[Konstantinou tou Manassē Synopsis historikē]
Subtitle: Const. Manassis Breuiarium historicum
By: Ex interpretatione Ioannis Leunclauii, cum eiusdem, & Ioannis Meursii notis. Accedit variarum lectionum libellus, curâ Leonis Allatii, & Caroli Annibalis Fabroti IC. Item glossarium Graeco-barbar. studio eiusdem Fabroti
Contributors: Leunclavius, Johannes, 1533?-1593; Meurs, Johannes van, 1579-1639; Allacci, Leone, 1586-1669; Fabrot, Charles Annibal, 1580-1659; Lambeck, Peter, 1628-1680; Chrysoloras, Manuel, approximately 1350-1415; Cramoisy, Sébastien, 1585-1669, printer; Codinus, George; Imprimerie royale (France)
Series: Byzantinae historiae scriptores varii; Corpus Byzantinae historiae -- v. 10.
Publisher: E Typographia Regia.
Published: 1655
Place of publication: Parisiis
Language: grc
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Early works to 1800; History; Civilization; Kings and rulers
Other titles: [Synopsis historikē]; Const. Manassis Breviarium historicum; Const. Manassis Breviarivm historicvm; Breviarium historicum; Breviarivm historicvm; Constantini Manassis Breuiarium historicum. Et Georgius Codinus De originibus Constantinopolitanis.; Georgii Codini et alterius cuiusdam anonymi Excerpta de antiquitatibus Constantinopolitanis.; Georgii Codini Excerpta de antiquitatibus Constantinopolitanis.
Work titles: Synopsis historikē
Notes: First critical edition of the Chronicle of Constantine Manasses, in 6733 political verses, which carries Byzantine history down the ascension to the throne of Alexius Comnenus, in 1081. Manasses, who flourished in the first half of the 12th century, dedicates his work to Irene, the enlightened sister-in-law of Manuel Comnenus.

Colophon: Parisiis, in typographia regia, curante Sebastiano Cramoisy, regis ac reginae regentis architypographo. M. DC. LV.

These two volumes, printed in "Grec du Roi," form v. 10 of Corpus Byzantinae historiae, inaugurated at the Imprimerie Royale in 1645.

Vol. 2, "Georgii Codini et alterius cuiusdam anonymi Excerpta de antiquitatibus Constantinopolitanis, edita in lucem opera & studio Peti Lambecii Hamburgensis: cum Latina versione, & animaduersionibus necessariis. Accedunt Manuelis Chrysolorae Epistolae tres de comparatione veteris & nouae Romae. Et Imp. Leonis cognomine Sapientis Oracula. cum figuris, atque antiqua Graeca paraphrasi. Addita est etiam explication officiorum sanctae ac magnae ecclesiae, iuxta eorum ordinem, interprete Bernardo Medonio Tolosate" has separate dated t.p., pagination and register.

Both vols. have preliminary half-title leaf. Half-title to vol. 1 reads: "Constantini Manassis Breuiarium historicum. Et Georgius Codinus De originibus Constantinopolitanis"; half-title to vol. 2 reads: "Georgii Codini Excerpta de antiquitatibus Constantinopolitanis."

Title vignette (engraved arms of Louis XIV) on t.p.s to both vols.

Pagination: v. 1: [12], 197, [11] p.; v. 2: [12], 323, [1] p.

Signatures: vol. 1: ã⁶ A-2C⁴ (2C4 blank); vol. 2: *⁶ A-2Q⁴ 2R⁶.

Includes index.

Greek text with parallel Latin translation.

Head- and tail-pieces, initials, marginal notes.

Brunet, I, 1435

Krumbacher, 376-379