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Ἐπιστολαί (Epistulae) · Photius of Constantinople · 9th century (858-886) · letter

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 full corpus is edited by B. Laourdas and L. G. Westerink, Photii Patriarchae Constantinopolitani Epistulae et Amphilochia (Teubner, 1983-1988). The only book-length English selection located is Despina Stratoudaki White, 'Patriarch Photios of Constantinople: His Life, Scholarly Contributions, and Correspondence together with a Translation of Fifty-two of His Letters' (Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1981) - fifty-two letters only, as the title states (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Patriarch%20Photios%20of%20Constantinople%20correspondence%20fifty-two%20letters%20White&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 No complete English translation of the letters was located in HOLLIS.

Letters on dogma, canon law, and politics, including the encyclicals to the Eastern patriarchs and the letter to Boris of Bulgaria; the White volume covers a fraction of the corpus.

Existing translations recorded

Edition / series
Patriarch Photios of Constantinople: His Life, Scholarly Contributions, and Correspondence together with a Translation of Fifty-two of His Letters · Archbishop Iakovos Library of Ecclesiastical and Historical Sources 5 · Despina Stratoudaki White · 1981

Electronic text

Source and licence
archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (Migne, 1857-1866); archive.org scan
bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_1860_102

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 Letters — 19 record(s); match basis author_title.

RecordCitation
Paramythitikai epistolai of Photios, Patriarch of Constantinople
White, Despina Stratoudaki · 1972 · eng
White, Despina Stratoudaki. "Paramythitikai epistolai of Photios, Patriarch of Constantinople." 1972. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990013831370203941
Patriarch Photios of Constantinople : his life, scholarly contributions, and correspondence together with a translation of fifty-two of his letters
White, Despina Stratoudaki · 1981, c1982 · eng
White, Despina Stratoudaki. "Patriarch Photios of Constantinople : his life, scholarly contributions, and correspondence together with a translation of fifty-two of his letters." Brookline, Mass. : Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1981, c1982. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990006927630203941
The acts of the Council of Constantinople of 869-70
· 2022 · eng
"The acts of the Council of Constantinople of 869-70." Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2022. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99156420382303941
Poslanieto na T︠S︡arigradskii︠a︡ patriarkh Fotiĭ do Bŭlgarskii︠a︡ kni︠a︡z Boris ; Okrŭzhnoto poslanie na patriarkh Fotiĭ do iztochnite patriarsi ot 867 god. Otgovorite na papa Nikolaĭ I po dopitvanii︠a︡ta na bŭlgarite
Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891 · 1994 · bul, grc
Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891. "Poslanieto na T︠S︡arigradskii︠a︡ patriarkh Fotiĭ do Bŭlgarskii︠a︡ kni︠a︡z Boris ; Okrŭzhnoto poslanie na patriarkh Fotiĭ do iztochnite patriarsi ot 867 god. Otgovorite na papa Nikolaĭ I po dopitvanii︠a︡ta na bŭlgarite." Sofii︠a︡…
Phōtiou Patriarchou Kōnstantinou-poleōs Epistolai = Photii Sanctissimi Patriarchæ Constantinopolitani Epistolæ
Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891 · 1651 · lat
Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891. "Phōtiou Patriarchou Kōnstantinou-poleōs Epistolai = Photii Sanctissimi Patriarchæ Constantinopolitani Epistolæ." Londini : Ex officina Rogeri Danielis ..., 1651. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990042318090203941

Sources checked

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