A website dedicated to Michael Psellos (1018-1078)

"εἰ δέ μοι τὸ ἦθος προσήρμοσε τοῖς διαφόροις καιροῖς, ἄλλοι περὶ τούτου φιλοσοφείτωσαν, ἐμοὶ γοῦν ηὐτομάτισται"

        (Psellos on himself; Encomium on His Mother, lines 1930-1931)

Bio-ergo-graphy

Narrative

Context

Network

Reception

Manuscripts

The Early Modern Psellos: Bibliography, 15th to 17th century

Bibliography, Recent: from 1998 to today

An attempt for a Bibliography on Post-Classical Greek Literature and Language (2nd-12th c. CE)

And for a bibliography on Greek Palaeography and Book Culture (4th-16th c. CE)

Image below: Michael Psellos as monk, educating the emperor Michael VII Doukas (ca. 1050-ca. 1090; emperor: 1071-1078); from ms. Athos, Παντοκράτορος 234 (late 12th c.), f. 254r; the original size of the figures is less than 3 cm

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