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Commentary on the Nomocanon in Fourteen Titles

Ἐξηγήσεις εἰς τὸν Νομοκάνονα (Greek title not verified in an edition) · Theodore Balsamon · c. 1170-1195 (late 12th century) · canon law

Greek · domain: canon-law · researched 2026-11-13

no English translation located. No published English translation of this text was located in the catalogues and series checked. Where only a non-English rendering or a translation of a daughter version exists, it is recorded below and does not close the gap. Treat this as a gap candidate, not as proof that no translation exists; the evidence names every source checked.

Why this is in the register

The commentary survives only inside editions of Photius' Nomocanon. HOLLIS Primo 'Nomocanon Photius' returns 6 records: Justel's 1615 Paris edition (Greek text with Balsamon's commentary, Latin title 'Nomocanon Photii ... cum commentariis Theodori Balsamonis'), a 1561 Hervet canon collection, and the 1865 Migne volume; none is an English translation (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Nomocanon%20Photius&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 HOLLIS 'Nomocanon English translation' returns 2 unrelated records (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Nomocanon%20English%20translation&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 The 2024 Dumbarton Oaks edition of the older gloss on the same Nomocanon (see separate record) also has no English version.

The Greek heading is not verified against a printed edition; the work is conventionally cited as the commentary on the Nomocanon of fourteen titles. It is printed after Photius' Nomocanon in Rhalles-Potles vol. 1, which the OCR shows carrying a 'ΝΟΜΟΚΑΝΩΝ' section with prolegomena and commentary. Justel's 1615 volume is the standard early modern carrier of text plus commentary.

Existing translations recorded

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

Electronic text

Source and licence
archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (Paris 1615 imprint)
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archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (Athens 1852-1859)
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Scanned witnesses

Scan search: not checked. Not searched in the scan pass: this dossier was outside the 121-work scan target set.

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: Theodore Balsamon — 13 record(s); match basis author_only.

RecordCitation
[Theodōrou tou Balsamōn Patriarchou Theoupoleōs megalēs Antiocheias ta ehyriskomena panta] = Theodori Balsamonis Patriarchæ Theopolis magnæ Antiochiæ Opera quæ reperiri potuerunt omnia, canonica, juridica, dogmatica : accedunt Joannis Zonaræ et Aristeni Commentaria in Canones SS. Apostolorum, Conciliorum et in epistolas canonicas SS. Patrum
Balsamon, Theodore, active 12th century · 1865 · grc
Balsamon, Theodore, active 12th century. "[Theodōrou tou Balsamōn Patriarchou Theoupoleōs megalēs Antiocheias ta ehyriskomena panta] = Theodori Balsamonis Patriarchæ Theopolis magnæ Antiochiæ Opera quæ reperiri potuerunt omnia, canonica, juridica, dogmatica : accedunt Joannis Zonaræ et Aristeni Commentaria in Canones…
Guide for a church under Islām : the sixty-six canonical questions attributed to Theodōros Balsamōn : a translation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's twelfth-century guidance to the Patriarchate of Alexandria
Balsamon, Theodore, active 12th century · 2014 · eng
Balsamon, Theodore, active 12th century. "Guide for a church under Islām : the sixty-six canonical questions attributed to Theodōros Balsamōn : a translation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's twelfth-century guidance to the Patriarchate of Alexandria." Brookline, Massachusetts : Holy Cross Orthodox Press, [2014]. https…
Christianity and family law : an introduction
· 2017 · eng
"Christianity and family law : an introduction." Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press 2017. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990151892510203941
The history of Byzantine and Eastern canon law to 1500
· 2012 · eng
"The history of Byzantine and Eastern canon law to 1500." Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2012. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990132376820203941
Le corpus nomocanonique oriental et ses scholiastes du XIIe siècle : les commentaires sur le Concile in Trullo (691-692)
Messēs, Charēs · 2020 · fre
Messēs, Charēs. "Le corpus nomocanonique oriental et ses scholiastes du XIIe siècle : les commentaires sur le Concile in Trullo (691-692)." Paris : Centre d'études byzantines, néo-helléniques et sud-est européenne, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales-CéSor, 2020. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink…

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Commentary on the Nomocanon in Fourteen Titles” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-balsamon-nomocanon-commentary