De recuperacione civitatis Constantinopolitane.
The Recovery of Constantinople
In 1261, the Greek emperor recovers Constantinople from the French and Venetians, with marginal notes providing date and cross-reference details.
In the year of the Lord 1259, Constantinople—which had been captured by the French and the Venetians—is recovered by the emperor of the Greeks, [name uncertain], the logothete.1 (March2 p.3 405.)4
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Anno domini MCCLIX Constantinopolis, que per Gallicos et Venetos capta fuerat, per Paleoo logum imperatorem Grecorum recuperatur. (Mart. p. 405.)
Notes
- 1 ↩The form 'Paleoo logum' is textually uncertain. The manuscript appears to read 'Paleoo' for Paleologum (the name of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos), and 'logum' is likely a Greek loanword or scribal variant for 'logothete' (a high-ranking Byzantine official). The translation reflects the most plausible intended sense: Michael VIII Palaiologos, acting through or alongside a logothete, recovered Constantinople. The source text itself appears to conflate or compress the historical record.
- 2 ↩Manuscript abbreviation 'Mart.' expanded as 'Martius' (March). This marginal note likely indicates the month in which the recovery of Constantinople took place.
- 3 ↩Manuscript abbreviation 'p.' expanded as 'pagina' (page). This is a marginal cross-reference or citation marker.
- 4 ↩Page number '405' from a marginal cross-reference, likely pointing to a source chronicle or earlier passage.
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