Cyril Leo Toumanoff (Russian: Кирилл Львович Туманов; 13 October 1913 – 4 February 1997) was a Russian-born Georgian historian and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Georgia, Armenia, Iran and the Byzantine Empire. His works have significantly influenced the Western scholarship of the medieval Caucasus.[1]
Cyril Toumanoff was born in Saint Petersburg into a family of the military officer of the Russian army. His father's ancestors came of the princely family of Tumanishvili (Tumanov) from Georgia,[2] whose ancestors had emigrated from their original homeland in Cilician Armenia in the 15th century.[1] This family is on the list of the Georgian princes that was attached to the Treaty of Georgievsk concluded between the Georgian king Erekle II and the Russian empress Catherine II in 1783. On December 6, 1850, the Tumanishvili were officially enrolled on the Russian Empire's list of Georgian princely families as knyaz Tumanov.[3] Toumanoff's mother, Elizabeth Zhdanova, was a descendant of a number of Russian noble families, with genealogical ties with the Western European nobility.[1]
Career
Toumanoff's parents fled the October Revolution in St. Petersburg in 1917. His father joined the White Russian forces during the Russian Civil War, while his mother was put to death by the Bolsheviks.[1] Cyril Toumanoff was initially sheltered by his maternal grandparents in Astrakhan. In 1928, Toumanoff's father was able to escape to the United States, bringing his son with him. Cyril Toumanoff attended the Lennox School which he graduated from in 1931 and went to Harvard. His educators John Coddington and Robert P. Blake helped him secure funding for travel to Brussels to study Armenology under Nicholas Adontz and then to Berlin, where he studied Georgian under Michael Tsereteli.[1] During these years, Toumanoff converted to Roman Catholicism. A breach with his Orthodox Christian father ensued and was only terminated when the two reconciled at the latter's deathbed in 1943.[1]
Toumanoff earned a doctorate from the Georgetown University in 1943 and soon accepted a position there which he held until his retirement as a professor emeritus of history in 1970. Thereafter he moved to Rome.[1] A recognized authority on nobiliary and dynastic questions, Prince Toumanoff was also a Professed Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, High Historical Consultant, Grand Magistry,[4] and the Grand Prior of Bohemia.[1] Having taken religious orders he became known as Fra Cyril.
Cyril Toumanoff died in 1997 in Rome at the age of 83.[1] He is buried at the chapel of the Knights of Malta at Campo Verano, Rome.[5]
Bibliography
"On the Relationship between the Founder of the Empire of Trebizond and the Georgian Queen Thamar", Speculum 15 (1940).
"Medieval Georgian Historical Literature (VIIth-XVth Centuries)", Traditio 1 (1943).
"Chronology of the Early Kings of Iberia", Traditio 25 (1969).
The Order of Malta and the Russian Empire (Rome, 1969) with Olgerd de Sherbowitz-Wetzor.
"The Mamikonids and the Liparitids", Armeniaca Venise (1969).
"The Third-Century Armenian Arsacids: A chronological and Genealogical Commentary", Revue des Études Arméniennes 6 (1969): 233-281.
"Caucasia and Byzantium", Traditio 27 (1971)
(in French) "L’Ordre de Malte dans l’Empire de Russie : Grand-Prieuré Catholique de Russie", Rivista Araldica (maggio-giugno 1973)
(in French)Manuel de généalogie et de chronologie pour l’histoire de la Caucasie chrétienne (Arménie, Géorgie, Albanie) (Rome: Aquila, 1976).
(in French) "Aransahikides ou Haykides? Derniers rois de Siounie", Handes Amsorya (1976)
(in French)Catalogue de la Noblesse titrée de l’Empire de Russie (Rome, 1982).
(in French)Les Maisons Princières Géorgiennes de l’Empire de Russie (Rome, 1983).
"The Albanian Royal Succession", Le Muséon 97 (1984).
The Social Myth: Introduction to Byzantinism (Rome: Viella, 1984).
"Heraclids and the Arsacids", Revue des Études Arméniennes 19 (1985).
"Problems of Aransahikid Genealogy", Le Muséon 98 (1985).
