‘A Late Byzantine Book Inventory in Sofia, Dujčev gr. 253 (olim Kosinitsa 265) – a monastic or private Library?’, Byzantinische Zeitschrift 115.3 (2022) 977-1029 (original) (raw)

Abstract

This study concerns an inventory of books, dated 1428/9, inscribed in Sofia, Dujčev gr. 253 (olim Kosinitsa 265), fol. 290r. Although the text was obscurely published in 1886, the vicissitudes of this codex over the following century impeded further research and the inventory continues to be overlooked in studies of Byzantine libraries, books and reading. A new edition, furnishing corrections and filling lacunae, together with a first translation and palaeographical analysis, provide a foundation for introducing this rare document and re-evaluating its context and significance. While the limited prior scholarship generally presumed compilation in a monastic library in 1428/9 and pursued inquiries based on that surmise, examination of Dujčev gr. 253 draws attention to annotations by a member of the Laskaris Leontares family, dated 1431-37, which place the codex in private possession during this period. A survey of 13 extant codices variously connected to this distinguished aristocratic dynasty, c.1400-1455, elucidates acquisition, ownership and use of books in this socio-cultural milieu, with particular reference to this family’s history and social networks. Comparative assessment of this sample of 13 codices and the 21 items recorded in the book-list of 1428/9 affirms the view that it relates to a private rather than an institutional library and distinguishes its potential value for investigating aristocratic book culture in the late Byzantine era.

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  1.  G. Mercati,Sarebbe Stafidacel'epistolografo del codice Laurenziano di S. Marco ? Studi Bizantini [en eoellenici]  (),  - at  note  (erroneouslyc itingf .I I v )i dentifies George as 'un congiunto di' (the elder)D emetrios Laskaris Leontares. The secondary literature otherwise exhibits some confusion. Barker,M anuelI IPalaeologus( as footnote  above),  note  states that the annotator is Demetrios Laskaris Leontares; whether as an intention- al identification (without argument) or merely aslip is unclear.Mešanović,John VII (as footnote  above),  note ,  note  repeatedly misnames the annotator as (unattested) 'Gregory Laskaris Leontares' (though Γεώργιος in Greek).
  2.  Forthe production and ownership of Laur.Plut. . see P. R ance,The reception of Aineias' Poliorketika in Byzantine military literature, in M. Pretzler/N. Barley (eds.), Brill'sCompanion to Aineias Tacticus.L eiden/Boston ,  - at  -,w ith further bibliography; P. R ance,L ate Byzantine elites and military literature: authors, readers and manuscripts (th- th centuries), in G. Theotokis /A.Yıldız( eds.), Am ilitary history of the Mediterranean sea - on f. 255 v ( § 2a.1-11), by inference, places Laur.Plut. 55.4 in the possession of John Laskaris Leontares( d. 1437), by 1408 to at least 1434 (and probablyt o 1437).⁹⁰ On the samef olio, in 1439,a nother,u nidentifiedm embero ft he family or household added an imperial obituary( §2a.12)a nd supplemented some of the preceding notices.⁹¹ As econd series of notices on ff. 11 v and 12 r ( § 2c.1-2), explicitly, puts the codex in the hands of John'sson, the youngerDemetrios Las- karis Leontares, by 1448 to at least 1450(and probablyto1 453).⁹² Although none of the family notices in Laur.P lut. 55.4 relates to John'sf ather,t he elder Deme- trios Laskaris Leontares (d. 1431), the distinguished general'sp rior acquisition and ownership of this item remain ap lausible, even likely, conjecture, if only on account of his role and status and its content and distinguishedprovenance.⁹³ If that were so, the codex passed between three generations of the Leontares family, and further transmission was presumably halted onlyb yd ispossession occasioned by the Ottoman conquest.I na ny case, Laur.Plut. 55.4 best exempli- fies the intergenerational dimension of book ownership, particularlyi nt he per- son of the younger Demetrios: if the preceding analysis is correct,onf.255 v ,De- metrios' birth, in 1418, is recorded ( § 2a.5); on f. 197 v ,inhis youth, apparentlyin the mid-/late 1430s, he penned and signed ad raft or practice letter ( § 2b); on aspects of war,d iplomacya nd military elites. Historyo fw arfare, .L eiden/Boston ,  - at ;R ance,F inding (as footnote  above),  -.
