On the Final Capture of Thessaloniki (1430)

Περὶ τῆς τελευταίας ἁλώσεως τῆς Θεσσαλονίκης · John Anagnostes · c. 1430 (15th c.) · other

Greek · domain: historiography · researched 2026-11-13

Why this is in the register

HOLLIS search 'Anagnostes Thessalonica' (7 hits) returns Bekker's CSHB volume (1838, with Sphrantzes and Kananos, Greek-Latin), a modern Greek translation (Agra, 2010), Odorico's French translation (Anacharsis, 2005), and a Turkish translation (1989). No English translation of Anagnostes appears; English coverage of the 1430 sack is via secondary literature only.

Contemporary narrative of Murad II's capture of Thessaloniki in 1430, the companion piece to Kaminiates on 904 and Eustathios on 1185 (both translated in Byzantina Australiensia) — the third of the three Thessaloniki capture texts, and the only untranslated one. The same Bonn volume also contains Sphrantzes and Kananos, both of which have since been translated separately.

Existing translations recorded

None recorded in English. Non-English versions, where they exist, are named in the evidence above.

Electronic text

No open electronic text was verified for this work. The Greek/Coptic/Geʿez may exist only in a print or subscription edition (Migne, CSCO, TLG, CMCL).

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: open scan — 2 candidate(s). The Bonn CSHB volume (Bekker 1838) is the only edition of Anagnostes and it is openly available with usable Greek OCR - the best Greek text-layer found in this chunk. Two further duplicate Google copies exist (georgiusphrantz00allagoog, georgiusphrantz00anaggoog). The modern translations (Odorico 2005 French, Agra 2010 Greek, 1989 Turkish) are in copyright.

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: John Anagnostes — 9 record(s); match basis author_only.

Sources checked

• HOLLIS search — Anagnostes Thessalonica

Cite: Tergwame, “On the Final Capture of Thessaloniki (1430)” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-anagnostes-excidium-thessalonicae