(in French)Les dynasties de la Caucasie chrétienne de l’Antiquité jusqu’au XIXe siècle ; Tables généalogiques et chronologiques, *Rome, 1990).
References
^ abcdefghiRobert H. Hewsen. "In Memoriam: Cyril Toumanoff." Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies. Vol. 8, 1995, 5–7.
^Rapp, Stephen H. (2003), Studies In Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts, p. 16. Peeters Bvba, ISBN90-429-1318-5.
For the present investigation no single scholar's body of work has had a greater impact than that of Cyril Toumanoff (1913 -1997). Born in St. Peterburg of an old Armeno-Georgian noble house (Tumanian, Tumanishvili), Toumanoff emigrated to the United States in 1928. He went on to earn his doctorate from Georgetown University in 1943 and immediately accepted a position there, holding it until his retirement in 1970
^Любимов С.В. Титулованные роды Российской империи: Опыт подробного перечисления всех титулованных российских дворянских фамилий, с указанием происхождения каждой фамилии, а также времени получения титула и утверждения в нем / Гос. публ. ист. б-ка России. – М.: ФАИР-ПРЕСС, 2004. с. 368
^McHugh, Rosita (1996), The Knights of Malta: 900 years of care, p. xix. Irish Association of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta, ISBN0-9525810-0-0.
^(in Russian) А. А. Шумков, М. Ю. Медведев (1997), Дворянский календарь: справочная родословная книга российского дворянства, т. 4, с. 102. Санкт-Петербургское Дворянское Собрание.
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Cyril Leo Toumanoff Russian Kirill Lvovich Tumanov 13 October 1913 4 February 1997 was a Russian born Georgian historian and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Georgia Armenia Iran and the Byzantine Empire His works have significantly influenced the Western scholarship of the medieval Caucasus 1 Contents 1 Family 2 Career 3 Bibliography 4 ReferencesFamily EditCyril Toumanoff was born in Saint Petersburg into a family of the military officer of the Russian army His father s ancestors came of the princely family of Tumanishvili Tumanov from Georgia 2 whose ancestors had emigrated from their original homeland in Cilician Armenia in the 15th century 1 This family is on the list of the Georgian princes that was attached to the Treaty of Georgievsk concluded between the Georgian king Erekle II and the Russian empress Catherine II in 1783 On December 6 1850 the Tumanishvili were officially enrolled on the Russian Empire s list of Georgian princely families as knyaz Tumanov 3 Toumanoff s mother Elizabeth Zhdanova was a descendant of a number of Russian noble families with genealogical ties with the Western European nobility 1 Career EditToumanoff s parents fled the October Revolution in St Petersburg in 1917 His father joined the White Russian forces during the Russian Civil War while his mother was put to death by the Bolsheviks 1 Cyril Toumanoff was initially sheltered by his maternal grandparents in Astrakhan In 1928 Toumanoff s father was able to escape to the United States bringing his son with him Cyril Toumanoff attended the Lennox School which he graduated from in 1931 and went to Harvard His educators John Coddington and Robert P Blake helped him secure funding for travel to Brussels to study Armenology under Nicholas Adontz and then to Berlin where he studied Georgian under Michael Tsereteli 1 During these years Toumanoff converted to Roman Catholicism A breach with his Orthodox Christian father ensued and was only terminated when the two reconciled at the latter s deathbed in 1943 1 Toumanoff earned a doctorate from the Georgetown University in 1943 and soon accepted a position there which he held until his retirement as a professor emeritus of history in 1970 Thereafter he moved to Rome 1 A recognized authority on nobiliary and dynastic questions Prince Toumanoff was also a Professed Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta High Historical Consultant Grand Magistry 4 and the Grand Prior of Bohemia 1 Having taken religious orders he became