Musicology Annotation << Back History and tradition of religious concepts of hermeneutics: the musical symbolism in the Byzantine hymnography Chevela O.V. The paper is concerned with the history of concepts, terms and poetical devices of Byzantine hymnography in the sphere of musical symbolics. Key words: hermeneutics, Byzantine hymnography, Christian poetry, hymn, psalm, lyre, kithara, cymbals, tympanum. E-mail: olga-chevela@mail.ru