page_title: Madrid Skylitzes
hierarchical_section_title: Madrid Skylitzes
caption_attribution_description: English: Meeting between Emperor John Tzimiskes and Sviatoslav I of Kiev in the Madrid Skylitzes, fol. 172rb
context_page_description: The Madrid Skylitzes is a richly illustrated illuminated manuscript of the Synopsis of Histories, by John Skylitzes, which covers the reigns of the Byzantine emperors from the death of Nicephorus I in 811 to the deposition of Michael VI in 1057. The manuscript was produced in Sicily in the 12th century, and is now at the Biblioteca Nacional de España in Madrid, with the shelfmark MS Graecus Vitr. 26–2. Other names for it include the Latin: Codex Græcus Matritensis Ioannis Skyllitzes, or Skyllitzes Matritensis.
  Apart from the very fragmentary 6th-century Alexandrian World Chronicle, it is the only surviving illustrated manuscript of a Greek chronicle, and includes 574 miniatures.
  It is unclear whether these illustrations are copies of earlier Byzantine images or were newly created specifically for this copy.
context_section_description: The Madrid Skylitzes is a richly illustrated illuminated manuscript of the Synopsis of Histories (Greek: Σύνοψις Ἱστοριῶν, Byzantine Greek: [ˈsy̜.nop.sis is.to.riˈon]), by John Skylitzes, which covers the reigns of the Byzantine emperors from the death of Nicephorus I in 811 to the deposition of Michael VI in 1057.  The manuscript was produced in Sicily in the 12th century, and is now at the Biblioteca Nacional de España in Madrid, with the shelfmark MS Graecus Vitr. 26–2. Other names for it include the Latin: Codex Græcus Matritensis Ioannis Skyllitzes (Medieval Latin: [ˈkɔː.d̪ɛks ˈɡrɛː.kus ma.t̪riˈt̪ɛn.sis jɔˈan.nis sk̟ilˈlit̪.d͡ze̝s]), or Skyllitzes Matritensis ([sk̟ilˈlit̪.d͡ze̝s ma.t̪riˈt̪ɛn.sis]).
  Apart from the very fragmentary 6th-century Alexandrian World Chronicle, it is the only surviving illustrated manuscript of a Greek chronicle, and includes 574 miniatures.
  It is unclear whether these illustrations are copies of earlier Byzantine images or were newly created specifically for this copy.
caption: Meeting between Emperor John Tzimiskes and Sviatoslav I of Kiev
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