TY  - JOUR
A1  - Giese, Martina
A1  - Döring, Karoline
T1  - Der Briefbericht des Frater Simon über den Fall von Konstantinopel 1453
JF  - Byzantinische Zeitschrift
N2  - Although claiming the authority of an eye-witness account, frater Simon’s letter is almost certainly a ficticious description of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. This presumed lack of authenticity has obviously prompted modern scholarship for a long time to be oblivious to this contemporary and exclusive source on the events, preferring well-known and reliable sources such as Leonard of Chios and Isidore of Kiev. However, since frater Simon’s letter has survived in two different versions and ten manuscripts from the 15th century, it is clearly more than a marginal note. Rather is it a remarkable contribution to the literary treatment of the Turkish threat and timeless moral instruction.With his portrayal of the pagan Mehmed II as a just ruler, the recurring moral instructions and the lack of a call to arms. Simon’s text stands out against themyriad of more or less contemporary depictions. In preparation for a critical edition the paper gives an analysis of the text and an overview of the extant manuscripts.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1515/bz-2015-0005
SN  - 1868-9027
SN  - 0007-7704
VL  - 108
IS  - 1
SP  - 79
EP  - 114
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Giese, Martina
A1  - Döring, Karoline
T1  - Der Briefbericht des Frater Simon über den Fall von Konstantinopel 1453
T1  - The Letter Report of Frater Simon about the Fall of Constantinople 1453
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe
N2  - Although claiming the authority of an eye-witness account, frater Simon’s letter is almost certainly a ficticious description of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. This presumed lack of authenticity has obviously prompted modern scholarship for a long time to be oblivious to this contemporary and exclusive source on the events, preferring well-known and reliable sources such as Leonard of Chios and Isidore of Kiev. However, since frater Simon’s letter has survived in two different versions and ten manuscripts from the 15th century, it is clearly more than a marginal note. Rather is it a remarkable contribution to the literary treatment of the Turkish threat and timeless moral instruction.With his portrayal of the pagan Mehmed II as a just ruler, the recurring moral instructions and the lack of a call to arms. Simon’s text stands out against themyriad of more or less contemporary depictions. In preparation for a critical edition the paper gives an analysis of the text and an overview of the extant manuscripts.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe - 133 
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-398604
SN  - 1866-8380
IS  - 133
ER  -