Jackson. [Rev.:] The Making of the Eastern Vikings: Rus’ and Varangians in the Middle Ages / Ed. by Sverrir Jakobsson, Thorir Jonsson Hraundal, and Daria Segal. Turnhout: Brepols, 2023. (Medieval Identities: Socio-Cultural Spaces, vol. 12). 236 p. P. 200–217.
