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Calligrapher in the 19th century,
Dionysios Agiartemitis in Panteleimonos.

Διονύσιος Αγιαρτεμίτης

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Καλλιγράφος τον 19ο αιώνα Διονύσιος Αγιαρτεμίτης στην Πεντελεήμονος.


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(Greek)
Μονή Αγίου Παντελεήμονος,
Moni Agiou Panteleimonos



Post and share about Sinaiticus and the Painter's Manual
 
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Catalogue of the Greek manuscripts on Mount Athos, Volume 2 (1900)
edited by Spyridōn Paulou Lampros
https://books.google.com/books?id=1DdAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA574
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6360 - p. 502 (503 - left column 2nd line)
Also on . 498 -
https://books.google.com/books?id=1DdAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA498
https://books.google.com/books?id=1DdAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA503


Dionysios Agiartemitis. a layman in the monastery of the Russian community, a layman monk

Διονύσιος Αγιαρτεμίτης. άλιτρός έν τη μονή του Ρωσικού κοινοβίου , άλιτρός μοναχός
( xίx ) 6364 , 14. 6365 , 4. 6390 , 4 . 6397, 2. (1817) 6385. (1829)3464. (1837) 6370. 3. 6392,3. 6403 6404. (1839) 6382. 3. (1840) 6362. 1. (1842) 6368. (1850—1860) 6372, 9 ***?

We can pull out the descriptions of his 14 manuscripts listed.

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Gedeōn, Manuēl Iō. 1851-1943
https://ixtheo.de/AuthorityRecord/077976576

There is a book about him, and he published a few books, and various references ... perhaps a major Athos historian.

Ho Athōs: anamnēseis, engrapha, sēmeiōseis (1885)
Index
https://books.google.com/books?id=HE8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA350
Page
https://books.google.com/books?id=HE8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA225

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P. 225 - Dionysios Agiartemitis page - this is OCR method, Plain Text on Google should be very similar
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Έκ τών σκητών, άνω μεν έτημειώθηταν αί τής
Λαύρας, προσθετέον δέ και πάλιν Διονύσιον τον Άγιαρ-
τεμίτην, ισως έκ τον κατά τήν [Ά]μολφινοϋ κελλίου
έπικληθέντα, μάλλον έν άρχαΐς τής ήμετέρας έκατον·
ταετηρίοος βιώσαντα· καί τον ζακύνθιον ιερομόναχον
Γεράσιμον Ίωαννούλην, άν μή άπατώμαι άσκήσαντα
συγχρόνως τώ ‘Αγιαρτεμίτη έν τη σκήτη τής άγίας
“Αννης, ίκανάς γράψαντα ίεράς ώδάς καί ακολουθίας είς
μνήμας άγιων καί έορτάς112, ών μία έκδοθεϊσα113, δεί-
κνυσι τον Ίωαννούλην τής αρχαίας καί γλώσσης καί
μετρικής κάτοχον. Ή σκήτη τοΟ άγιου Δημητρίου ή
έν τοΓς δρίοις τοΟ Βατοπεδίου κείμενη είχε καί αύτή
τόν Σιατιστέα Διονύσιον, παιδείας μετρίας εύμοιρήσαντα,
διαπρέποντα δ’ έπ’ εΰσεβεία καί αϋστηρο'τητι βίου111.
Ιδίως όμως έπαινετέα μεν ή σκήτη αύτη διά τήν τών
μοναγών αύτής ςιιλομουσίαν, ής εγομεν υπόμνημα115.
112. βλ. περί του ’Ιωαννούλη Γεράσιμου τα Φιλολ. άνάλεκτα Ζα-
κύνθου ύπδ Νικολάου Κατραμή αρχιεπισκόπου, σελ. 409—410.
113. ΈςεδόΟη ύπδ Α. ΙΙαπαόοπούλου Κεραμέως έν τώ φυλλαδέω
α’Ανεκδότων Συμαϊκών τεύχει Α’», έν Σμύρνη 1880, έν ω πρώτον
καί μαχρδν ανέκδοτον έγγραφον έκδιοοται ή τω 1875 ύπδ του όφ/ιμ.
Γερμανού ΆφΟονιδου έκδοθεϊσα έπιστολή Παϊσιου πατριάρχου Κων-
σταντινουπόλεως προς τδν £ώσσον πατριάρχην Νικωνα.
114. *Ιδε τδ έμδν άρΟρίδιον: «Διονύσιος Ιερομόναχος ό Σιατιστεύς»,
έν τη « Έκκλ. ’Αλήθεια», τόμ. Δ’, σελ. 618—619.
115. Επιστασία και φροντιοι τών ασκητών της σκήτης ταύτης,
δαπάνη δέ του έκ ΙΙελοπονήσου έμπορου Δημητρίου Καριτζιώτου έςε-
δόΟη τώ 1806 εν Βενετία, τύποι; Νικολάου Γλυκύ, τδβιολι'ον «Θύρα
μετάνοιας», οπερ εχω μαΟών οτι εργον έστιν Ίωάννου τού Κομνηνού.
A. II. Βρετού φιλολ. τόμ. Λ \ άριΟμ. 407.