  3.  While the first  notices on f.  v ( § a. - =S chreiner,Chr.  A/ -)a re in the same hand, differences in the ink indicatet hat they were written in threed istinguishable phases:n o.  - ( -); no.  - ( -); no.  - ( -). See Schreiner, Kleinchroniken (as footnote  above), I  with note a; Rance,F inding (as footnote  above),  note .  Palaeographical features of the twelfth and final noticeo nf . v ( § a. =S chreiner, Chr.  A/)d iffer from those of both the precedinge leven notices (dated  -)o nt his folio and the later series (dated  -)e nteredo nf f.  v - r ( § c. - =S chreiner, Chr.  B/ -). See Schreiner,K leinchroniken( as footnote  above), I  note a,  app. crit.,  A/.A st he codex was in the possession of the Leontaresf amilyi n  - and  -,i ts eems reasonable to assume that no.  on f.  v ,d ated , was written by another member of the same familyorhousehold. In support of this assumption, Schreiner,ibid., I  note aobserves that the formula of the concluding prayerinno.  is almost identical to that of the later notices at ff.  v - r .Henotes also, ibid., I ,app. crit.  A/,that the author whowrote no.  added the words ἤτοι τοῦ μαΐου to no. .Inaddition, my autopsy observes that the word ἐτεθνήκει was added to no.  by the same hand -and in the same ink -as no. .The unidentified author of no.  was therefore in aposition to clarify and supplement details of familye vents recorded in no.  -.
  4.  Schreiner,K leinchroniken (as footnote  above), I  - (Chr.  BI / - ), with fur- ther details and bibliographyi nA ppendix: § c.  Rance,F inding (as footnote  above),  with note . Ph. Rance, Alate Byzantine book inventory ff. 11 v and 12 r ,two decades later,a sa na dult, he inscribed notices recording im- perial events in 1448 -9a nd his mother'sd eath and burial in 1450( §2c). In the second instance, of especial interest are codicological connections be- tween two newlyc opied manuscripts possessed by different members or branches of the Leontaresf amily. Ac opyist'ss ubscription (f. 394 v )s tatest hat Vat. gr.2179( §3)was copied by the priest George Bastraletes on the commission of George Leontares and completed on 31 December 1420.⁹⁴ The onlyothermanu- script explicitlyascribed or otherwise attributed to Bastraletes is Marc. gr. Z. 399, which, accordingt oh is subscription (f. 657 v ), he had previouslyc ompleted in June 1420.B ys triking coincidence, as observeda bove, annotations in Marc. gr. Z. 399 ( § 5.1-2) indicate that,not long afterwards,this codex was in the joint pos- session of the young Demetrios and Michael Leontares,a pparentlya round the mid-/late1 430s (f. 5 r ), and, later still, in the sole ownership of an ow adultD e- metrios Laskaris Leontares( f. 657 v ).⁹⁵ Seemingly unaware of the subscription in Vat. gr.2 179, some older scholarshipr ecords Marc. gr. Z. 399 as Bastraletes' only documented work as acopyist,while the common origin of these two codices is not always recognised nor its implications fullya ppreciated.⁹⁶ In short, the Vat- icanus,acollection of ecclesiastical history and conciliar acta, and the Marcia- nus,acopyo fZ onaras' Epitome of Histories,w erec opied by the same scribe, in the same year and, it seems, for the same family,testifyingtoactive patronage of book production, includingl inks between familym embers and particular copyists.This correspondence potentiallyr einforces the identification of George Leontares in 1420 ( § 3) and George Laskaris Leontaresin1 408 ( § 1), which proso-  See further details and bibliography in Appendix: § .  See further details and bibliography in Appendix: § .  Forthe copyist George Bastraletessee Vogel/Gardthausen,Die griechischen Schreiber (as footnote  above), ;D .H arlfinger,S pecimina griechischerK opisten der Renaissance, I: Griechen des .J ahrhunderts.B erlin , ,N r. ; RGK III, Nr. ; PLP : Γεώργιος Βαστραλίτης (Bastralites,G eorgios), with bibliography.V ogel/Gardthausen,i bid.,  cite only Marc.g r. Z. ;s imilarlyH arlfinger,i bid., : 'Der Priester Georgios Bastraletesi st nur ausd er Subskr.( f. v :J uni )d es Marc.Z. (= coll. )b ekannt'.S till Pinakes (https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/copiste-possesseur-autre//\[ accessed August ]): Copistes, possesseurs &a utres: Γεώργιος ἁμαρτωλὸς ἱερεὺς ὁ Βαστραλήτης lists only Marc.gr. Z. .A lreadyG .M ercati,M inuzie: .U na ltro manoscritto di Gelasio Ciziceno. Bessarione  (),  - at  [repr.Opere minori IV. Studi eT esti, .Vatican ,  -]h ad ob- served that Bastraletes was the copyist of both Vat. gr.  and Marc.gr. Z. .The concur- rence of the Leontaresf amilyn ame in connection with the two codices was also notedb yO . K resten,Eine Sammlungvon Konzilsakten ausdem Besitze des Kardinals Isidoros vonKiev. Ös- terr.A kad. d. Wiss., Denkschr.d er philos.-hist. Klasse, .Vienna ,  note ,  note .S ee also RGK III, Nr. .S ee further Rance,F inding (as footnote  above),  -.
