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Brief Chronography

Χρονογραφία συνοπτική · Joel the Monk · early 13th c. · chronicle

Greek · domain: historiography · 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 search 'Joel chronographia Byzantine' returns Bekker's CSHB edition (1836, Greek-Latin) and Allatius's 1651 Paris volume (with Akropolites and Kananos, Greek-Latin); no English translation. No English-language record under the author's name in Harvard holdings.

Short universal chronicle ending with the fall of Constantinople in 1204, written within a generation of the event; brief but frequently cited for the Latin conquest. Available only in Greek-Latin editions.

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 — 1 candidate(s). Bekker's text is Greek with a facing Latin version, so the text layer alternates: the second sample window (byte 1,620,000) falls in the Latin version and scores 0 Greek, which is why sample placement matters for this item. Greek quality is good enough to feed the pipeline after normalisation, with the usual OCR noise in numerals and a small κ/χ confusion (χαί/χοῦ/χῆς appear 1-3 times against 420 καί). Also returned by IA search: the 1685/1729 Combefis 'Historiae Byzantinae scriptores post Theophanem' (bub_gb_LXbrJroOzeQC and others), an earlier Greek-Latin printing of the same Byzantine corpus — contents not checked for Joel, so recorded only as a lead.

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Constantini Manassis Breviarium historiae metricum — CSHB vol. 33 (Manasses, Io…
internet-archive · constantinimana00managoog
pdf817public-domaingoodThe Wikipedia CSHB volume list (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corpus_scriptorum_Historiae_Byzantinae&action=raw, HTTP 200) identifies '*33: Constantinus Manasses, Ioel, Georgius Acropolita, ed. Bekker (Bonn…

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: "Brief Chronography" — 8 record(s); match basis title_only.

RecordCitation
The ancient ecclesiastical histories of the first six hundred years after Christ, written in the Greek tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus bishop of Cæsarea in Palestina, wrote ten books. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople, wrote seven books. Evagrius Scholasticus of Antioch, wrote six books. Whereunto is annexed, Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyrus, of the lives and ends of the prophets, apostles, and LXX disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greek tongue by Meredith Hanmer Doctor in Divinity. Last of all, herein is comprized a brief chronography collected by the said translator, with a copious index of the principal matters throughout all the histories
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340 · 1663 · eng
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340. "The ancient ecclesiastical histories of the first six hundred years after Christ, written in the Greek tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus bishop of Cæsarea in Palestina, wrote te…
The ancient ecclesiastical histories of the first six hundred years after Christ, written in the Greek tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus bishop of Cæsarea in Palestina, wrote ten books. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople, wrote seven books. Evagrius Scholasticus of Antioch, wrote six books. Whereunto is annexed, Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyrus, of the lives and ends of the prophets, apostles, and LXX disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greek tongue by Meredith Hanmer Doctor in Divinity. Last of all, herein is comprized a brief chronography collected by the said translator, with a copious index of the principal matters throughout all the histories
Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea, of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340 · 1663 · eng
Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea, of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340. "The ancient ecclesiastical histories of the first six hundred years after Christ, written in the Greek tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus bishop of Cæsarea in Palestina, wrote ten books. Socrates Sc…
The ancient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred years after Christ; vvritten in the Greek tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palestina wrote ten books. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople wrote seven books. Evagrius Scholasticus of Antioch wrote six books. Whereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the lives and ends of the prophets, apostles, and LXX. Disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greek tongue, by Meredith Hanmer Doctor of Divinity. Last of all, herein is comprized [sic] a brief chronography collected by the said translator, with a copious index of the principal matters throughout all the histories. The sixth edition corrected and revised. Hereunto is added Eusebius his life of Constantine in four books. With Constantines oration to the clergy
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340 · 1663 · eng
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340. "The ancient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred years after Christ; vvritten in the Greek tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palestina wrote t…
The ancient ecclesiastical histories of the first six hundred years after Christ, written in the Greek tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus bishop of Cæsarea in Palestina, wrote ten books. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople, wrote seven books. Evagrius Scholasticus of Antioch, wrote six books. Whereunto is annexed, Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyrus, of the lives and ends of the prophets, apostles, and LXX disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greek tongue by Meredith Hanmer Doctor in Divinity. Last of all, herein is comprized a brief chronography collected by the said translator, with a copious index of the principal matters throughout all the histories. The sixth edition corrected and revised. Hereunto is added, Eusebius his life of Constantine, in four books. With Constantines oration to the clergy
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340 · 1663 · eng
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340. "The ancient ecclesiastical histories of the first six hundred years after Christ, written in the Greek tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus bishop of Cæsarea in Palestina, wrote te…
The ancient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred years after Christ; vvritten in the Greek tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palestina wrote ten books. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople wrote seven books. Evagrius Scholasticus of Antioch wrote six books. Whereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the lives and ends of the prophets, apostles, and LXX. Disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greek tongue, by Meredith Hanmer Doctor of Divinity. Last of all, herein is comprized [sic] a brief chronography collected by the said translator, with a copious index of the principal matters throughout all the histories. The sixth edition corrected and revised. Hereunto is added Eusebius his life of Constantine in four books. With Constantines oration to the clergy
Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea, of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340 · 1663 · eng
Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea, of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340. "The ancient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred years after Christ; vvritten in the Greek tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palestina wrote ten books. Socrates S…

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Brief Chronography” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-joel-chronographia