Μ. Γεδεών *Ανβ*£. Ό "Αθως. 1 5

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λοπονήσιος· ἐν ἀρχαῖς δὲ τοῦ αἰῶνος ἡμῶν ἕτερος ἱερομόνα. χος τῆς μονῆς ταύτης ὁ Ζακύνθιος Αρσένιος ἐστιχούργη σεν εἰς ἐλεεινοὺς στίχους οἱονεὶ ἱστορίαν αὐτῆς, ἐκδοθεῖσαν ὑπὸ τὴν χαλκογραφικὴν εἰκονογραφίαν τῆς Μονῆς, οὐδε μίαν ἀξίαν ἔχουσαν.
Ἐκ τῶν σκητῶν, ἄνω μὲν ἐσημειώθησαν αἱ τῆς Λαύρας, προσθετέον δὲ καὶ πάλιν Διονύσιον τὸν Αγιατεμίτην, ἴσως ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ τὴν [Α]μολφινοῦ κελλίου ἐπικληθέντα, μᾶλλον ἐν ἀρχαῖς τῆς ἡμετέρας ἑκατον· ταετηρίδος βιώσαντα· καὶ τὸν ζακύνθιον ἱερομόναχον Γεράσιμον Ιωαννούλην, ἂν μὴ ἀπατῶμαι ἀσκήσαντα συγχρόνως τῷ Ἁγιαρτεμίτῃ ἐν τῇ σκήτῃ τῆς ἁγίας Ἄννης, ἱκανὰς γράψαντα ἱερὰς ᾠδὰς καὶ ἀκολουθίας εἰς μνήμας ἁγίων καὶ ἑορτάς112, ὧν μία ἐκδοθεῖσα113, δεί κνυσι τὸν Ἰωαννούλην τῆς ἀρχαίας καὶ γλώσσης καὶ μετρικῆς κάτοχον. Ἡ σκήτη τοῦ ἁγίου Δημητρίου ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις τοῦ Βατοπεδίου κειμένη εἶχε καὶ αὐτὴ τὸν Σιατιστέα Διονύσιον, παιδείας μετρίας εὐμοιρήσαντα, διαπρέποντα δ' ἐπ ̓ εὐσεβείᾳ καὶ αὐστηρότητι βίου114 Ιδίως ὅμως ἐπαινετέα μὲν ἡ σκήτη αὕτη διὰ τὴν τῶν μοναχῶν αὐτῆς φιλομουσίαν, ἧς ἔχομεν ὑπόμνημα 115,

Among the Scythians, those of Lavra were mentioned above, and again Dionysios the Ajatemite, perhaps from the cell of [A]molfinus, probably in the beginning of the hundredth century, living, and the Zakynthian hieromonk John intentionally, if not I am practicing at the same time as Hagiarthemites in the hermitage of Saint Anne, able to write holy ᾠdas and liturgies in memory of saints and feasts112, one of which I published113, see Ioannoulis of the ancient language and metric . The hermitage of Saint Demetrius, which is located on the borders of Vatopedi, also had Siatisteas Dionysios, a man of moderate education, distinguished by piety and austerity of life114 , we have a memorandum 15 ,

112. βλ. περὶ τοῦ Ιωαννούλη Γερασίμου τὰ Φιλολ. ἀνάλεκτα Ζα κύνθου ὑπὸ Νικολάου Κατραμῆ ἀρχιεπισκόπου, σελ. 409 410.
113. Εξεδόθη ὑπὸ Α. Παπαδοπούλου Κεραμέως ἐν τῷ φυλλαδίῳ «Ανεκδότων Συμαϊκῶν τεύχει Α ́», ἐν Σμύρνῃ 1880, ἐν ᾧ πρῶτον καὶ μακρὸν ἀνέκδοτον ἔγγραφον ἐκδίδοται ἡ τῷ 1875 ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀρχιμ. Γερμανοῦ ̓Αφθονίδου ἐκδοθεῖσα ἐπιστολὴ Παϊσίου πατριάρχου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως πρὸς τὸν ῥῶσσον πατριάρχην Νίκωνα.
114. Ἴδε τὸ ἐμὸν ἀρθρίδιον: «Διονύσιος ἱερομόναχος ὁ Σιατιστεὺς», ἐν τῇ « Ἐκκλ. Αληθείᾳ», τόμ. Δ', σελ. 618-619.
115. Επιστασίᾳ καὶ φροντίδι τῶν ἀσκητῶν τῆς σκήτης ταύτης, δαπάνη δὲ τοῦ ἐκ Πελοπονήσου ἐμπόρου Δημητρίου Καριτζιώτου ἐξεΜ. Γεδεών ̓Ανέκδ. Ὁ ̓́Αθως.

