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This study examines the acts of ancient church councils as the objects of textual practices, in their editorial shaping, and in their material conditions.
List of contents
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction
- Part I: The Quest for Documentation
- 1: The Earliest Church Councils: A Documentary History
- 2: 'Council Acts' and the Variations of Conciliar Documentation and Recording Patterns
- 3: The Conference of Carthage (AD 411): An Imperial Model Case
- Part II: 'Reading' and 'Using' Acts
- 4: Examining the Records: Two Inquiries into Eutyches' Trial (AD 449)
- 5: Original Acts and Documents at Chalcedon (451)
- 6: 'Authentic' Documents: Visual Features, Annotation, and Administrative Handling
- 7: Assessing and Performing Authenticity: A View from Later Councils
- Part III: 'Writing' Acts: The Council's Secretariat in Action
- 8: All the President's Men: Administrative Aides and the 'Official' Secretariat
- 9: The Stenographic Protocol: Professionalism, Conventions, and Challenges
- 10: 'Transferring' Shorthand Notes to Long-hand Transcript
- Part IV: The Written Record
- 11: The Hypomnemata: Production and Qualities
- 12: Documents Incorporated: Incorporating Documents
- 13: Abstracting and Summary Records
- 14: Collecting and Appending Signatures
- 15: The Structure and Elements of the 'Ideal' Session-record and the Role of 'Editing'
- Part V: Files, Collections, Editions: Dossierization and Dissemination
- 16: Council Acts Gathered and Organised: Minutes, Case Files and Collected Records
- 17: Ancillary Documentation and the Beginnings of Dossierization
- 18: The Preparation of 'Editions' and the Dissemination of Documentation
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
About the author
Thomas Graumann is Reader in Ancient Christian History and Patristic Studies at the University of Cambridge and Professor for Patristics at the Humboldt University in Berlin.
Summary
This study examines the acts of ancient church councils as the objects of textual practices, in their editorial shaping, and in their material conditions.
Additional text
Graumann's volume is a highly technical monograph targeting a limited audience of academic researchers and scholars. It serves its purpose with expertise and precision.
