Konstantinou tou Manassē Synopsis historikē
Subtitle: Const. Manassis Breviarium historicum
By: Ex interpretatione Ioannis Leunclavii, cum eiusdem, & Ioannis Meursii notis ; accedit variarum lectionum libellus, curâ Leonis Allatii, & Caroli Annibalis Fabroti IC ; item glossarium Graeco-barbar. studio eiusdem Fabroti
Series: Corpus Byzantinae historiae (Paris, France) -- v. 10; Dumbarton Oaks Digitization Project
Publisher: E Typographia Regia.
Published: 1655
Place of publication: Parisiis
Language: grc; lat
Translated from: grc
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: History; Civilization; Early works to 1800; Kings and rulers
Other titles: Synopsis historikē; Const. Manassis Breviarium historicum; Const. Manassis Breviarium historicum int. Leunclavio; Breviarium historicum; Corpus Byzantinae historiae; Byzantinae historiae scriptores varii; Paris corpus; Louvre editions; Excerpta de antiquitatibus Constantinopolitanis.
Work titles: Synopsis historikē
Notes: First part of title in Greek characters, transliterated.

Vol. 10 of Corpus Byzantinae historiae.

Includes index.

Engraved title page vignette (royal arms of Louis XIV of France), head- and tail-pieces (culs-de-lampe) and initials; marginal notes.

Colophon: Parisiis, in Typographia Regia, curante Sebastiano Cramoisy, Regis ac Reginae Regentis Architypographo. MDCLV [1655].

Added half-title page: Constantini Manassis Breviarium historicum. et Georgius Codinus De originibus Constantinopolitanis.

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.

This, with GeorgiI Codini Excerpta de antiquitatibus Constantinopolitanis, both printed in "Grec du Roi," form v.10 of the Corpus Byzantinae historiae, inaugurated at the Imprimerie Royale in 1645.

Dedicatory letter of Johannes Meurs ([4] pages) inserted between p.136 and 137.

With: Georgi Codini Excerpta de antiquitatibus Constantinopolitanis. Paris : e typographi Regia., 1655.

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Grässe, J.G.T. Trésor de livres rares et précieux, v. 1, p. 586.

Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l’amateur de livres (5e éd.), I, 1435

Krumbacher, 376-379.

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Greek text with parallel Latin translation.

Lib. copy 1: Bound with: Codinus, George. Excerpta de antiquitatibus Constantinopolitanis. Latin & Greek. Georgij Codini et alterius cuiusdam anonymi Excerpta de antiquitatibus Constantinopolitanis. Parisiis, : E Typographia Regia., MDCLV [1655]. [12], 323, [1] p.

Lib. copy 1 has 1 bookplate inside front cover: Dumbarton Oaks Library.

Lib. copy 1 inscribed on title page in unidentified hand: "Tho. Wentworth Am Coll Divi Joh Cant 1711."

Lib. copy 1 accession number in pencil on title page: 44381.

Lib. copy 1 measures 45 cm.; bound in red, with reddish edges on text block.

Lib. copy 2: Bound with, as issued: Codinus, George. Excerpta de antiquitatibus Constantinopolitanis. Latin & Greek. Georgij Codini et alterius cuiusdam anonymi Excerpta de antiquitatibus Constantinopolitanis, MDCLV [1655]. [12], 323, [1] p.

Lib. copy 2 has bookplate of William Read; additional bookplates of Mildred Bliss and of Robert Woods Bliss; label at bottom right of Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks Library.

Lib. copy 2 accession number in pencil on title page: 8871.

Lib. copy 2 measures 42 cm.; bound in black.