  5. Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana, Vat. gr.5 68 (f. I v ).¹¹³ Subject of annotation:i mperial obituary notice(John VII Palaiologos). Annotator: George Laskaris Leontares( PLP 14674), possiblyt ob ei dentified with George Leon- tares (PLP 14672),s ee below §3. Datea nd location of annotation: 22 Sept.1 408, almost certainlyT hessalonica. Manuscript content: John Chrysostom, various works; Basil, Homily. Manuscript date:11th century,parchment,ff. II (I add.), 276(ff. I, 1-13,276 14th-century paper). Manuscript owner:p robablyG eorge Laskaris Leontares; presumably in his possession in 1408. Editions:M ercati (1927);
  6. Devreesse (1937);S chreiner (1975 -9).¹¹⁴
  7. Florence, Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana, Laur.Plut. 55.4 (f. 255 v [253 v ]).¹¹⁵ Subject of annotations: no. 1-11:f amilyb irth notices, with infant deaths;n o. 12: imperial obituary notice. Annotators: no. 1-11:unnamed father of the children, identified as John Laskaris Leontares (PLP 14679); no. 12: unnamed and unidentified member of the familyo rh ousehold. Datea nd location of annotations: no. 1-11:1 408 -34 (probablyC onstantinople and/or Selym- bria); no. 12: 1439 (probablyC onstantinople). Manuscript content: Greek, Roman and Byzantine military treatises. Manuscript datea nd provenance: c.950,a ni mperial scriptorium in Constantinople. Manuscript owner:L eontares family, by 1408 to at least 1450 (see below §2ba nd §2c). Editions:Bandini (1766=1764 -70 [1768]);
  8. Lampros (1910): no. 12 only; Schreiner (1975 -79).¹¹⁶  The texts of all the annotationsh aveb een previouslyp rinted, according to differinga nd sometimes inconsistent editorial principles.R eferences to all known editions arep rovided.  Catalogued escription: R. Devreesse,C odices Vaticani graeci II (Codices  -). Vati- can ,  -.
  9.  Editions:M ercati,S arebbe Stafidace( as footnote  above),  note  (erroneouslyf . II v );
  10. Devreesse,Codices Vaticani graeci II (as footnote  above), ;S chreiner,Kleinchro- niken (as footnote  above), II ,N r. ;f urther remarks at II ,with note .  Cataloguedescription:A.M.Bandini,Epistola de celeberrimo codice tacticorum Bibliothe- cae Laurentianae. Florence ;r eprinted in A. M. Bandini,C atalogusc odicum graecorum Bibliothecae Laurentianae. Florence  -,I I[ ]  -.F urther bibliography in Rance,R eception (as footnote  above),  -.
