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Emmanuel Van Elverdinghe

Professeur
emmanuel.vanelverdinghe@uclouvain.be

SSH/FIAL Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters (FIAL)

SSH/INCA Institut des civilisations, arts et lettres (INCAL)

  • Expertise :
  • Armenian studies
  • Georgian studies
  • Byzantine philology
  • Manuscripts
  • Reception of the Bible

Learning units for 2025

Label Code
Middle Ages History LFIAL1422
Introduction to the medieval Near East LGLOR1523
Languages of the Caucasus (Armenian, Georgian) A LGLOR1653
Languages of the Caucasus (Armenian, Georgian) B LGLOR1654
Seminar in Greek palaeography and scholarly editing LGLOR2172
Seminar in the History of Byzantium and the Christian East LGLOR2521
Armenian A LGLOR2653
Armenian B LGLOR2654
Georgian A LGLOR2655
Georgian B LGLOR2656
2026
Conference paper

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2026). Richesses et ornements des colophons arméniens. Séance de présentation du livre Les Colophons, par Lucien Reynhout, Bruxelles, KBR.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/273096


2025
Conference paper

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2025). Armenian Studies in Louvain-la-Neuve: Challenges and Perspectives. International Armenological Congress / Հայագիտական միջազգային գիտաժողով, Yerevan, Matenadaran.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/273105


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2025). Les versions arméniennes de l’Apocalypse de Jean : acquis et perspectives. XVIe Conférence générale de l’Association Internationale des Études Arméniennes, Genève, Université de Genève – Lausanne, Université de Lausanne.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/239721


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2025). Copying Centres and Scribal Networks in the Armenian World. Spaces of Book Production and Scribal Activity in the Eastern Mediterranean, Wien, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/239747


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2025). Introduction. Nouvelles perspectives sur la tradition et le texte des Homélies de Grégoire de Nazianze, Louvain-la-Neuve, UCLouvain.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/255428


2024
Conference paper

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2024). The Patristic Texts of the GREgORI Project: From Input File to Tagged Corpora Available Online. 19th International Conference on Patristic Studies, Oxford, University of Oxford.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/218512


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2024). An Experiment in Comparative Paratextology: Verses and Colophons in Greek and Armenian Gospel Books. Paratexts in Premodern Writing Cultures, Gent, Universiteit Gent.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/236292


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2024). Quand le nombre des témoins dépasse celui des mots, ou comment éditer les souscriptions grecques des Évangiles. Séminaire Éditer et commenter les paratextes bibliques : enjeux et méthodes, Paris, Collège de France.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/31705


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2024). Subscriptiones of the Gospels. 19th International Conference on Patristic Studies, Oxford, University of Oxford.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/218511


Book chapter

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2024). Armenian. In Karrer, Martin; Müller, Darius; Malik, Peter (ed.), Novum Testamentum Graecum. Editio Critica Maior. VI. Die Offenbarung. Teil 2: Begleitende Materialien / Revelation. Part 2: Supplementary Material (pp. 278-291). Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/231058


2023
Journal article

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2023). [Compte rendu de] Ostkirchliche Studien, 68.1-2 (2019) ; 69.1 (2020) ; 69.2 (2020) ; 70.1 (2021). Byzantion : revue internationale des etudes byzantines, 93, 371-372. https://doi.org/10.2143/BYZ.93.0.3292496 (Original work published 2023)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/246387


Conference paper

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2023). Multiple translations, recensions, and source texts: the Armenian versions of the Apocalypse of John and their editorial challenges. Translations between Scribe and Scholar: Ancient Translations in Manuscript Studies and Text Editing, Leuven, KU Leuven.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/100914


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2023). Benefits of a Combined RNN and Dictionary-based Lemmatization: The Three Armenian Editions of the Apocalypse of John as a Test Case. Digital Caucasiology – a Change of Paradigm?, Frankfurt am Main, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/101363


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2023). Les souscriptions des Évangiles dans la tradition manuscrite grecque : genèses d’un paratexte. 22e Journée byzantine, Namur, UNamur.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/104866


Book chapter

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2023). ‘The hand that once wrote…’: The Journey of a Colophon Formula from Greek into Armenian. In Bonfiglio, Emilio; Rapp, Claudia (ed.), Armenia and Byzantium without Borders: Mobility, Interactions, Responses (pp. 125-166). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004679313_006

