Nikephoros Chrysoberges' Encomium of the Patriarch John X Kamateros: A New Fragment

Abstract

The article is concerned with a hitherto unidentified fragment of Nikephoros Chrysoberges’ encomium of the patriarch John X Kamateros. The fragment is transmitted on f. 146rv of the codex Vindobonensis Phil. gr. 321 (13th century), which also preserves the rest of the encomium (ff. 246r-253v); f. 146rv should be placed between ff. 249v-250r, thus filling a lacuna in the text, already indicated by its editors. In terms of content, the fragment under consideration offers some interesting information regarding the person of a metropolitan of Thessaloniki, who held this office during Kamateros’ patriarchate, in all probability Constantine Mesopotamites.

Keywords

• nikephoros chrysoberges, john x kamateros, constantine mesopotamites, thessaloniki, codex vindobonensis phil. gr. 321