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Epitome of Logic

Epitome logica · Nikephoros Blemmydes · c. 1240-1250 · treatise

Greek · domain: philosophy · 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

HOLLIS Primo search 'Blemmydes epitome logica' returns only the 1605 Augsburg editio princeps (Wegelin, Greek with Latin) and no modern edition or translation in any language. A scan of the series field across all 66 HOLLIS records returned for 'Blemmydes' shows no volume in the Fathers of the Church, Ancient Christian Writers or Popular Patristics series (checked 2026-11-13). The Greek is reprinted in Migne, Patrologia Graeca 142. No English translation was located (checked 2026-11-13).

Companion to the Epitome physica, written for the young emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes; the logic curriculum of later Byzantine and post-Byzantine schooling. No critical edition exists beyond Wegelin 1605 and Migne.

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
bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_patrologiae-cursus-completus-_1865_142

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: Nikephoros Blemmydes Epitome of Logic — 3 record(s); match basis author_title_unquoted.

RecordCitation
Nicephori Blemmidae Epitome logica : ante annos circiter CCCLXX in gratiam Iohannis Ducae Graecorum Imperatoris conscripta : è quatuor manuscr. codicibus Bibliothecae Augustanae inter se collatis summâ fide jamprimùm Graecè edita ..
Nicephorus, Blemmydes, 1197-1272 · Anno Christi 1605 · lat
Nicephorus, Blemmydes, 1197-1272. "Nicephori Blemmidae Epitome logica : ante annos circiter CCCLXX in gratiam Iohannis Ducae Graecorum Imperatoris conscripta : è quatuor manuscr. codicibus Bibliothecae Augustanae inter se collatis summâ fide jamprimùm Graecè edita ..." Excudebat Augustae Vindelicorvm : Dauid Francus,…
Nikēphorou monastou kai presvyterou tou Vlemmidou Epitomē logikēs
Nicephorus, Blemmydes, 1197-1272 · etei 1784 · gre
Nicephorus, Blemmydes, 1197-1272. "Nikēphorou monastou kai presvyterou tou Vlemmidou Epitomē logikēs." En Leipsia tēs Saxonias : En tē typographia tou Vreitkopph, etei 1784. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990022137380203941
MesótēS. at the Intersection of Textuality and Materiality : Papers on Textual Criticism, Manuscript Studies, and Scholarly Practices. Presented to Christian Brockmann on His 65th Birthday
Maksimczuk, José · 2025 · eng
Maksimczuk, José. "MesótēS. at the Intersection of Textuality and Materiality : Papers on Textual Criticism, Manuscript Studies, and Scholarly Practices. Presented to Christian Brockmann on His 65th Birthday." Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2025. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99161545744603941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Epitome of Logic” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-blemmydes-epitome-logica