Zήτει, ‘cerca!’: un copista alla ricerca del lamento
della Vergine (Ciclo della Passione cipriota,
Vat. Pal. gr. 367)
ANDREA GHIDONI
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Università degli Studi di Genova, Italia
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Received: April 3, 2024 • Accepted: October 7, 2024
© 2024 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest
ABSTRACT
Between the end of the 13th century and the early decades of the following century, the manuscript now
marked Vat. Pal. gr. 367 was compiled in Cyprus. On folios 33v–39v, it includes the text known today as
the Cypriot Passion Cycle. The article focuses primarily on the episode of the Crucifixion (Περὶ τῆς
σταυρώσεως), where the text presents some interpretative issues, including a blank space precisely where
the Virgin Mary should utter her lament. How should this gap be interpreted? Beyond the nature of the
threnos that should have been inserted (impossible to determine precisely), attention here is shifted to the
fact that the need to insert a lament at this point could only have come from Western models.
KEYWORDS
Cyprus, Passion, Medieval drama, threnos, vernacular
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Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
DOI: 10.1556/068.2024.00149
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