Translations from Byzantine authors, with comments by George Finlay
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | George Finlay Papers |
| Reference No. | FIN/GF/D/09 |
| Level | Item |
| Dimensions | 20 x 15 cm |
| Donor/Creator |
Finlay, George |
| Scope and Content | Blue mottle boards, brown calf spine, 'Byzantine History M.S.' in gilt on spine, handwritten, bound, paginated pp. 1-130. Translations from Byzantine authors, with some comments by George Finlay. Contents listed by George Finlay at beginning of book as follows: Memorial of the Athenians (by Michael Akominatos) to the emperor Alexius III (from Tafel's Thessalonica) Extract relating to Athens [from Tafel, op. cit., p. 459] Leo Diaconus. Extracts from his history which relate to the Bulgarian and Russian wars during the reigns of Nicephorus II, John I and Basil II Fragments relating to the conquest of the Tauric Chersonnesus by the Russians from the notes of Hases's ed. of Leo Diaconus (p. 254, ed. Paris) Fragments of a discourse by Theodoulos Magister concerning the incursions of the Catalans and Turks (Anecdota Graeca, ed. Boissonade, ii, p. 219) Discourse on behalf of Chandrenos addressed to the emperor Andronicus II Extracts from the Book of Accounts or Tax register called, of Augustus Caesar Extracts from the New Book of Accounts or Tax register of the emperor Alexius I (Montfaucon, Analecta Graeca, p. 369) Note explanatory of the two last articles and particularly of the tax register of Alexius I (Zonaras, ii, p. 298, ed. Paris) The Charter under the golden seal or Golden Bull of the emperor Alexius I granting the island of Patmos to the monk Christodoulos, and relating to the privileges conceded to the monastery of St. John to be founded in the said island translated from the original given by Dr Ross in his Reisen auf den griechischen Inseln, II. Band [pp. 119-85] |