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/27737


2022
Monography

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2022). Modèles et copies. Étude d’une formule des colophons de manuscrits arméniens, VIIIᵉ-XIXᵉ siècles. Peeters Publishers.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/220064


Conference paper

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2022). Describing Language Variation in the Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts. Processing Language Variation: Digital Armenian (LREC 2022 workshop), Marseille, Palais du Pharo.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/105668


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2022). The Social Dimensions of Copying Manuscripts in Medieval Armenia. Text and Transmission Joint Research Seminar, Leuven, KU Leuven.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/106521


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2022). Bishops as Cultural Mediators in Medieval Armenia: Their Role in the Production and Circulation of Manuscripts. Bishops: Leaders and Ministers, Judges and Diplomats, Scholars and Saints. Variations on a Global Institution in the Middle Ages, Frankfurt am Main, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/109809


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2022). La transmission des manuscrits arméniens: aspects sociaux et politiques. Arts et textes d’Arménie et de Géorgie, Louvain-la-Neuve, UCLouvain.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/106012


Book chapter

Van Elverdinghe, E., & Kindt, B. (2022). Describing Language Variation in the Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts. In Khurshudyan, Victoria; Tomeh, Nadi; Nouvel, Damien; Donabédian, Anaïd; Vidal-Gorène, Chahan (ed.), Proceedings of the LREC 2022 Workshop on Processing Language Variation: Digital Armenian (DigitAm) (p. p. 13-19). European Language Resources Association (ELRA).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/225270


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2022). Appendice arménien. In Jean-Marie Auwers (ed.), Lectures patristiques du Cantique des cantiques (p. p. 527-530). Éditions du Cerf; Éditions J.-P. Migne.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/111430


Working paper

Vidal-Gorène, C., Sargsyan, A., & Van Elverdinghe, E. (2022). Index of Digitized Armenian Manuscripts.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/215446


Journal article

Coulie, B., Kindt, B., Kepeklian, G., & Van Elverdinghe, E. (2022). Étiquettes morphosyntaxiques et flexionnelles pour le traitement automatique de l’arménien ancien. Le muséon : revue d’études orientales, 135(1-2), 209-241. https://doi.org/10.2143/MUS.135.1.3290656 (Original work published 2022)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/105543


2021
Working paper

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2021). Online Descriptions of Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/31983


Book chapter

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2021). “A Child in Zion”: The Scriptural Fabric of Armenian Colophons. In Ceulemans, Reinhart; Crostini, Barbara (ed.), Receptions of the Bible in Byzantium: Texts, Manuscripts, and Their Readers (pp. 141-162). Uppsala Universitet.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/219912


Conference paper

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2021). Die Apokalypse in einem italogriechischen Lektionar. Lektionare in biblischen Editionen / The Use of Lectionaries in Biblical Editions, Wuppertal, Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/111454


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2021). Networks of Manuscript Production and Circulation in Medieval Armenia: A First Appraisal. Association Internationale des Études Arméniennes. XV General Conference, Halle (Saale), Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/121039


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2021). Armenian Manuscripts in the Diaspora. Travel, Contact, Exchange. Outside Armenia: Armenians as Go-Betweens in the Mediterranean and Near East, Fiesole, I Tatti.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/121042


2020
Journal article

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2020). [Compte rendu de] Armenian Philology in the Modern Era: From Manuscript to Digital Text, Edited by Valentina Calzolari, With the Collaboration of Michael E. Stone (Handbook of Oriental Studies / Handbuch der Orientalistik VIII, 23/1), Leiden – Boston, Brill, 2014. Le muséon : revue d’études orientales, 133(1-2), 245-248. https://doi.org/10.2143/MUS.133.1.3287666 (Original work published 2020)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/25491


2019
Conference paper

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2019). Captive Books: Recovering Cultural Property in Mediaeval and Early Modern Armenia. Religious communities and political constructions: Balkans, Eastern Europe, Mediterranean (11th-20th centuries), Vilnius, Vilniaus universitetas.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/121045


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2019). Welcome Address & Introduction. Church Fathers in the Margins: Patristic Traditions in Biblical Manuscripts / Kirchenväter am Rand ..., München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/121051


2018
Conference paper

Hilkens, A., & Van Elverdinghe, E. (2018). Armenian Novel Saints. Novel Saints: Ancient Fiction and Christian Hagiographical Narrative – an Inventory: Workshop for entry authors, Gent, Universiteit Gent.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/127767


