Moskva, Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Muzej, Sinod. gr. 298

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	GreekSyntipas1
Location	Moskva, Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Muzej
Siglum/Shelfmark	Sinod. gr. 298 (olim Vlad. 436) [Diktyon 43923]
Page/Folio range	251v–302v

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Vivlos Syntipa tou philosophou (Book of Syntipas the philosopher)
Incipit or textual title	Διήγησις ἐμφιλόσοφος συγγραφεῖσα παρ᾽ ἡμῶν περὶ τοῦ τῶν Περσῶν βασιλέως Κύρου
Version (siglum)	Syntipas
└ Language Group within Version	Greek Version
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Andreopoulos Syntipas
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition

Languages
Language of text	Greek
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions	Jernstedt–Nikitin, Liber Syntipae

Note
(Added by Marjolijne Janssen [in progress])

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author	Michael Andreopoulos
Place of Manuscript Production	Trebizond
Date of Manuscript Production	1251 - 1300
Source of Date of Manuscript Production

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	577
Height
Width
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	Alexander Romance (K) Nikephoros Phokas, Velitatio bellica Kekaumenos, Strategikon Various apophthegmata, short theological treatises, and gnomae Fables of Syntipas Two questions from Secundus the philosopher Fables of Aesop Symeon Seth, Stephanites and Ichnelates Invectives against Hagarenes and Armenians Physiologos

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Fonkič (1971), McGeer (1995), Karla (2001), Roueché (2009), Stefec (2014)

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