  11.  Editions:Bandini,Epistola (as footnote  above),  - (with Latin translation)=Ban- dini,Catalogus(as footnote  above), II  -;repr.Lampros, Ἐνθυμήσεων (as footnote  above),  -,n o.  (no.  only); re-ed. Schreiner,K leinchroniken( as footnote  above), I  - (Chr.  A/ -), with remarks at II , , .Older scholarship har- bours multiple and serious misconceptions;s ee further Turyn,D ated Greek manuscripts (as footnote  above), I ,w ith xxi (Addenda);
  12. S chreiner,i bid., I  -;
  13. I I, , Ph. Rance, AlateByzantine book inventory
  14. Rome,B iblioteca Vaticana, Vat. gr.2 179( f. 394 v ).¹¹⁷ Subject of annotation:s ubscription recording the owner/patron and copyist. Annotator: George Bastraletes,s ee copyist. Dateo fa nnotation: 31 Dec. 1420. Manuscript content: [Gelasios of Cyzicus], Church History; Acta of II Ecumenical Council of Ephesus (the so-called Collectio Vaticana). Manuscript date: second half of 1420,c ompleted3 1D ec. Manuscript copyist: George Bastraletes( Γεώργιος Βαστραλήτης), subscription on verso of final folio (RGK III, Nr.94; PLP 2508). Manuscript owner:George Leontares (PLP 14672), possiblyt obeidentified with George Laskaris Leontares( PLP 14674), see above §1. Editions:M ercati (1919);
  15. Lilla (1985).¹¹⁸
  16. Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana, Vat. gr.5 86 (f. 429 v ).¹¹⁹ Subject of annotation: crudelywritten notetoanunnamedrelative,a pparentlyregarding estate management. Annotator: DemetriosL eontares (presumablyt he younger).
  17. Datea nd location of annotation:u ndated, estimated early/mid-1430s, probablyC onstantinople or Selymbria. Manuscript content: works of John Chrysostom. Manuscript date: 1124( subscription f. 428 r ). Edition: Rance (2022
  18. R ance,R eception (as footnote  above),  -;R ance,E lites (as footnote  above), ;
  19. R ance,F inding (as footnote  above),  -.
  20.  Cataloguedescription: S. Lilla,Codices Vaticani graeci. Codices  - (Codices Col- umnenses). Vatican ,  -,with  (Addenda).
  21.  Editions:Mercati,Minuzie (as footnote  above), ;Lilla,ibid., ;repr.with English translation in Rance,Finding (as footnote  above),  note .F urther bibliography:G.Mer- cati,Scritti d'IsidoroilCardinale Ruteno, ecodici alui appartenutiche si conservano nella Bib- lioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Studi eT esti, .Vatican , ;K resten,S ammlung (as foot- note  above),  note ,  note ;S chreiner,T exte( as footnote  above),  -  [Text ], , ;G .C.H ansen (ed.), Anonyme Kirchengeschichte( Gelasius Cyzicenus, CPG ). GCS, N. F. ,  .B erlin/New York ,x x -xxv;
  22. R ance,F inding (as footnote  above),  -.
  23.  Catalogued escription: Devreesse,C odices Vaticani graeci II (as footnote  above),  -.
  24.  Rance,F inding (as footnote  above),  (editio princeps), with discussion at  -.
  25. Devreesse,C odices Vaticani graeci II (as footnote  above),  reported this annotation but declined to transcribe the text other than notingt he author'sn ame: 'aliae [scriptiunculae nullius momenti] in f.  v ,e xq uibus nomen ΔιμἤτριῶςοΛ ἑὡντάρης solum retinere duxi'.I read Λἐὡντάρης.The text is otherwise noted onlybyHarris,Demetrius Leondaris (as footnote  above),  note ,  note .
  26. Florence, Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana, Laur.Plut. 55.4 (f. 197 v ) Subject of annotation:aletter to an unnamed emperor,apparentlyadraft or rhetorical exercise. Annotator: DemetriosL askaris Leontares (PLP 14679).
  27. Datea nd location: undated, estimated mid-/later 1430s, probablyC onstantinopleo rS elymbria. Manuscript: see above §2a. Transcription: Bandini (1766=1764-70 [1768]). Edition:R ance (2022).¹²¹
  28. Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, Marc. gr. Z.399 (coll. 782) (ff. 5 r ,6 57 v ).¹²² Subject of annotations: ownership inscriptions (no. 1-2),n o. 1j uvenile; no. 2a dult. Annotator: no. 1: Demetrios Leontares (for himself and younger brother Michael); no. 2: De- metrios Laskaris Leontares.
