Continuation of Jerzy

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Continuation of George (Georgius Continuatus) - Anonymous Byzantine chronicle of the 10th century, continuing the Concise chronicle of Jerzy Mnich.

George's continuation complements the Concise chronicle of Jerzy Mnich. It begins in 842, and ends in the manuscript tradition, in the manuscript A (15 manuscripts and 2 in common with editorial B) at the death of Emperor Roman Lekapen (948), and in editorial B (3 manuscripts and 2 jointly with editorial A) to the death of Nicephorus Fokas (969), although some records date back to 1071, 1081 and even 1143. Some of the manuscripts call the anonymous author Logoteta, which prompts some historians to link it with Simeon the Magister and Logotet. It is characteristic that Jerzy Mnich's manuscripts (8 manuscripts in editorial A), Simeon Logotety (4 manuscripts in editorial A), Leon Gramatyka (2 manuscripts in editorial A) and Theodosius Meliten (1 manuscript in editorial A) . This implies that George's Continuity could have been accidentally linked to the chronicle of Jerzy Mnich.

Continuation of Jerzy Grzegorz gives material in a journalistic way, from year to year, devoting the main attention to the political events and relations in the imperial family. Editor A is hostile to Constantine VII Porphyrogenites, favoring his adversary, Roman Lekapena, whom he probably was in exile at the monastery on Prote. The work brings important information about Hungary, Bulgarians and Pieczyngs. It was written in folk language.

The sources on which the author relied are not known. B Continuation is enriched with fragments of the History of the Emperors of Joseph Genesios. Later versions of Teophanes Continuatus, Pseudo-Simeon, Jan Zonaras and Teodor Skutariota were used later.

Continuation of Jerzy was translated into Old Slavic. For editorial A there is a translation preserved in the so-called Letters from the fourteenth century and the second from the 14th / 15th century in common with the chronicle of the Simeon Magister and Logotette. The editorial B, called the Wremimennik, comes from the X / XI century. There is also a paraphrase of the shortened version of Continuation in the folk language. Bibliography

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