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

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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 (14th 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 letter Pi and from the end of Phi to the middle of letter omega of the lexicon (see description in Reitzenstein 1897: 289).

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