Joannis Scylitzae Synopsis Historiarum
- Title:
- Joannis Scylitzae Synopsis Historiarum
- Library:
- Biblioteca Nacional
- Language:
- Greek
- City:
- MADRID, Spain.
- Shelf Mark:
- Graecus Vitr. 26-2
- Alternate Names:
- Sinopsis Historiarum -- Matritensis Graecus Vitr. 26-2 -- M II -- Skylitzes’ Historical Synopsis -- Chronicle of Skylitzes -- The Madrid Skylitzes --
- Origin:
- Sicily
- Dimensions:
- 234 folios -- 355 x 270 mm.
- Date Description:
- 12th century (or second half of the 13th century)
- Author:
- Johannes Skylitzes (in Constantinople, second half of the eleventh century)
- Content:
- Synopsis Historiarum (fols. 9-234; the text is incomplete; for more detail see pp. 54-55 of the commentary volume) -- eleven funerary poems in the margins (see p . 60 of commentary volume) --
- Illuminations:
- Yes
- Type of Decoration:
- 574 unframed miniatures -- one miniature (on fol. 80r) is framed --
- Musical Notation:
- No
- Call Number:
- Special Collections Rare Books Oversize DF 553 .S39 2000 v.1-v.2 Non-Circulating
- Nature of Facsimile:
- Complete -- Color
- Notes:
- The commentary volume is in Greek, Sapnish and English --
- Type of Text:
- historical, prose, secular, verse