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2018). ‘The hand that wrote…’: The Journey of a Colophon Formula from Greek to Armenian. Armenia and Byzantium Without Borders: Mobility – Interactions – Responses, Wien, Universität Wien.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/127764


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2018). Die Epigramme im Codex Istanbul, Patriarchikê Bibliothêkê, Hagia Trias 11 und ihre Paraphrase. ParaTexBib Sitzung, München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/125933


Journal article

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2018). Recurrent Pattern Modelling in a Corpus of Armenian Manuscript Colophons. Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities, Special Issue on Computer-Aided Processing of Intertextuality in Ancient Languages, 1-8. (Original work published 2018)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268283


2017
Journal article

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2017). The Story of Zosimus in the Caucasian Traditions. Oriens Christianus : Hefte fuer die Kunde des christlichen Orients, 99, 9-17. (Original work published 2016)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268429


Conference paper

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2017). Grigor Murłanec‘i’s Gospel Book: The Story of a Lost Manuscript and Its Tradition. Association Internationale des Études Arméniennes 14th General Conference, Oxford, Pembroke College.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268520


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2017). The Bible, Church Fathers and their Mediaeval Readership: The Evidence of Paratexts. Grekiska och bysantinska seminariet, Uppsala, Uppsala Universitet.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/177403


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2017). Writing History from Colophon Formulae. International Medieval Congress 2017, Leeds, University of Leeds.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268471


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2017). Why and How to Study Formulae in Armenian Colophons? The World through the Eyes of Medieval Armenian Scribes. Approaches to Studying Medieval Armenian Colophons, Oxford, Pembroke College.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268555


Dissertation

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2017). Modèles et copies : étude d’une formule des colophons de manuscrits arméniens (VIIIᵉ – XVIIIᵉ siècles).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/182137


2016
Monography

Makhoul, M., Brankaer, J., Van Elverdinghe, E., Ouzounian, A., Pataridze, T., & Pirard, M. (2016). Histoire de Zosime sur la vie des Bienheureux Réchabites. Les versions orientales et leurs manuscrits. Peeters.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/183852


Conference paper

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2016). Les formules de colophons, une approche inédite de la tradition manuscrite arménienne. Entre sérialité et singularité. Nouvelles approches des sources arméniennes: Colophons et Inscriptions, Montpellier, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268408


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2016). Identité et esthétique dans les colophons de manuscrits arméniens. 4e Journée des Études orientales néo-louvanistes, Louvain-la-Neuve, Université catholique de Louvain.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268335


Journal article

Haelewyck, J.-C., Somers, V., & Van Elverdinghe, E. (2016). Diverse Perspectives on the Manuscript Tradition of the Story of Zosimus. Oriens Christianus : Hefte fuer die Kunde des christlichen Orients, 99, 1-44. (Original work published 2016)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/218693


Book chapter

Van Elverdinghe, E., & Ouzounian, A. (2016). La tradition arménienne. In Jean-Claude Haelewyck (dir.) (ed.), Histoire de Zosime sur la vie des bienheureux Réchabites. Les versions orientales et leurs manuscrits (pp. 99-131). Peeters.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268224


2015
Conference paper

Haelewyck, J.-C., Somers, V., & Van Elverdinghe, E. (2015). L’Histoire de Zosime : récit apocryphe ou hagiographique ? Regards croisés sur la tradition manuscrite. Réunion annuelle 2015 de l’Association pour l’étude de la littérature apocryphe chrétienne, Besançon, Centre international de séjour.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/232291


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2015). Les formules de colophons. Une clef pour étudier la tradition manuscrite arménienne. Journée des doctorants de l’ED3 « Langues, lettres et traductologie », Mons, Université de Mons.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268487


Journal article

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2015). [Compte rendu de] Heinz Fähnrich, Die ältesten georgischen Inschriften, Leyde – Boston, MA, Brill, 2013. Le muséon : revue d’études orientales, 128(3-4), 485-489. https://doi.org/10.2143/MUS.128.3.3122601 (Original work published 2015)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268616


2014
Conference paper

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2014). Colophon formulae and their importance for cultural and book history. Kartvelological Summer School “Georgian Manuscript” / ქართველოლოგიის საზაფხულო სკოლა „ქართული ხელნაწერი“, Tbilisi, National Centre of Manuscripts.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268262


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2014). Regards byzantins sur la Géorgie. Réorienter l’Orient. Pour une redéfinition de l’« autre » au Moyen Age, Louvain-la-Neuve, Université catholique de Louvain.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268361


