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Bibliotheca (Library)

Βιβλιοθήκη (Myriobiblion) · Photius of Constantinople · 9th century (before 858) · other

Greek · domain: later-byzantine · researched 2026-11-13

partial / older only. An English translation exists but is partial or older than the critical edition. The gap is a modern, complete translation from the original. A rendering of a daughter version does not count here: it is recorded on the dossier of the text it actually translates.

Why this is in the register

Checked 2026-11-13. The work comprises 279 book notices (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Photius)). The only book-length English version located is N. G. Wilson, 'The bibliotheca: a selection' (London: Duckworth, 1994) - the title itself states it is a selection; the HOLLIS record (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,The%20bibliotheca%20a%20selection%20Wilson%20Photius&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 shows no 'complete' edition. The complete translation is French: Rene Henry, Bibliotheque, 8 vols (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1959-1991), recorded in HOLLIS (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Photius%20Bibliotheca%20codices%20Greek%20text%20Henry&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 No complete English translation was located in HOLLIS or Crossref.

279 codices summarising and judging classical and patristic books; a foundational source for lost Greek literature. Wilson translates a selection only, so most codices remain untranslated into English.

Existing translations recorded

Edition / series
The Bibliotheca: A Selection · N. G. Wilson · 1994

Electronic text

Source and licence
archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (Migne, 1857-1866); archive.org scan
bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_1860_103
archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (Migne, 1857-1866); archive.org scan
bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_1860_104

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: Photius of Constantinople Bibliotheca — 62 record(s); match basis author_title.

RecordCitation
Biblioteka : spisok i perechislenie knig, prochitannykh nami, kotorye zaprosil nash vozli︠u︡blennyĭ brat Tarasiĭ dli︠a︡ obshchego predstavlenii︠a︡, trista bez dvadt︠s︡ati
Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891 · 2024- · rus
Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891. "Biblioteka : spisok i perechislenie knig, prochitannykh nami, kotorye zaprosil nash vozli︠u︡blennyĭ brat Tarasiĭ dli︠a︡ obshchego predstavlenii︠a︡, trista bez dvadt︠s︡ati." Sankt-Peterburg : Izdatelʹstvo RKhGA, 2024-. https://hollis…
Lives of the Attic orators : texts from Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda
· 2015 · eng
"Lives of the Attic orators : texts from Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda." Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990143719010203941
Storie babilonesi
· ottobre 2017 · ita, grc
"Storie babilonesi." Milano : La vita felice, ottobre 2017. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990152812640203941
Biblioteca
Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891 · 2016 · ita, grc
Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891. "Biblioteca." Pisa : Edizioni della Normale, [2016]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990147806910203941
The nature of the Bibliotheca of Photius
Treadgold, Warren, 1949- · 1980 · eng
Treadgold, Warren, 1949-. "The nature of the Bibliotheca of Photius." Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, Trustees for Harvard University ; Locust Valley, N.Y. : Distributed by J.J. Augustin, 1980. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990009332120203941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Bibliotheca (Library)” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-photius-bibliotheca