Semantics of belt in the description of Muslims in the Tale of Bygone Years
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2018-4-91-105
Abstract
The article analyzes information about the absence of a belt for praying Muslims, recorded in the Tale of Bygone Years. The author considers this information in the context of the Christian symbolism of belt, reflected in the Byzantine and ancient Russian monuments. In the course of her analysis the author reveals evidence of the ancient Russian practice of constantly wearing a belt, which acted as a mandatory prescription for both monks and laity. This rule was directly related to interpreting the belt as a significant Christian symbol. The article discusses the range of Byzantine and ancient exegetical sources, in which the belt got a theological justification. The discovered features of the belt perception allowed us to reveal the key ideas of its semantics derived from the texts of Holy Scripture. Thus, girdling was a symbol of concrete virtues, and the refusal to wear a belt, apparently, indicated their absence. In conclusion, the author confirms that point, revealing the true meaning what was mentioned in the chronicle about Muslims by comparing it with a similar testimony found in the Interpretation on the Gospel of Matthew of St. Theophylactus the Bulgarian.
About the Author
M. Yu. Andreycheva,
The Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marianna Yu. Andreycheva, PhD in History
bld. 19, Dmitriy Ulyanov st., Moscow, Russia, 117292
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Andreycheva, M.Yu. Semantics of belt in the description of Muslims in the Tale of Bygone Years. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series "Political Science. History. International Relations". 2018;(4):91-105. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2018-4-91-105
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