Phonetic and Orthographic Features of the Eulogies for the Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos in the Menaion Panegyricon of the 16th Century ­ BAN 21.4.4

The article deals with two homilies on the Synaxis of the Theotokos Virgin included in the Menaion Panegyricon BAN, f. 39, 21.4.4. (Nov. 928). The aim of the article is to describe the detected phonetic and orthographic differences in the repeating parts of these homilies and to determine the reasons of their occurrence, using the linguotextual method in functional and structural aspects. 
The examined homilies differ in volume and content. The larger sermon numbered as 30 in the manuscript is designated as a work of Epiphanius of Cyprus. This Homily is found in 19 Menaion Panegyrica of the 15^th–16^th centuries. Homily under number 31 consists of two parts: the beginning of the Synaxis of the Theotokos Virgin by Epiphanius of Cyprus, the continuation – part of the Homily on the Nativity of Our Lord by Gregorius of Nazianzus. The linguotextual method was used to explore the discrepancies in the general part of the homilies. This study suggested that there are two editions of the Synaxis of the Theotokos Virgin by Epiphanius of Cyprus. This conclusion allows us to continue studying this Homilies as a subject of linguotextual studies.

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