3 In Search of Sylvester’s Origins

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface IX
4. Acknowledgements XV
5. 1 Before 1724 1
6. 2 Letters and Codices as Sources on Patriarch Sylvester’s Life and Works 16
7. 3 In Search of Sylvester’s Origins 26
8. 4 Sylvester as Patriarch of Antioch and All the East 42
9. 5 A New Decade and New Travels, 1730–1740 76
10. 6 From 1740 to 1748, in Moldavia, Constantinople, and Wallachia 87
11. 7 Back to Constantinople and “Arabia” 101
12. 8 Patriarch Sylvester in Damascus after 1760 112
13. 9 Sylvester of Antioch’s Network of Collaborators 116
14. 10 The Patriarchate of Antioch in Sylvester’s Times: “Greeks” and “Latins” 126
15. 11 Sylvester’s Schools 135
16. 12 Sylvester’s Books 140
17. 13 Travels in Europe and Asia 147
18. 14 Sylvester and Russia 161
19. 15 Sylvester of Antioch’s Printing Works 173
20. 16 Books Printed by Patriarch Sylvester in Moldavia, Wallachia, and Beirut 202
21. 17 Other Printed Items 228
22. 18 Glimpses of Sylvester of Antioch’s Patriarchal Activities 240
23. 19 Sylvester of Antioch as an Icon Painter 249
24. Addendum 1: Catalogue of Icons Painted by Sylvester of Antioch or Attributed to Him 271
25. Addendum 2: Inventory of Documents and Correspondence 290
26. Addendum 3: Greek Sources on Sylvester’s Life and Works 311
27. Abbreviations 335
28. Bibliography 337
29. Figures 361
30. Index of Names and Places 417