Konstantinos Manasses

Konstantin Manasses (Şablon:Lang-el; c. 1130 - c. 1187), 12. yüzyılda I. Manuel Komnenos (1143-1180 arası hükümdar) görev yapmış Bizans Vakanüvisi<!-He was the author of a chronicle or historical synopsis of events from the creation of the world to the end of the reign of Nikephoros Botaneiates (1081), sponsored by Irene Komnene, the emperor's sister-in-law. It consists of about 7000 lines in political verse. It obtained great popularity and appeared in a free prose translation; it was also translated into Bulgarian and Roman Slavic in the 14th century and enjoyed a great popularity.

The first miniature from Manasses' Chronicle: the author (right) next to Tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria and Jesus Christ.

Chronicle edition: Bekker, Bonn 1837; the Bulgarian translation, Cronica lui Constantin Manasses, by Ioan Bogdan and I. Bianu, Bucarest, 1922.

In 1969 Bulgaria issued two sets of stamps depicting important scenes of the chronicle, to celebrate it.

Manasses also wrote the poetical romance Loves of Aristander and Callithea, also in political verse. It is only known from the fragments preserved in the rose-garden of Macarius Chrysocephalus (14th century). Manasses also wrote a short biography of Oppian, and some descriptive pieces (all except one unpublished) on artistic and other subjects. -->

Kaynakça

• Atıf: "Constantine Manasses". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition). Erişim tarihi: September 3, 2011. Arşivlenmesi gereken bağlantıya sahip kaynak şablonu içeren maddeler (link)

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