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2014). The codicological and cultural value of formulae in Armenian colophons / Հայ հիշատակարանային բանաձևերի ձեռագրագիտական և մշակութային արժեքը. Հայագիտական Ուսումնասիրությունների Միջազգային Ընկերակցության 13-րդ Համաժողով / 13th General Conference of International Association for Armenian Studies / 13ème Conférence Générale de l’Association Internationale des Études Arméniennes, Yerevan, Matenadaran.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/195198


Pataridze, T., & Van Elverdinghe, E. (2014). GREgORI: Softwares, Linguistic Data and Corpus for Ancient GREek and ORIental Languages. International Workshop on Computer Aided Processing of Intertextuality in Ancient Languages, Villeurbanne, INSA Lyon.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/195349


Journal article

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2014). La linguistique marriste et son onomastique. Le cas de la Géorgie. BABELAO : Electronic Journal for Ancient and Oriental Studies, 3, 125-144. https://doi.org/10.14428/babelao.vol3.2014.19973 (Original work published 2013)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268326


Van Elverdinghe, E. (2014). Les Géorgiens dans les textes byzantins jusqu’à l’an mille. Approche lexicale. Byzantion : revue internationale des etudes byzantines, 84, 433-483. https://doi.org/10.2143/BYZ.84.0.3049191 (Original work published 2014)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/268615


Book chapter

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2014). The Codicological and Cultural Value of Formulae in Armenian Colophons. In Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts “Matenadaran” (ed.), 13th General Conference of International Association for Armenian Studies (Theses) (p. 94). “Nairi” Publishing House.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/111444


2012
Journal article

Van Elverdinghe, E. (2012). Numa Marcius. Aux origines légendaires du pontificat. Folia electronica classica, 24. (Original work published 2012)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/25408


Book chapter

Van Elverdinghe, E. (1 C.E.). Die Apokalypse in einem italogriechischen Evangelienlektionar. In Albrecht, Felix; Feder, Frank; Karrer, Martin (ed.), Liturgische Traditionen: Ihr Nutzen und Stellenwert für die biblische Editionswissenschaft / Liturgical Traditions: Their Use and Value for Critical Editions of the Bible. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/273101


Van Elverdinghe, E. (1 C.E.). The Bible in the History of the Armenians of Moses of Khoren. In Carson Bay, Jeremiah Coogan, Peter Van Nuffelen (ed.), The Bible in Ancient Christian Historiography. De Gruyter.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/276286


Van Elverdinghe, E. (1 C.E.). Awrinak / ōrinak (exemplar). In Most, Glenn W.; Eusterschulte, Anne; Kern, Martin (ed.), Philological Practices: A Comparative Historical Lexicon. Princeton University Press.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/273098


Van Elverdinghe, E. (1 C.E.). Armenian Colophons as Literary Compositions. In van Lint, Theo M.; Bonfiglio, Emilio (ed.), Handbook of Armenian Literature. Brill.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/273104


Career

YearsTitleInstitution
since 2024Professor (Languages and cultures of Eastern Christianity)UCLouvain
2022–2024F.R.S.-FNRS Postdoctoral researcherUCLouvain
2017–2021Postdoctoral researcherLMU München
2013–2017F.R.S.-FNRS Research fellowUCL
2013Doctoral scholarship holderUCL
Year Label School
2017 Docteur en langues et lettres UCLouvain | Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique)
2013 Master en Langues et littératures anciennes UCLouvain | Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique)
2011 Bachelier en langues et littératures anciennes UCLouvain | Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique)

Latest publication: E. Van Elverdinghe, Armenian, in M. Karrer – D. Müller – P. Malik (eds.), Novum Testamentum Graecum. Editio Critica Maior. VI. Die Offenbarung. Teil 2: Begleitende Materialien / Revelation. Part 2: Supplementary Material, Stuttgart, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2024, p. 278–291.

  • Networks of book production and circulation in Medieval Armenia.
  • Edition and study of Gospel subscriptions in the Greek manuscript tradition (link).
  • Editio critica maior of the Book of Revelation (link): assessment of the Armenian versions.
  • Grammatical description of Old Georgian.
  • Lemmatization of Ancient and Middle Armenian (GREgORI project).
  • Studies on Armenian manuscript colophons and construction of a database.
  • The Book of Revelation in Italo-Greek lectionary manuscripts and the Prophetologion of John of Rossano.
  • Reception history of the Bible in the Armenian culture and literature.