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Synopsis of Histories

Σύνοψις Ἱστοριῶν · George Kedrenos · late 11th-early 12th 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 author search 'Cedrenus' and 'Kedrenos' return only Bekker's CSHB edition (1838, Greek-Latin) and modern secondary literature (Neville's Guide, Treadgold's Middle Byzantine Historians); the search 'Cedrenus English' returns no translation of the chronicle.

World chronicle from creation to 1057, compiled from Hamartolos, Symeon Logothete, Skylitzes and others. Because it preserves material otherwise lost (notably its use of Skylitzes), it is cited constantly in scholarship while remaining untranslated; the Bonn text is the only edition.

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 (19th-c. imprint)
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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: "Synopsis of Histories" — 1 record(s); match basis title_only.

RecordCitation
John Scylitzes, a synopsis of histories (811-1057 A.D.) : a provisional translation
Scylitzes, John, active 1081 · 2000 · eng
Scylitzes, John, active 1081. "John Scylitzes, a synopsis of histories (811-1057 A.D.) : a provisional translation." [Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada] : Published by the Centre for Hellenic Civilization at the University of Manitoba, c2000. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990087341340203941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Synopsis of Histories” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-kedrenos-synopsis-historiarum