[547]. Nicetas Chon., pp. 452-458.
[548]. Pachymeres, vol. i. pp. 374-403.
[549]. For the account of the mission to Servia, see Pachymeres, vol. i. pp. 350-355.
[550]. For the circumstances attending the imprisonment of Veccus, see Pachymeres, vol. i. pp. 374-403.
[551]. Pachymeres, vol. ii. p. 270.
[552]. Pachymeres, vol. ii. pp. 304, 396, 408, 409, where the prison is styled ταῖς κατὰ τὰς Βλαχέρνας εἱρκταις.
[553]. Cantacuzene, i. pp. 171, 172; ii. pp. 329-332, 457.
[554]. Langier, Histoire de la République de Venise, vol. iv. pp. 251, 253.
[555]. The history of the imprisonment of these Imperial personages is found in Phrantzes, pp. 49-57: Ducas, pp. 43-46: Chalcocondylas, pp. 40-46, 51, 60-64.
[556]. Paschal Chron., p. 726, Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐκτίσθη τὸ τεῖχος πέριξ τοῦ οἴκον τῆς δεσποίνης ἡμῶν τῆς θεοτόκου, ἔξωθεν τοῦ καλουμένου Πτεροῦ.