112. see about Ioannoulis Gerasimos Philol. ἀναλεκτα Za kynthou ὑπὸ Nikolaos Katramῆ archbishopou, pp. 409 410. 113. It was published by A. Papadopoulou Kerameos in the pamphlet "Anecdotes of Symaikis issue A", in Smyrna 1880, in which the first and long anecdotal document was published in 1875 by archim. Letter of Paisios Patriarch of Constantinople to the Greek Patriarch Nikos, published by Germanus Afthonidos. 114. Here is our article: "Dionysius Hieromonk Siatisteus", in "Eccl. Truth", vol. IV, pp. 618-619. 115. By the insistence and care of the ascetics of this hermitage, and the expense of the merchant from Peloponnese Dimitrios Karitziotos exM. Gideon ̓Anekd. Athos.
 
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Calligrapher Dionysios Agiartemitis in Panteleimonos

May 10. 2024
"Calligrapher in the 19th century, Dionysios Agiartemitis in Panteleimonos.”

Thanks, we found this name Agiartemitis extremely helpful, as he is listed in Greek in the Index for about 15 manuscripts in the Spyridon Lambros (1851-1919):
Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts on Mount Athos, Volume 2 (1900).

Dionysios, under Macarios, was involved in the Painter's Manual (Panselinos) manuscript that was sent to Adolphe Napoleon Didron (1806-1867). This was a complex situation which also led to a tampered/modified (the Simonides style) manuscript from Constantine Simonides also being sent to Didron. All this led to Didron's 1845 translation into French:
Manuel d'iconoaraphie chretienne grecque et latine.
For a long time this Greek manuscript was considered an important historic manuscript for the history of Athos art, today not quite so much.

Even more interesting are the three Dionysios notes and signatures that are on Codex Sinaiticus,. This is in an unusual script, sometimes called a scrawl. "Consensus" Sinaiticus scholarship wants to awkwardly place these as written over a millennium ago, without offering any substantive palaeography, and without a sensible terminus ante quem. Key point: Our Sinaiticus research team believes that a comparison involving the Dionysios script from c. 1835-1860 at Panteleimon may well turn up a match with the Dionysios script on Sinaiticus!

signed notes of Dionysius, Hilarion, Theophylact (best pic for palaeography inquiry)
https://www.purebibleforum.com/inde...hylact-best-pic-for-palaeography-inquiry.555/

Simonides references Dionysios as the calligrapher at Panteleimon, and also has him involved with corrections on the manuscript! He was one of many Panteleimon individuals referenced, including Benedict, Procopius Dendrino and others.

Similarly, Hilarion, whose name is on the Sinaiticus manuscript as well, has references in the Sinaiticus history. One relates to the 1841 transportation of the manuscript from Athos to Constantinople to Sinai, and the payment in piastres made by the patriarch Constantius to Simonides for manuscripts. Later he, with Nicander and Niphon are inquiring about the results of the efforts, where did the manuscript go? They had made LXX books of Esdras available to Benedict and Simonides for the project.

Returning to Dionysius, we are hoping to gain access to some of his manuscripts or writings. And your name for him, Agiartemitis, translated to Greek, turned up exactly what we needed to move this along!

There are various other references to Dionysios as an individual at Mt. Athos, and also various church writers as a subject of manuscripts, such as Dionysius the Areopagite.

Your sections on Benedict and Procopios Dendrinos are also helpful in our studies, as Simonides also mentioned the two scholars in his fascinating account of how Sinaiticus was made in Athos and then was transported over to Constantinople to Antigonus (Prigiponissa, Paris Island) to St. Catherine's on Mt. Sinai. Benedict was likely the great-uncle of Simonides and the major force behind the project, Simonides was a teenager and a very proficient scribe/calligrapher.

Your feedback and thoughts most welcome!

Thanks!
Wonderful forum!

Steven Avery
researcher - Dutchess County, NY USA
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Notice that Simonides did have access to other monasteries!

Osiou Grigoriou Monastery
https://athosforum.org/Gregoriou-Monastery

It is worth mentioning the parchment manuscript of the Shepherd of Hermas. In the catalog of Spyridon Lambros this code has the number 96 and dates to the 14th century. It is one of three surviving manuscripts in Greek and the only one with the entire work. The codex was discovered by Konstantinos Simonides in the middle of the 19th century, who removed three of the original nine leaves and, after copying the rest, presented them in Leipzig. The transcript was purchased and deposited in the library there (1855).

Vatopedi Monastery
https://athosforum.org/Vatopedi-Monastery

During the 19th century, many code shifts take place, mainly codes of classical content. In 1802 the English traveler Clarke brought to London the famous codex with the speeches of the ten Attic orators, which seems to have been included in the donation of loannis Kantakouzenos, while in 1841-1843 the Greek philologist and representative of the New Greek Enlightenment Minas Menoidis sent on behalf of of the French government several manuscripts or parts of manuscripts, which are now in the National Library of France. Smaller in scope, but equally important, were the thefts of Constantinos Simonides who in 1853 cut and sold to the British Museum a sheet of the famous codex with Ptolemy's Geography, and of the Russian Archimandrite Porphyry Ouspensky, who also took sheets of codexes.
 
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