Cognitive and spiritual revolution of the tenth century — Constantine porphyrogenitus and his hidden world: Part I. The Great Monarch's hidden world in the great medieval mystical writings

Abstract

The paper deals, through a comparative hermeneutical macro and microanalysis, identical and very similar representational and meaning systems of such great medieval mystical writings as the Book Bahir, the Targum to Song of Songs and the Royal Mirror of St Stephen of Hungary. The basis of the comparison is the hidden (“highest”) presence of the spirit of the Great Monarch. The ‘identified’ mystical patterns are compared with the representational and meaning systems in the great medieval art-works related to Constantine Porphyrogenitus in Part II of the paper.