Theophanes Continuatus VI and De Cerimoniis

Though parts of the text traditionally called Theophanes Continuatus go back to the time of Constantine VII, it is in fact a compilation of various texts put together by a later redactor in the reign of Nicephorus Phokas. Likewise, the original parts of text known as the De Cerimoniis were produced...

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Main Author: Featherstone, Jeffrey Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2011
In: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Year: 2011, Volume: 104, Issue: 1, Pages: 115-122
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Summary:Though parts of the text traditionally called Theophanes Continuatus go back to the time of Constantine VII, it is in fact a compilation of various texts put together by a later redactor in the reign of Nicephorus Phokas. Likewise, the original parts of text known as the De Cerimoniis were produced in the reign of Constantine, but the text has come down to us in a later redaction, apparently also from the time of Phokas. In the case of the De Cerimoniis , the final redactor has been identified as Basil the parakoimomenos, the bastard son of Romanus I Lecapenus. Similar interests and coincidences of composition in the two texts, particularly in Book VI of Theophanes Continuatus and chapter I, 96 of the De Cerimoniis , suggest that the compiling of Theophanes Continuatus was also the work of Basil.
ISSN:1868-9027
Contains:Enthalten in: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/byzs.2011.006