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Epistulae · Michael Psellos · c. 1040-1078 · letter

Greek · domain: philosophy · 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

HOLLIS Primo search 'Psellos translation English' returns two Notre Dame volumes that translate selected letters: 'Mothers and sons, fathers and daughters: the Byzantine family of Michael Psellos' (ed./tr. Anthony Kaldellis, 2006) and 'Psellos and the patriarchs: letters and funeral orations for Keroullarios, Leichoudes, and Xiphilinos' (tr. Anthony Kaldellis and Ioannis Polemis, 2015). Both are selections, not the corpus. No complete English translation of the letters was located (checked 2026-11-13); 'partial' therefore means selected letters only.

Roughly 500 letters survive; the two volumes above cover a small, thematically chosen fraction. No complete edition or translation. This entry is the domain's clearest 'partial' rather than 'none'.

Existing translations recorded

Edition / series
Psellos and the patriarchs: letters and funeral orations for Keroullarios, Leichoudes, and Xiphilinos · Michael Psellos in Translation · Anthony Kaldellis and Ioannis Polemis · 2015
Mothers and sons, fathers and daughters: the Byzantine family of Michael Psellos · Michael Psellos in Translation · Anthony Kaldellis (with D. Jenkins, S. Papaioannou) · 2006

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 — 2 candidate(s). Sathas vol. 5 is the one open scan that actually carries the letters in a usable text layer; Migne PG 122 reproduces only Tafel's smaller selection and has no Greek in its OCR. Both are selections: the complete corpus remains Kurtz-Drexl (1941), which is not open and not on IA.

Scan / witnessFormatPagesRightsOCREvidence
Σαθᾶ, Μεσαιωνικὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, vol. 5 (Venice 1876): Μιχαὴλ Ψελλοῦ Ἱστορικοὶ λόγο…
internet-archive · satha-mesaionike-bibliotheke
pdf688public-domaingooddjvu.txt HTTP 200 (1.21 MB). Title page 'ΜΙΧΑΗΛ ΨΕΛΛΟΥ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΟΙ ΛΟΓΟΙ, ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΛΑ ΑΝΕΚΔΟΤΑ' (Venice 1876); the letters open with the heading 'ΜΙΧΑΗΛ ΨΕΛΛΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΙ' at char 540,181, letter 1 'πρὸς τὸν πρωτοπρ…
Patrologia Graeca, tomus 122 (Migne) — file 122.pdf
internet-archive · patrologia-volumes
pdf800public-domainnone122_djvu.txt HTTP 206; volume elenchus line 200 'MICHAELIS PSELLI OPERA ...', and 'Epistole, ex Frid. Tafel de Thessalonica' at line 378 under OPERUM PARS QUARTA. 0 Greek code points in 761,986 chars: Greek column OCR'd…

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: Michael Psellos Letters — 27 record(s); match basis author_title.

RecordCitation
The letters of Psellos : cultural networks and historical realities
Psellus, Michael · 2017 · eng
Psellus, Michael. "The letters of Psellos : cultural networks and historical realities." Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990148851930203941
Beiträge zur Lebensgeschichte und zu den Briefen des Psellos
Rhodius, Bruno · 1892 · ger
Rhodius, Bruno. "Beiträge zur Lebensgeschichte und zu den Briefen des Psellos." Plauen i. V. : M. Wieprecht, 1892. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990061913290203941
Psellos and the patriarchs : letters and funeral orations for Keroullarios, Leichoudes, and Xiphilinos
Psellus, Michael · 2015 · eng
Psellus, Michael. "Psellos and the patriarchs : letters and funeral orations for Keroullarios, Leichoudes, and Xiphilinos." Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2015]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990144994900203941
Mothers and sons, fathers and daughters : the Byzantine family of Michael Psellos
Psellus, Michael · 2006 · eng
Psellus, Michael. "Mothers and sons, fathers and daughters : the Byzantine family of Michael Psellos." Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2006. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990100762510203941
Michael Psellos : rhetoric and authorship in Byzantium
Papaioannou, Stratis · 2013 · eng
Papaioannou, Stratis. "Michael Psellos : rhetoric and authorship in Byzantium." Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990137200050203941

Sources checked

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