George Kedrenos

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George Kedrenos, Cedrenus or Cedrinos (

Khazar polities in existence after the sack of Atil in 969 (see Georgius Tzul
).

Material in Synopsis historion mostly comes from the works by

Pseudo-Symeon Magistros(de) (a version of Logothete's chronicle(de)), George Syncellus, Theophanes the Confessor, and, starting from 811, almost exclusively and word-for-word from the chronicle by John Skylitzes.[1]

One late manuscript of Synopsis historion preserves a poem (anonymous but thought to be by Kedrenos) that derives his family name from the place where he was born, a small village of Cedrus (or Cedrea) in the Anatolic Theme.[2][3] The poem also identifies him as a proedrus, a senior court official.[2][3]

Before becoming a proedros, Kedrenos may have held the somewhat lower rank of vestarches.[2] Vestarches Georgios Kedrenos is in fact known from a number of 11th–12th-century seals found mostly in the Danube region, but also in Crimea.[1][4][5][6] Furthermore, several roughly contemporary seals refer to another court official, a certain "John Cedrenus, protocuropalates and duke" who may have been a relative, perhaps, a brother or a cousin.[2][7]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Howard-Johnston 2012, pp. 8–9
  2. ^ a b c d Treadgold 2013, pp. 339–342
  3. ^ a b de Boor 1905, p. 426
  4. ^ Georgios 20202 + Boulloterion 4024, in Prosopography of the Byzantine World (consulted 27 February 2017)
  5. ^ Chiriac 2013, pp. 161–162 text + p. 167 images
  6. ^ Stepanova 2003, p. 127 text + image
  7. ^ Ioannes 20693 + Boulloterion 5397 + Boulloterion 5398, in Prosopography of the Byzantine World (consulted 27 February 2017)

References

  • Costel Chiriac (2013). "Sigilii dobrogene inedite. II" (PDF). Arheologia Moldovei. XXXVI: 159–168.
    doi:10.11588/amold.2013.0.29246
    . Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  • C. de Boor (1905). "Weiteres zur Chronik des Skylitzes" (PDF).
    doi:10.1515/byzs.1905.14.2.409
    .
  • James Howard-Johnston, "The Chronicle and Other Forms of Historical Writing in Byzantium", in: The Medieval Chronicle X, Brill (2016), pp. 1–22. google books preview
  • Elena Stepanova (2003). "New finds from Sudak". Studies in Byzantine Sigillography. 7: 123–130. google books preview
  • ISBN 978-1-349-44791-6
    .

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