  29. Dateo fa nnotations: no. 1: undated, estimated mid-/late1 430s; no. 2: undated, certainlyl ater. Manuscript content: Zonaras, Epitome of Histories. Manuscript date: completed June 1420 (subscription f. 657 v ). Manuscript copyist: George Bastraletes (Γεώργιος Βαστραλήτης), see above §3. Manuscript owners:b rothers DemetriosL eontares (PLP 14677) and Michael Leontares( PLP 14683). Editions:M ioni (1985);
  30. Rance (2022).¹²³
  31. Sofia, Dujčev gr.2 53 (olim Kosinitsa 265) (f. 289 r [296 r ])
  32. Subject of annotations: obits of twof amilym embers. Annotator: unnameda nd unidentified member of the Leontaresf amily. Dateo fa nnotations:n o. 1: 6S ept.1 431; no. 2: 9J an. 1437. Manuscript content: imperial legislation, lawc odes and juridical treatises. Manuscript date: mid-14th century. Editions:s ee preceding discussion.
  33.  Bandini,E pistola (as footnote  above),  =B andini,C atalogus( as footnote  above), II  - (unedited transcription);
  34. R ance,F inding (as footnote  above),  - (critical text with English translation), with detailed discussion at  -,  -.The texti s otherwise notedo nlyb yN .J orga,N otes et extraits pour servir àl ' histoire des Croisades au XV e siècle. Revue de l'Orient latin  (),  -,  -,  - at  note  [repr. Paris/Bucharest  -,I II  note ];
  35. A. Dain,H istoired ut exte d'Élien le Tacticien des origines àl af in du Moyen Âge. Paris ,  - (with misconceptions).  Cataloguedescription: E. Mioni,Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codicesgraeci manu- scripti, II: Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices  -. Ministeroper ibeni culturali eambientali. In- dici eC ataloghi, N. S. VI. Rome ,  -.
  36.  Mioni,i bid.,  - with older bibliography;t extual revisions in Rance,F inding( as footnote  above),  note  (annotation n°)a nd  (annotation n°), with discussion at  -.See also Harlfinger,Specimina (as footnote  above), ,N r. ;Kresten,Samm- lung (as footnote  above),  note . Ph. Rance, Alate Byzantine book inventory
  37. Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana, Vat. Reg. gr.6(ff. 205 v ,2 28 v ,2 44 r ).¹²⁴ Subject of annotations:ownership inscriptions (no. 1-3), no. 1isalonger noticeconcerning the acquisition of the book and its prior ownership;n o. 2-3a re an inscribed name. Annotator: no. 1: Demetrios Laskaris Leontares. Dateo fa nnotations:n o. 1: 26 July 1446,a pparentlyC onstantinople. Manuscript content: Niketas of Naupaktos, Commentaries on selected Gospels; Theophylakto f Ochrid, Commentaryo nS tP aul'sE pistles. Manuscript date: 14th century. Manuscript owner:D emetrios Laskaris Leontares. Editions:A llatius (1853);
  38. Stevenson (1888);
  39. Lampros (1907);
  40. Schreiner (1975 -79)( excerpt only).¹²⁵
  41. Florence, Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana, Laur.Plut. 55.4 (ff.11 v ,12 r ) Subject of annotations: notices on imperial and familye vents (no. 1-2). Annotator: DemetriosL askaris Leontares. Datea nd location of annotations: 1448 -50,a lmost certainlyC onstantinople. Manuscript: see above §2a and §2b. Editions:B andini (1766=1 764 -70 [1768]);
  42. Jorga (1896 -1900/01); Lampros (1912-30);
  43. Schreiner (1975 -79).¹²⁶
  44. Rome,B iblioteca Vaticana, Vat. gr.8 54 (f. 7 v ).¹²⁷ Subject of annotation:r eader'si nscription. Annotator: DemetriosL askaris Leontares.
  45.  Cataloguedescription: H. Stevenson,Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae … Codices man- uscripti graeci Reginae Suecorum et Pii PP.I I. Vatican ,  -.
