Symeon Sethi

Symeon Sethi, Graece Συμεών ὁ Σηθί, fuit eruditus et interpres Byzantinus, origine Antiochenus, qui imperatori Michaeli VII Ducae librum manualem de regimine dicavit. Villam iuxta Rhaedestum possidebat, ubi olim in exsilium missus est; quae villa post eius mortem ad Monasterium Pantocratoris Constantinopolitanum pertinuit.^[1]

Opera

Initium Syntagmatis de alimentorum facultatibus Symeonis Sethi (BNF MS suppl. grec 634, f. 216r)

Σύνταγμα κατὰ στοιχείων περὶ τροφῶν δυνάμεων (Syntagma de alimentorum facultatibus)
Σύνοψις τῶν φυσικῶν (Conspectus rerum naturalium)^[2]
Περὶ χρείας τῶv οὐρανίων σωμάτων (De usu corporum caelestium)^[3]
Στεφανίτης καὶ Ἰχνηλάτης (Stephanites et Ichnelates), versio Graeca libri fabulosi Kalila et Dimna^[4]

Notae

↑ Ioannes II Comnenus, Typicum Christi Salvatoris Pantocratoris cap. 65 (P. Gautier, ed., "Le Typikon du Christ Sauveur Pantocrator" in Revue des études byzantines vol. 32 (1974) pp. 1-145, vide pp. 114-115; John Thomas, Angela Constantinides Hero, interprr., Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents vol. 2 [Vasingtoniae: Dumbarton Oaks, 1998] vol. 2 pp. 725-781, vide p. 769)
↑ Delatte, ed. (1939) pp. 1-89
↑ Delatte, ed. (1939) pp. 90-127. Pingree (1964) p. 138; Anastos (1947)
↑ Brodersen (2021); Starkius, ed. (1697). "Kalilah wa-Dimnah" in Jewish Encyclopedia (1906); Condylis-Bassoukos (1997)

Bibliographia

Fontes fere coaevi

Anna Comnena, Alexias 6.7

Editiones operum

1538 : Lilius Gregorius Gyraldus, ed. et interpr., Symeonis Sethi magistri Antiochiae Syntagma per literarum ordinem de cibariorum facultate. Basileae, 1538 (Textus apud Google Books)
1658 : Martinus Bogdanus, ed. et interpr., Symeonis Sethi magistri Antiocheni Volumen de alimentorum facultatibus iuxta ordinem literarum digestum. Lutetiae, 1658 Textus apud Internet Archive
1697 : Sebastianus Gottofridus Starkius, interpr., Specimen sapientiae Indorum veterum: Στεφανίτης καὶ Ἰχνηλάτης. Berolini: Rüdiger, 1697 (Textus apud Google Books)
1893 : Bernhardus Langkavel, ed., Simeonis Sethi Syntagma de alimentorum facultatibus. Lipsiae: Teubner, 1893 Textus
1939 : Armand Delatte, Anecdota Atheniensia et alia vol. 2 (Leodii, 1939) pp. 1–127
1939 : Marc Émile Prosper Louis Brunet, Siméon Seth, médecin de l’empereur Michel Doucas; sa vie, son oeuvre. Première traduction en français du traité "Recueil des propriétés des aliments par ordre alphabétique". Burdigalae: Delmas, 1939
1962 : L.-O. Sjöberg, Stephanites und Ichnelates: Überlieferungsgeschichte und Text. Upsalae, 1962
2021 : Kai Brodersen, ed. et interpr., Symeon Seth, Fabelbuch. Spirae, 2021. ISBN 9783939526469
2022 : Kai Brodersen, ed. et interpr., Symeon Seth, Das A und O vom Essen und Trinken. Aquis Mattiacis: Marix, 2022. ISBN 978-3-7374-1194-3

Eruditio

M. V. Anastos, "Ύπόγειος, a Byzantine term for perigee, and some Byzantine views of the date of perigee and apogee" in Orientalia Christiana periodica vol. 13 (1947) pp. 385-403:
Hans-Georg Beck, Geschichte der byzantinischen Volksliteratur (Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft vol. 12.2.3. Monaci, 1971) pp. 41–45
Petros Bouras-Vallianatos, Sophia Xenophontos, "Galen's Reception in Byzantium: Symeon Seth and his Refutation of Galenic Theories on Human Physiology" in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies vol. 55 (2015) pp. 431–469, praesertim 436–442
Hélène Condylis-Bassoukos, Stéphanitès kai Ichnélatès, traduction grecque (xie siècle) du livre Kalīla wa-Dimna d'Ibn al-Muqaffa (viiie siècle). Étude lexicologique et littéraire. Lovanii: Peeters, 1997Textus
David Deakle, "Simeon Seth on Cannabis (Cognoscenti of Cannabis II)" in Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics vol. 1 (2001) no. 2
Georg Harig, "Von den arabischen Quellen des Simeon Seth" in Medizinhistorisches Journal vol. 2 (1967) pp. 248–268
Georg Helmreich, "Handschriftliche Studien zu Symeon Seth" in Programm Gymnasium Ansbach 1912/13 (Anspachi, 1913)
Herbert Hunger, Die hochsprachliche profane Literatur der Byzantiner vol. 2 (Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft vol. 12.5.2. Monaci, 1978) pp. 308–309
Paul Magdalino, L'Orthodoxie des astrologues. La science entre le dogme et la divination à Byzance (viie – xive siècle). Lutetiae: Lethielleux, 2006
Paul Moore, Iter Psellianum: a Detailed Listing of Manuscript Sources for All Works Attributed to Michael Psellos, Including a Comprehensive Bibliography (Toronti: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2005. ISBN 0888443757) p. 437 no. 1045
M. C. Pacheco, J. Meirinhos, edd., Phantasia et intellect chez Syméon Seth. Sur les sources du "Conspectus rerum naturalium" (Turnholti: Brepols, 2006)
David Pingree, "Gregory Chioniades and Palaeologan Astronomy" in Dumbarton Oaks Papers vol. 18 (1964) pp. 133-160 JSTOR
Owsei Temkin, "Byzantine Medicine: Tradition and Empiricism" in Dumbarton Oaks Papers vol. 16 (1962) pp. 95-115 JSTOR

Nexus externi

Projet Syméon Seth
- Antonie Pietrobelli, "Qui est Syméon Seth?" (2016) apud Projet Syméon Seth
Anthony Kadellis, "The Hidden Science and Tech of the Byzantine Empire" (2017) apud Nautilus

[1] Ioannes II Comnenus, Typicum Christi Salvatoris Pantocratoris cap. 65 (P. Gautier, ed., "Le Typikon du Christ Sauveur Pantocrator" in Revue des études byzantines vol. 32 (1974) pp. 1-145, vide pp. 114-115; John Thomas, Angela Constantinides Hero, interprr., Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents vol. 2 [Vasingtoniae: Dumbarton Oaks, 1998] vol. 2 pp. 725-781, vide p. 769)

[2] Delatte, ed. (1939) pp. 1-89

[3] Delatte, ed. (1939) pp. 90-127. Pingree (1964) p. 138; Anastos (1947)

[4] Brodersen (2021); Starkius, ed. (1697). "Kalilah wa-Dimnah" in Jewish Encyclopedia (1906); Condylis-Bassoukos (1997)

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