Alexiad. Anne Comnene, Alexiade, ed. B. Leib, 3 vols., Paris
1937-45; English trans. E. R A. Sewter, The Alexiad of Anna Comnena.
Harmondsworth 1969. An older on-line translation, with apparatus, is available
at The
Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
Book of the Eparch. Roman law in the later Roman Empire: Byzantine guilds, professional and commercial; ordinances of Leo VI, c. 895, from The book of the eparch, rendered into English by Edwin Hanson Freshfield. Cambridge 1938. Translated excerpts provided.
Cinnamus, John. Ioannis Cinnami epitome rerum ab Ioanne et Manuelo Comnenis gestarum, ed. A. Meinecke, CSHB, Bonn 1836; English trans. C. M. Brand, Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus. New York 1976
Choniates, Nicetas. Nicetae Choniatae historiae, ed. J.-L. Van Dieten, CFHB XI/1, Berlin 1975; English trans. H. J. Magoulias, O City of Byzantium, Annals of Nicetas Choniates. Detroit 1984
De Administrando Imperio. Constantine Porphyrogenitus De Administrando Imperio, ed. G. Moravcsik, trans. R. J. H. Jenkins, CFHB I. Washington, D. C. 1967.
De Cerimoniis. Constantini Porphyrogeniti De Ceremoniis Aulae Byzantinae, 2 vols ed. J. Reiske, CSHB. Bonn 1829. Partial translations provided.
Eusebius, Life of Constantine, introduction, translation, and commentary by Averil Cameron and Stuart G. Hall. Oxford 1999.
Farmer's Law. W. Ashburner, 'The Farmer's Law, II', Journal
of Hellenic Studies, 32 (1912), 68-95. This includes an English translation;
ignore the introduction and dating.
See also: Internet
Medieval Sourcebook (This provides scanned excerpts from Ashburner,
but beware the numerous misreadings and typos, e.g. 'arid' for 'and','
front' for 'from'.)
Geometres, John. Joannes Geometra, PG 106, 806-1002. Partial translations provided.
Iconcoclasm: Brubaker, L. & J. Haldon, with R. Ousterhout, Byzantium in the iconoclast era (ca.680-850): the sources, an annotated survey. Birmingham 2001. Also, see translated excerpts.
Lastivertc'i, Aristakes. Aristakïs
Lastiverc'i's History, trans. R. Bedrosian. New York 1985.
See also: Robert Bedrosian's Pages
(This is the full e-text. Also links to other translations from Armenian sources
by Bedrosian.)
Leo the Deacon, Historiae Libri X, ed. C. B. Hase (Bonn, 1828). Translated excerpts.
Letopis Popa Dukljanina, ed. F. Sisic. Belgrade & Zagreb 1928. The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, partial translation provided (full version available on request).
Liutprand of Cremona, Legatio. Opera, ed. I. Bekker, MGH
Scriptores in usum scholarum. Hanover & Leipzig 1915. English trans.
F. A. Wright, The Works of Liutprand of Cremona. London 1930.
See also: Internet
Medieval Sourcebook (An e-text translation of the Mission to Constantinople)
Nicholas I, Pope. S. N. Scott, The Replies of Pope Nicholas I to the Enquiries of the Bulgarians. Complete translation on-line at Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
Nicholas Mesarites. Nikolaos Mesarites, Description of the Church of the Holy Apostles at Constantinople, ed. & tr. G. Downey, Transaction of the American Philosophical Association 47/6 (1957). Translated excerpts provided.
Nikephoros Patriarch of Constantinople Short History, ed. & tr. C. Mango, CFHB X, Washington D. C. 1990.
Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai. Constantinople in the early eighth century: the Parastaseis syntomai chronikai, ed. & tr. Averil Cameron & Judith Herrin (Leiden, 1984.
Psellos, Michael. Chronographie, ou histoire d'un siècle de Byzance (976-1077), ed. E. Renauld, 2 vols. Paris 1926-8. English trans. E. R. A. Sewter, Fourteen Byzantine Rulers. Harmondsworth 1966. An older on-line translation, with apparatus, is available at The Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
Russian Primary Chronicle. Povest' Vremennynkh Let, eds. D. S. Likhachev & V. P. Adrianova-Peretts, 2 vols. Moscow & Leningrad 1950. English trans. S. H. Cross & O. Sherbowitz-Wetzor, The Russian Primary Chronicle. Cambridge, MA 1953.
Sebeos. The Armenian History attributed to Sebos. Translated, with notes, by R.W. Thomson, historical commentary by James Howard-Johnston. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1999.
See also: Robert Bedrosian's Pages (This is the full e-text. Also links to other translations from Armenian sources by Bedrosian.)
Skylitzes, John. Ioannis Scylitzes Synopsis Historiarum, ed. J. Thurn, CFHB V. Berlin & New York 1973. Translated excerpts provided.
Symeon Logothete. Leo Grammaticus, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker, CSHB, Bonn 1842. A work now attributed to Symeon Logothete, Translated excerpts provided.
The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, trans. C. Mango & R. Scott. Oxford 1997. If you cannot find this, you should at least read H. Turtledove, The Chronicle of Theophanes. Philadelphia 1982.
Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I Bekker, CSHB, Bonn 1838. Translated excerpts provided.
Paul Stephenson, January 2004
Revised November 2006