[626]. Theophanes, p. 589.

[627]. Theophanes, pp. 670, 671; Nicephorus Patriarcha CP., pp. 76, 77.

[628]. Genesius, p. 75; Cedrenus, vol. ii. p. 107.

[629]. Manasses, 4824-4829.

[630]. See illustration facing p. [248].

[631]. Vol. i. numbers 8, 10, 19.

[632]. Von Hammer, Constantinopolis und Bosporos, vol. i. appendix, numbers 23, 24. These inscriptions are noted also by Tournefort, Voyage du Levant, lettre xi. p. 180.

[633]. Proceedings of the Greek Literary Syllogos of Consple., vol. xvi., 1885; Archæological Supplement, p. 31.

[634]. Cf. Proceedings of the Greek Literary Syllogos of Consple., vol. xvi., 1885; Archæological Supplement, p. 32. The following reading of the inscription has been suggested:

Πολλῶν κραταιῶς δεσποσάντων τοῦ σάλου