ETHNISCHE INVEKTIVEN IN DER SPÄTBYZANTINISCHEN HÄNDLERWELT ZUM ANONYMEN POEM IM MARCIANUS GR. XI, 6 AUS DEM 3. ODER 4. JAHRZEHNT DES 14. JAHRHUNDERTS
Ethnic Invective In The Late Byzantine Commercial World. About Anonymen Poem In Marcianus GR. XI, 6 From The 3. or 4. Decade Of The 14th Century

Summary/Abstract: A small poem of six political verses published by Alexander Turyn from a greek manuscript in Venice compiled in 1321 classifi es six ethnic groups: gypsies, Albanians, Cretans, Germans, Goths in Crimea and Trapezuntinians. The article examines fi rstly the manuscript and the copists and than the role of the six groups in politics and society of the Late Byzantine Empire. The poem have, as it seemed, its origins in merchant circles in Constantinople and describes the public meaning in the streets and places of the Capital.

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