known as Fra Cyril Cyril Toumanoff died in 1997 in Rome at the age of 83 1 He is buried at the chapel of the Knights of Malta at Campo Verano Rome 5 Bibliography Edit On the Relationship between the Founder of the Empire of Trebizond and the Georgian Queen Thamar Speculum 15 1940 Medieval Georgian Historical Literature VIIth XVth Centuries Traditio 1 1943 Caesaropapism in Byzantium and Russia Theological Studies VII 1946 The Old Manuscript of the Georgian Annals The Queen Anne Codex QA 1479 1495 Traditio 5 1947 The Early Bagratids remarks in connexion with some recent publications Le Museon 62 1949 The Fifteenth Century Bagratids and the institution of Collegial Sovereignty in Georgia Traditio 7 1949 1951 Christian Caucasia between Byzantium and Iran New light from Old Sources Traditio 10 1954 Moscow the Third Rome genesis and significance of a politico religious idea The Catholic Review 40 4 1955 in French La noblesse georgienne sa genese et sa structure Rivista Araldica Sett 1956 Chronology of the Kings of Abasgia and Other Problems Le Museon 69 1956 Caucasia and Byzantine Studies Traditio 12 1956 The Bagratids of Iberia from the Eighth to the Eleventh Century Le Museon 74 1961 The dates of the Pseudo Moses of Chorence Handes Amsorya 75 1961 Studies in Christian Caucasian History Georgetown University Press 1963 Armenia and Georgia in The Cambridge Medieval History IV 1966 Chronology of the Early Kings of Iberia Traditio 25 1969 The Order of Malta and the Russian Empire Rome 1969 with Olgerd de Sherbowitz Wetzor The Mamikonids and the Liparitids Armeniaca Venise 1969 The Third Century Armenian Arsacids A chronological and Genealogical Commentary Revue des Etudes Armeniennes 6 1969 233 281 Caucasia and Byzantium Traditio 27 1971 in French L Ordre de Malte dans l Empire de Russie Grand Prieure Catholique de Russie Rivista Araldica maggio giugno 1973 in French Manuel de genealogie et de chronologie pour l histoire de la Caucasie chretienne Armenie Georgie Albanie Rome Aquila 1976 in French Aransahikides ou Haykides Derniers rois de Siounie Handes Amsorya 1976 in French Catalogue de la Noblesse titree de l Empire de Russie Rome 1982 in French Les Maisons Princieres Georgiennes de l Empire de Russie Rome 1983 The Albanian Royal Succession Le Museon 97 1984 The Social Myth Introduction to Byzantinism Rome Viella 1984 Heraclids and the Arsacids Revue des Etudes Armeniennes 19 1985 Problems of Aransahikid Genealogy Le Museon 98 1985 in French Les dynasties de la Caucasie chretienne de l Antiquite jusqu au XIXe siecle Tables genealogiques et chronologiques Rome 1990 References Edit a b c d e f g h i Robert H Hewsen In Memoriam Cyril Toumanoff Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies Vol 8 1995 5 7 Rapp Stephen H 2003 Studies In Medieval Georgian Historiography Early Texts And Eurasian Contexts p 16 Peeters Bvba ISBN 90 429 1318 5 For the present investigation no single scholar s body of work has had a greater impact than that of Cyril Toumanoff 1913 1997 Born in St Peterburg of an old Armeno Georgian noble house Tumanian Tumanishvili Toumanoff emigrated to the United States in 1928 He went on to earn his doctorate from Georgetown University in 1943 and immediately accepted a position there holding it until his retirement in 1970 Lyubimov S V Titulovannye rody Rossijskoj imperii Opyt podrobnogo perechisleniya vseh titulovannyh rossijskih dvoryanskih familij s ukazaniem proishozhdeniya kazhdoj familii a takzhe vremeni polucheniya titula i utverzhdeniya v nem Gos publ ist b ka Rossii M FAIR PRESS 2004 s 368 McHugh Rosita 1996 The Knights of Malta 900 years of care p xix Irish Association of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta ISBN 0 9525810 0 0 in Russian A A Shumkov M Yu Medvedev 1997 Dvoryanskij kalendar spravochnaya rodoslovnaya kniga rossijskogo dvoryanstva t 4 s 102 Sankt Peterburgskoe Dvoryanskoe Sobranie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cyril Toumanoff amp oldid 1109549419, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