  46.  L. Allatius,D eN icetarum scriptis,e d. A. Mai, Novae Patrum Bibliothecae VI..R ome ,  - at  - (extensively emended text);
  47. Stevenson,i bid.,  (diplomaticr eproduc- tion), repr.with orthographic emendations in Lampros, Λακεδαιμόνιοι βιβλιογράφοι (as footnote  above),  -;p artiallyr evised excerpt in Schreiner,K leinchroniken( as footnote  above), II  note .S ee further discussion in Hunger,J ohannes Chortasmenos (as footnote  above),  -.
  48.  Bandini,Epistola (as footnote  above),  - (with Latin translation) =Bandini,Cat- alogus(as footnote  above), II  -;Jorga,Notesetextraits (as footnote  above), IV  note  (no. ),  note  (no. ,m istakenlyl ocated on f.  v )[ repr.  -,I II  note ,  note ];
  49. Lampros, Παλαιολόγεια καὶ Πελοποννησιακά (as footnote  above), IV  - (no.  only);
  50. Schreiner,K leinchroniken( as footnote  above), I  - (Chr.  BI )( Schreiner separates noticen o.  into twos eparatelyn umbered chronographical entries [Chr.  BI / - ], but the format of the original is as ingle continuous notice), with German translation at III  and remarksa tI I -, .  Catalogued escription: R. Devreesse,Codices Vaticani graeci III (Codices  -). Vati- can ,  -;s ummarised in Burgmann/Fögen/Schminck/Simon,R epertorium (as footnote  above),  -,N r. .
  51. Datea nd location of annotation: 1D ec. 1452, almost certainlyC onstantinople. Manuscript content: mostlyi mperial legislation and lawc odes. Manuscript date: 11th century. Manuscript owner:n ot specifiedw hether owned or borrowed by DemetriosL eontares. Editions:M ercati (1926);
  52. Devreesse (1950).¹²⁸
  53. Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana, Vat. gr.1297( inner sideo fb ackc over).¹²⁹ Subject of annotation:o wnership inscription. Annotator: presumably DemetriosL askaris Leontares (the younger) Datea nd location of annotation:u ndated, possiblym id-fifteenth century,p robablyi n Constantinople.¹³⁰ Manuscript content: various,b ut primarilyA elius Aristides' orations. Manuscript date: c.1300 -1350, possiblyc opied in the HodegoiM onastery,C onstantinople.¹³¹ Manuscript owner:D emetrios Laskaris Leontares. Edition: Stefec (2013).¹³²
  54. P aris, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris. gr.1 703( f. 123 v ). Subject of annotation:o wnership inscription. Annotator: presumably Michael Leontares. Dateo fa nnotation: undated, see owner below. Manuscript content: Prokopios' Wars (V -VIII). Manuscript date: c.1400 -1450.
  55. Manuscript copyist: Theodoren otarius (ff. 1-88 v )( RGK II, Nr.1 75;I II, Nr.2 26). Manuscript owner:M ichael Leontares (possibly PLP 14683[ 1426 -post 1462], see above §5). Edition: Kalli (2004).¹³³
  56.  Editions:M ercati,S critti d'Isidoro (as footnote  above),  with remarks at  -;
  57. Devreesse,Codices Vaticani graeci III (as footnote  above), .This noticehas been largely overlooked and is otherwise noted onlybyHarris,Demetrius Leondaris (as footnote  above),  note .  Catalogued escription:R .S tefec,D ie Überlieferung der Deklamationen Polemons. Römi- sche historische Mitteilungen  (),  - at ,  -,w ith cited bibliography.  Identification of the restorer of Vat. gr.  as Ioannes Eugenikos (RGK III, Nr. ), in Constantinople around the mid-fifteenth century,n arrows possible historical-geographical con- texts: Stefec,D ie Überlieferung (as footnote  above), ,  -,with Abb. .  N. Wilson,M aximus Planudes,t he Codex Laurentianus . and other Aristidean Manu- scripts. REG  (),  - at ;S tefec,D ie Überlieferung (as footnote  above), , .  Stefec,D ie Überlieferung (as footnote  above), .  Edition: Kalli,Manuscript tradition (as footnote  above), ,with remarks at  - and plate XXII. See also J. Haury (ed.); rev. G. Wirth,Procopii Caesariensis operaomnia. Leip- zig  -,Ixlvi-xlvii (MSS b  et b  ). Ph. Rance, Alate Byzantine book inventory
