Extracts on Byzantine History
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | George Finlay Papers |
| Reference No. | FIN/GF/D/10 |
| Level | Item |
| Dimensions | 23 x 15 cm |
| Donor/Creator |
Finlay, George |
| Scope and Content | Brown mottle, dark-brown calf spine, 'Byzantine History' pasted on spine, handwritten, paginated by George Finlay pp. 1-73 (the rest is blank), bound. Translations from Byzantine authors. Listed by George Finlay as follows: Extracts from Nicetas relating to the taking of Constantinople by the Crusaders Reign of Alexius III, Book 3, section 9 Second reign of Isaac II and his son Alexius IV Reign of Alexius V Murzuphlos Events after the taking of Constantinople during the reign of Baldwin (in Greece) Names of officers at the Byzantine Court Fragment concerning the foundation of Monemvasia and the establishment of the Sclavonians in the Peloponnesus (transl. from Tafel, Symbolarum criticarum geographiam Byzantinam spectantes partes duae, Pars I, p. 58) Memorial of George Gemistos Plethon to the Emperor Manuel II concerning the state of the Peloponnesus [this item is unfinished] See also FIN/GF/C/11 [R. 9. 8], item 13, translation of Cameniates on the taking of Thessalonica by the Saracens, and FIN/GF/E/40 [R. 8. 28], p. 94, extracts from Cedrenus. |