  58. Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana, Vat. Pal. gr.2 78 (f. 174 v ).¹³⁴ Subject of annotation:r eader'si nscription. Annotator: DemetriosL askaris Leontares. Datea nd location of annotation: 31 May1 454, Smederovo, Serbia. Manuscript content: grammar:M anuel Chrysoloras; astronomy: Isaac Argyros;r hetoric: Aelius Aristides,L ibanios. Manuscript date: c.1400 -1450. Manuscript owner:G eorge Kantakouzenos (PLP 10959). Manuscript reader: Demetrios Laskaris Leontares. Editions:S tevenson (1885);
  59. Haury (1895);
  60. Mercati (1926).¹³⁵
  61. Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, Marc. gr. Z. 398 (coll. 521) (f. 206 v ).¹³⁶ Subject of annotation:r eader'si nscription. Annotator: DemetriosL askaris Leontares. Datea nd location of annotation: 14 Jan. 1455,a pparentlyA drianople. Manuscript content: Prokopios, Wars (I -IV). Manuscript date: completed 18 April 1315. Manuscript owner:a pparentlyA lexios Sphrantzes Sebastopoulos (PLP 25079). Editions:M orelli (1802);
  62. Haury (1895); Turyn (1972);
  63. Mioni (1985).¹³⁷  Cataloguedescription: H. Stevenson,Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae… Codices Palati- ni graeci. Vatican ,  -.
  64.  Edition: Stevenson,ibid., ;rev.J .Haury,Ueber Prokophandschriften. Sitzungsber.der philos.-philol. und der hist. Classe der k. b. Akademie der Wissenschaften  [],  - at ;re-ed. Mercati,Scritti d'Isidoro(as footnote  above),  note .Mercati confirms the same hand on Vat. Pal. gr. ,f . v ,a so nVat. gr. ,f . v (see above § ). Image: https:// digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bav_pal_gr_//image Further bibliography: Haury, ibid.,  - (partlyo bsolete);
  65. Nicol,B yzantine family( as footnote  above),  -, no. ;
  66. F .E vangelatou-Notara, Χορηγοί, κτήτορες, δωρητέςσ εσ ημειώματα κωδίκων. Παλαιολόγειοι χρόνοι. PeriodikoP arousia, Parartema, .A thens , , ;R .S tefec, Die Handschriften der Sophistenviten Philostrats. Römische historische Mitteilungen  (),  - at .  Catalogued escription: Mioni,B ibliothecae (as footnote  above),  -.
  67.  Editions:I .[J.]M orelli,B ibliotheca manuscripta graeca et latina [I].
  68. Bassano , ;
  69. S. P. L ampros,E in byzantinisches Volkslied. BZ  (),  - at ;H aury,Ueber Pro- kophandschriften (as footnote  above), ;T uryn,D ated Greek manuscripts (as footnote  above), I ;M ioni,B ibliothecae (as footnote  above), .F urther bibliography: Haury,i bid.,  - (codexm isnumbered  and further misconceptions);
  70. Haury/ Wirth,P rocopii Caesariensis operao mnia (as footnote  above), Ix xxvi -xxxvii (MS k);
  71. Turyn,i bid., I  -.
  72. L eiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, Voss. gr. F°42 (ff. 222 v ,3 11 v ).¹³⁸ Subject of annotations: no. 1: ownership inscription (f. 222 v ); no. 2: familyn otice( f. 311 v ). Annotator: no. 1: uncertain; no. 2: Demetrios Laskaris Leontares. Datea nd location of annotation:n o. 1: undated; no. 2: 30 March 1455,a pparentlyA drianople. Manuscript content: Niketas of Serres/Heracleia, Commentaries on the Psalms I -LXXV. Manuscript date: c.1050 -1100. Manuscript owner:a pparentlyD emetrios Laskaris Leontares. Edition: DeM eyier (1955);
  73. Schreiner (1975 -9).¹³⁹  Catalogued escription: DeM eyier,B ibliotheca Universitatis Leidensis (as footnote  above),  -.
  74.  De Meyier,Bibliotheca Universitatis Leidensis (as footnote  above),  (diplomatictran- scription);re-ed. Schreiner,Kleinchroniken (as footnote  above), I  - (Chronik  B/ ), with German translation at III  - and remarksa tI I. Ph. Rance, AlateByzantine book inventory